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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
Treating Wrong Disease.

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine,
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
or prostration, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present
alike to themselves and their easy-goinQ
and Indifferent, or Over-busy doctor. sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he.
assuming them to be such, prescribes his
pills and potions. In reality, they are all
only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. Tho physician, ignorant of the
cause. OF suffering, encourages this prac-
tice until large bills are made. The Suf-
ferlng patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason Of the delay, wrong
treatment and consequent complications
A proper medicine like DR., Pierces Fa-
Vorite Prescription, directed 10 the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby dispelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead Of prolonged misery II has been
well said, that "a disease known is half
cured"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillfui physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
1t Is made Of native medicinal roots and
Is perfectly harmless In its effects In anu
condition of the system.
AS powerful inVlgorating tonic WFa-
yorite Prescription imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine In particular. For over.
worked, "wOrn-out," rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milllners, dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop girls" bouse-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gem
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Is the greatest earthly boon, being I'M
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
Btorative tonic.
AS a soothing and strengthening nerv-
Inc "Favorite Prescription is unequaled
and Is invaluable In allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability, irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, st.
Vitus's dance, and other distressing, nerv-
GUS symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease Of the
uterus. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets fnvigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three dose. Easy to take as candy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
QUIET STREAM OF ANTIETAM
Pretty Little Brook on Whose Banks
Was Fought Most Terrific Battle
in American Annals.

But for the most terrific battle in the
annals OF American wars a pretty lit
tie stream that flows through the heart
of Maryland would be unknown be-
yond its immediate locality Winding
sluggishly down from the Pennsylvania
hills, it bends Economically in its
course, now past the ancient mill. I'M
der its quaint bridges, stone-arched,
singing on its way through sun and
shadow and, like Tennyson's brook, go
ing on forever.
There is no more picturesque part of
our country than that through which
the Antietam flows. 1t skirts the most
beautiful farms Of Maryland, laves
the rounded limbs Of the kline while
they drink, in the shadows of the trees
that line its banks. and finally loses
itself in the broad Potomac.
Time was, and not very long ago,
when the farmers Of the Antietam,
fording its shadows, dreamed not Of
the great drama to be enacted there.
No tourists from afar sought this en-
trancing region and the barefooted
fisher-bOy, also oblivious OF it's beau
ties, angled for eel with the patience
of the renowned Izaak Walton.-From
Where the Antietam Flows" by
Thomas c. Harbaugh, in Four-Track
News.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
Oriental Brewery Trust.

There is a brewery trust in Japan.
Once Japan imported all the beer she
consumed. After a time she learned
how to make her own beer, and at sew
eral places breweries were established
with japanese capital These for a
time competed-with the usual result.
In 1904 the government itself con-
ceived, planned initiated and organ
lied the brewery trust of Japan, and
now directs the trusts operations. IN
der government direction the trust has
thrived amazingly, and while stupid
competition has been eliminated no one
has been injured, no one has been gar
roted or robbed Meanwhile under
government control the amount of
beer exported from Japan in 1905 was
double the amount exported in 1904,
and the amount exported in 1906 will
probably double tho amount exported
in 1905, for under government direc-
ton japan is beginning to seize the
beer trade in China and Korea.-Eyery-
body's Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
HIS REMARK QUITE UNKND
Caddy's Comment Failed to Give Sat-
isfaction to Golfer Already
Disconsolate.

Walter ]. Travis, the golfer, set up
his ball, and then made a half dozen
swishes at the short grass with the
driver
Il am not in good FORM" he said. Il
am playing like a broker we had here
last week
This broker played once around,
making a dreadful exhibition of him
self OF this, though, he was not
aware. He was doing pretty well for
him.
THE mans caddy was an unusually
quiet, stolid lad, boy with a freckled
face quite devoid of expression.
And since the caddy never once
laughed OF sneered at his bad play the
broker took fancy to him. And he
said at the end of the round, in the
hope of getting compliment:
81 have been travelling for the last
six months. am quite out of prac-
tice. That is why l am in such bad
form to-day
The caddy replied calmly:
"'Then we've played before, have ye,
sir?"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
BRulN MADE GINGER CAKE
Neraeious Guide Tells Of intelligent
Bear That Once Visited
His Camp.

"I'm the biggest liar Of the
hall lot Of ye," Ed Romeo used L
say, as he sat in front of the
camp fire. Every night wher
the dishes were washed b,
would light his pipe, throw q
fresh birch log on the fire and
be ready to talk on any subject
that might come up, and even il
he didn't know anything about
it, it is an even bet that none OF
the other guides ever guessed it,
for in some positions his imagin-
alton was superb.
"Give us a bear story"
asked him one night, with the
following rather startling re-
suit:
"Many's the bears l have shot
in the woods, but I'll never for
git the big one let get away be-
cause he was so wise. ] thought
he would some day maybe find
his way into one of them trained
animal shows you fellers have in
the big cities. 1t was nigh onto
five o'clock in the afternoon that
i first saw this geezer, as ] was
paddlin' a sport back to our
camp ground, and there was Mr..
Bear rummagin' around amongst
our grub, just like he was at
home, and never a smell of us,
and we within handy spankin'
distance Of him-sO | told the
sport to keep still, and there we
sat in the canoe and watched
him. First, he knocked our jug
Of strip Off the table, and he
rolled in it till / thought he'd
stick to the ground. Then he
waddled over to the -four barrel
and upset that and got the -four
stuck to the strip until he
looked mighty like a polar bear
from Alasky. When he thought
be was enough stuck on himself
he walked over to our fire and |
rolled around pretty near close
enough to it to get burned for
q bout five minutps Now if he I
making ginger cake for
the little cubs he had left back |
In the woods, you can put me
down for the biggest liar you
know"-Recreation Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
Retainer Was Retained.

Edward M. Mason, superintendent
Of buildings for New Hampshire. tells
the following anecdote of Daniel
Webster: One day a man came tc
Webster's office and consulted him in
regard to a prospective lawsuit Al
the close of the conference he paid
the attorney a retainer of 800 to
look after the matter. Upon returning
to his place of business he found that
his partner had already settled the
suit, obtaining the sum demanded
without an attorney. He thought 500
was altogether too much for an office
fee, so he dispatched his clerk to look
after the matter. ''Mr Webster" said
the young man, my employer thinks
you should return a part of your re-
tainer. That case has been settled.
Young man." said the lawyer. you
go back and tell your employer that
retainer is something to be re
tanned"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
DESCENDANT Of PoLIsH JEF
7reat- Grandfatler Of Queen Of Era:.
a Man Of Very Humble
81 Position.


The blood Of prince and 6
.casant, so it is said, nlingle
very 100 years. A striking -
.ance is the case of Princes
ma. now the wife Of Alfonso S
ain.
Here is the story as given in !.
lnde Moderne: First cousin
the emperor of Russia. to III.
'erman emperor and to the he
the throne Of Great Brita u
'aincess Ena Of Battenberg is al
ost as nearly related to a ia
umbler family circle.
Toward the beginning of las
injury Polish jew, Hauke. b,
tine, entered the service of tn,
and duke of Hesse-Darmstad
nd occupied a very subordinat
ositiOn at the little court. Hi
aughter, Julia Theresa. born II
S25, was, at the age Of 26, man
led morganatically by Prime,
Slexander of Hesse, two year
ler junior.
"Renouncing the faith of hel
athers. she was baptized into tn,
'rotestant church, and BY tn,
eigning grand duke was accord
d the title first of countess o
Gutenberg and subsequently, O
Tincess.
Prince Henry. the third chile
# this union, became the hus
and of Princess Beatrice and. O
curse. father of Princess Ena
Ing AlfOnsO's bride. SO little
vas he considered as belonging
0 the inner circle of European
oyalty that when Queen Vic
oria conferred upon him the
-ank of royal highness protests
lIOSc Oh all SUES
Formal notifications were
made by the courts of Berlin,
Vienna and st. Petersburg to the
effect that Queen NictOria's son
in-law, issue of a morganatic
lnion, could not be recognized as
royal highness elsewhere than on
British territory. Twenty years
later the daughter of the man on
whom this affront is put becomes
queen of Spain and treats on a
footing of perfect equality all
he reigning monarchs of Eu-
.opew
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
STAMP MOVED UP THE WALL
Explanation Was Simple, But Clerk
May Be Pardoned for Feeling
Slightly Nervous.

"An old gentleman" remarked the
major to a Portland Express reporter,
bought some stamps from me one day
last week, and after moisteninG one
of them 1t slipped from his finger
and fell to the floor. He did not
bother to pick 1t up. and after afix-
ing another stamp on his letter left
the store and l forgot all about the
incident. A few minutes later my
clerk came into the store from the
rear room, and at once his face at
tracted my attention for he seemd to
be troubled about something, while he
gazed fxedly in a certain direction.
Calling over to me he said: 1 do not
think am crazy, but do see some
thing that cannot understand
looked where he pointed and distinct
ly saw the postage stamp moving
steadily up the side of the WALL
"The explanation is this: The
stamp which the old gentleman
dropped had fallen on fly and stuck
TO It."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
Kindling Wood as Diet.

John Maginn, a well-educated Lon
doner, has gone Americans one bet
ter. Among our list Of raw foods and
health foods are messes that closely
resemble excelsior in taste and foed
value, but It was left to the above
named crank to discover that wood.
ordinary kindling wood, is an exces-
lent food and medicine. Maginn
chews bits Of wood as any ordinary
sane being would chew a delicious bit
of tenderloin, and he hypnotizes him.
self into believing that it is superior
TO the best brown bread in flavor.
Unfortunately the doctors stopped
the fool, as 1t was evident that he
was slowly committing suicide. 1t
would have been better If he had been
allowed to go on, so that his ultimate
death might serve as a warning
Health.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
His Knowledge of Weeds.

At suburban residence near Phila-
delphia there recently appeared an
.unkempt-looking individual who asked
for employment 1t CHANGED that his
application was made to the lady OF
the house herself. who was superin-
tending the transplanting of plants in
the garden.
Are you a gardener" asked the
lady.
"Ain't had much experience at gar
denim" was the reply.
Can you plant these bushes?"
"I'd hate to risk spoilin' EN-. mum"
Then what can you do?"
well. num-" responded the un-
kempt-looking individual. III you was
70 hand me one OF your husbands
cigars might sit in the greenhouse
an smoke out them insects that's eat
IN the leaves Of them rose bushes. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
HOG NEARLY BURNED CITY
Set Ablaze by Falling Lamp, Animal
Unconsciously Gets Even with
Man That Threw It.

The entire east side of town mar
rowly escaped being burned at night
and nothing but prompt action upon
the part of those present averted it.
says dispatch from Dresden. Tenn.
Fate Perry, a clerk at Tuck's res
taurant. went to his room upstairs
over the restaurant about IL o'clock
to retire. He lit a lamp, which caught
Are within, and Perry promptly threw
1t into the street. The lamp struck
a town hog fairly in the middle Of
the back and exploded. covering the
hog with burning OIL The squeals OF
his hogshfp could have been heard
half a mile away as he awoke to the
situation and tried TO get away.
The hog took turn around a part
OF the public square and returned to
where he was first assaulted and ran
under the restaurant from which the
lamp was thrown to get release from
the flames The blaze by this time
had Just begun to make extra good
Roadway and soon set the floor and
rubbish under the building afre The
alarm was raised and the entire fire
force called out, but for some time
they could neither get the hog out or
reach the fire Finally the floor was
torn up and water poured through
upon the hog. who took the relief Of
fered him without a grunt and the
fire was finally put ont. All losses,
except the hogs. were covered by in
surance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
GWEN JOLT ON HONEYMOON
Circumstances Caused Better Ealf Of
Pair to Ride Long Distance
Without hubby.

Zone Of the funniest things
have seen in all the time I've
been on the road was the separa-
ton Of a newly married couple
by the breaking of train on the
way down to ST. Louis awhile
ago." said Chicago travelling
| man.
1--WE were going down on the
Alton road and shortly before we
got to Springfield the inferior
nalf OF the newly welded pair
strolled into the smoker. Flop
ping himself into a seat across
the aisle from me, he commenced
to praise the innumerable vir-
tues of his wife.
"She was the finest little WON
an in the world, the cleverest,
the handsOmest, the best dressed
and so on. And then he had to
tell what they were going to do
when they got to st. Louis. He
became so excited during the
narration of his story that he
talked considerably louder than
was necessary, and every one in
the car knew all about the WON.
an back in the parlor car. He
never heard the brakeman an
nounce that the train was to be
broken at Springfield and pro
coed to st. Louis in two sections.
No one had the heart to tell him
And the little woman back in the
train thought all was well.
shortly after we left Spring
field, Mr.. Benedict ambled back
toward the rear of the train in a
leisurely manner, but when he
discovered that the last half Of
the train was some miles behind
there was something doing. He
was thoroughly angry and
stOrmed around, doing all sorts
of unnecessary talking. He
threatened to bring a damage
suit against the railroad com
pany, or to beat the head off the
conductor and all the road off
Gals. No one could pacify him.
When we stopped at the next
station the conductor wired the
bride on the following train that
her hubby would wait for her at
Alton.
Glow she stood the long ride
without her man we never knew,
but it's altogether likely that she
nearly cried her eyes out at the
forced separation. AS the first
half Of the train stopped at Al.
ton, we all babe good-by to the |
unhappy groom and left him
there awaiting the arrival of his
bride"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
The Scientific Method.

George Bernard Shaw" said an
editor, likes to poke fun at scientists.
He rldicules the high regard in which
scientists are held He says If cler-
gyman dares to make startling as
sertion, he is disbelieved and reviled,
whereas the rashest, the most UNI
founded claims of scientists are ac-
cepted reverently by the world as so
much gospel. Mr.. Shaw once declared
to me that the utility of scientists was
overrated. He said that was typ
zeal scientist to whom young man
took a superb cigarette holder OF
clouded amber. Some one claims,
said the young man, that this amber
is imitation, sir Will you tell me
how / may prove conclusively its gem
uinenessT Just soak IT,, said the
scientist, for "a hours in alcohol. II
II is genuine, It viii disappear"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
BATS GIVEN SIXTH SENSE
Living So Much in the Dark, Crea.
lures Have Nc Need to Use
Their Eyes.

IF you blind a bat" said a
biologist, "the creature some.
how will still see. If you doubt
this, consult Levy.
"Levy, the great authority,
once removed the eyes of several
bats and covered the vacant
sockets with leather patches. In
this condition the bats few
about the room, avoiding the
walls and corners, and when a
door was opened they dew out of
it without touching the jamb or
the frame.
"Afterward, in flying through
"a sewer, that made a right angle,
the bats turned at the proper
point without brushing tlS
walls, and they few through
threads suspended from the cell
ing without touching them,
though between the threads
there was only an interval sufi-
Client for their passage with
spread pinions.
"Bats, living in the dark, have
found their eyes almost useless,
and have developed sixth sense
that takes the place of eyesight."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
RELIEVED.

ain time" said the doctor,
"this trouble may affect your
mind"
"Oh," she replied, with a sigh
Of relief, ~ was afraid you might
say it would ruin my complex.
Ion"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
osEYED INSTRUCTIONS.

Man Of the HOuse-Verena, I
fold you to call me at seven
sharp this morning"
DOmestic--I called We as
sharp as ] could, sorr, but ]
couldn't wake Ye."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10

"Why don't you propose il you
love herr"
"She hasn't known me long
enough"
"Great Scott, man, propose at
once then. Don't take any
chances"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
CONNECTIONS.

At L. n 4. Junction:-Trains Nos. !. p and
3 VIII make connection with the Z. 4 o.,
Ry. for Mt. Sterling.
AT Campton Junction:-Trains NOS. I, 2, 8
and connect with the Mountain Central
Ry. for Pine Ridge and Campton.
At Beattyville junction: Trains Nos.
: and connect with the L. 4 A.. Ry. for
Beattyville.
At o. Il K. Junction :-Trains Nos. and
4connect with the .. 4 X. Ry, for local
stations on the o. 4 X. Ry.
CHAs. SCOTT,
Gen. Pass. A gent
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
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(LaEatiOe)
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10
PEPsIN SYRUP CO.
Monticello, Illinois
NO TIME TO BE LOST.

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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-10

HE CAME DOWN WITH A HEAVY
STEP.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
WRIGHT DEFEATS WARD
Fast Play Marks Practice of Laavrp
Tennis ChaIIengers.

Under more favorable conditions, the practice
matches OF the American team Of challenging
lawn tennis players were continued yesterday on
the turf OF the Knollwood Country Club az
White Plains. Kreigh Collins and Raymond d.
Little both suffered defeat in the singles and as
a pair In the doubles.
Little actually played good lawn tennis, but
he was handicapped by an injured right hand,
which bled profusely during his match with NAL
colin d. Whitman. Beals c. Wright defeated
Holcombe Ward in the most interesting compe-
tition of the day. winning by three sets to one.
The opening match brought Collins against
William A. Larned. and the veteran in
perfect form he easily disposed Of Collins by the
score of 6-3 and 6-2. Little played Whitman
more closely, but his hand bothered him, and he
lost at 60 and IS
Wright then engaged his partner in the
doubles. Ward and won at 6-3. IS 81 and
e-4. The doubles match, which was won by
Whitman and Larned over Collins and Little,
failed TO produce any of the spectacular playing
that was expected There was no concerted play
on the part Of Whitman and Larned, and they
won more by the weakness OF Collins, who has
been Ill, than by any merit OF their own. The
score was Ga, as, Sc. rs and 6-3
Above all else the days contests indicated
that the strength OF the American team lies in
Wright and Ward. Whether or not the Davis
cup is returned to this country this year after
the competitions in England, depends in a large
measure upon their showing abroad.
ward was at all times the aggressor yester-
Gay. He kept Wright the move and used
hlS changes OF pace and direction with excellent
erect Only the splendid accuracy and balance
OF Wrghts game allowed him to keep the up
sets.
ward was almost invincible whenever he was
successTuI in his attempts to gain the net.
Mhen at the barrier he used his short volley
stroke TO such good purpose that Wright was
scored against by a clean pass or place shot.
which he won by his good lobbine tactics, He
dropped the ball within inches of Wright's base
line. and coming up to the net on the rush be-
hind Wrights long returns Ward volleyed for
the point with hawless accuracy. Steadiness
saved Wright in the last set and resulted in
victory. The points of the games were: 34-2S,
The play will be finished on the Knollwood
Courts to-day with singles and doubles con-
tests.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
COLUMBIA CREW BEATEN
Yale Freshmen Take Measure of
Local Cubs ON Lake Whitneu.

New Haven. May 12.-Yale's spring regatta on
Lake Whitney this afternoon was the best ever
held; more crews than ever before were a1oat,
and the crowd on the banks was a large and en-
thusiastic one.
Columbia sent its freshman crew to race the
Yale freshmen, and once again was beaten after
a pretty struggle, in which strong finish by
the Yale men sent them across the finish less
than a length ahead of the Blue and White.
The Springfield High School crew from
the Yale freshman second crew by a length.
The Yale College crew, which probably will
become the varsity crew, gave exhibition
row, and later had brush with a crew of for
mer varsity oarsmen. The races, of which there
were nearly score. were over short course on
the lake.