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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
REMAINS or PRIMITIVE MAN.
oiseove~y That Seems 20 Clear Up Die
pUec Point

TIE name Neaaderthaloid has been
used 70 denote al extremely ancient
race Of men. OF which remains we're
arst found IN 1855 IN he Neauder val
ley, Germany. Since then an entire
skeleton Of an adult woman OF the
same type vas found in Dorcogne.
France, IN 1905. and crly few months
ago, near the same place, there was
unearrhed the skeleton OF youth
showing The typical characteristics OF
the rsce-strongly developed suFraor
eitsl ridges, powerful nGilla- large
teeth. etc. The wisdom teeth we're
scu 81 their Gveoh. The lover jaw
vas proSnztheus 70 az extent allos;
calling 70 mind the nuz1le Of al AMI
nal TIE canine teeth we're lot very
eioiy developed, as z antnropoid
xres The bones 0: tie limbs were 81
ufely II accord with tie type known
10 % in pLeolithic man the fenur
massive AID stubby. the radius curved.
Near The human remains were found
those Of Bos pr1uigerius.
The attitude il which the BODY was
placed seemed 70 Indicate that IL Lad
been placed there for burial. This is o.
special interest, az Il has hitherto beer
sor.evhat generally held that print
i've Ean did not bury the dead, AID
tha, this was a. Indication Of his ea-
Tire lack Of al religion
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Insane at Fathers Grave.

A Partisan girl of 16 whose way
ward conduct drew from her father
stern reprimand, left home, and begar
to frequent the cafes at Montmarre. A
party OF jewellers with which she
was connected conceived the bizarre
idea of promenading through Pere La
chaise cemetery.
The party were leaving one patti
for another when sharp cry ar
rested their steps. They turned
round, and found the girl kneeling a.
a freshly-made grave, her eyes fixed
on the marble slab. 1t was the grave
OF her father, who had died suddenly
and had been buried on the previous
day. The girl sank into a swoon. anc
when she came 10 she was insane
The shock at finding her father dead
and buried had turned ner brain.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
SPEAKER MISSED THE FONT.
Report Of Meeting OF esf"
Women That May or May NOT
Be Exact

Ladies' said the first speaker al
the suffragette. meeting, Il am mere
this afternoon TO tell you how to De
happy. | am here TO tell you bow 10
solve your greatest problem.
Applause, rustic of silks and hutter
of furs.
Il know you are badly used. you
are tied down. You are restricted
You are suffering"
More applause.
Freedom is what you want More
liberty and less painl II is your rlgh'
and IT can be accomplished"
Violent applause, followed by ex'
pectant silence
Il bring you relief. bring you a
message that will remove the con
straios and help you. II will allow you
10 eat in peace and TO learn that time
spent at your dressing tables Is
wasted. 1t will free you so that never
again will you have that feeling OF be
ing pressed in, of restriction, and Us
attendant sorrows."
Cries of 20 my, do tell us bowl"
Yes. ladies, will tell you. BY the
ballot Vote for women! You elect
the lawmakers of the land and you
will not be tied down, restricted
pressed in. restrained. You will have
freedom. You will have
But the audience was departing witt
shifts of disappointment.
silly" sputtered a pretty woman
on the steps, how on earth can you
be perfect straight-back 36-inch un
less you are tied down and pressed
in? And what has the ballot got u
do with il anyhow?"-New Yorl
Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Old end New.

The penny-oT two-cent-post be
tween England and America is a new
and at the same time a very Old thing
II is over zoe years old. 1t existed in
1893.
In those days shipmasters crossing
the Atlantic either way were very
glad to carry letters and messages. A
week or two before their ships sailed
they would hans up bags in coffee
houses, and all letters dropped into
these bags were carried over seas
and faithfully delivered at the rate
Of q penny, or two cents, apiece.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Murderous Lawbreaker rs,

Every chauffeur who drives his ma
chine at dangerous rate through the
streets assumes the possibility of man
slaughter and must be held RESPONSE
BILE for his deeds. Under no circum.
stances has any man right to make
the highways, in the city or the coun.
try, dangerous. II he does he takes
the chances Of manslaughter; the spe-
cific intent is in his general disregard
for the safety Of the people about
him. II is a very low or a very dan
gerous type of mind that will take
such chances: and such a man, no
matter what his intentions, is, to all
inteuts and purposes, criminal A
rigorous enforcement of the law, a
rigorous supervision of chauffeurs
and swift and certain punishment in.
fiicted whenever the law is broken.
will deliver the country from the
speed maniacs who have overshad-
owed its highways for the last two or
three years.-The Outlook.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
coRsETs IN ANCIENT GREECE
A Playwright Says Cycling skirt.
Were Also Common There.

The discovery has been made u
Paris recently, that the Greeks 2.e0t
years ago wore corsets AID other ar
ticles Of modern feminine dress. &C
cording to the Paris CORES oncent o.
the New York Tines. Nine. Paqui.
aad Jules Bots disclosed The fact IN
the lstter'e play. La Furie," AZ the
Comedie Frsncaise, for which tie ia
nous cressnaker designed tie COS
tunes after consulting so1e OF ths
Oldest records. Jules Bots said 70 ne:
There is really nothing Few under
The sun. The ordinary conception OF
Greek dress refers o1ly TO certain Pc
RODS know what an taking
about
II have studied tie works Of Schlie-
MANI on Mycense and O! Evans and
De Hosso or the prehistoric epochs.
] have made excavations az knossoe
and IL Crete have visited museums.
/ don't imagine the things write
about The Grecisns OF the most an
ciert periods had modern figures. This
Is the point insist upon. Look al
the statues OF the women, ancient
Greek vases and sculptures and yor
will see ribbons. crinolire. head
dresses. bssques and corsets. The
cycling skirt was the usual mode a,
TIE court OF Agamenmon-"
To prove bis points ". Bots had pho
tographs OF old sculptures and vases.
These are extraordinarily like the
modes OF 1850. From these Nine. Pa
ouin made the costumes for the play
OF course. this upsets popular ideas
about Greek dress, and probably mu'
steal play showing Ulysses in pajanas
and Dido IL a kimono will be pro
duced or the boulevard as result.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
osr OUT OF WORRYING HABIT
Exercise o. Reasonable Amount q
viii Power 10 Necessary.

1t will usually b found useless &c
try to stop worrying ~ simply saying:
Il won't Worry" That is tie negative
way Of reaching the trouble. Some
hing must 5e put IL Is place. Esy.
Ing assumed he general attitude Of re
sista2ce 70 Il, FL the mind with
thoughts Of other things Get an IN
terest!ng book indoors aid keep out
doors as much - possible, and gel
into good physicas condition. People
II sound health are almost never
known % Worry. person who has
worried habitually FOR q long time bas
developed grooves into which his mind
easily slides He cao change the d
rection Of his thought very much b.
uggesLon. The last thing be
fore going To sleep or JUS after avak-
en!lg, vhsn the suocOnsc.ous self is
said 70 Be easier 70 reach, suggest nex
topics. and II this is persistenty done
and reasonable amount Of viii power
exercised, the worries viii scatter
Even II the worst happens. II will gen.
orally " found not aS bad as what
had been dreaded. The sense Of death
Is ROst IA apprehension There are
few people vho are not al some time
confronted With situations calculated
70 cause u1easine.s. Business trou
bles threaten, disease attacks, plans
niscarry, friends prove false, bu,
when yoc have faced the cause OF
trouble. whatever = may be, and &c
cided On course Of acton, dismiss 81
from your mind
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
HIS PERIODS OF RELAXATION.
srItain,s Great Prime Minister Had
the Gift Of Occasionally Forget
ting Cares of once.

Some one says, Unhappy 10 the
man who cannot fool" He who can
not descend from his pedestal OF great
ness and play ia indeed to be piled.
The change from rollicking gaiety 10
awesome dignity is not always 30 alb
rupt nor so plainly seen, however, as
that described by William Toynbee, in
Mr.. Pitt in Private Life" an article
published in the Westminster Review
That great statesman. upon whose
word so many tremendous issues
hung. was In the habit of retiring to
his country house for seasons Oh relaxa-
ton. There he dropped his character
of august prime minister and became
for the time a romping schoolboy.
One day he had been skylarking
with his young friends. He rushed
into every fray with the ardor OF the
youngest present. When the fun was
most furious a servant entered the
room and informed the prime minis
ter. who was coatess and embellished
with burnt cork. that Lords Hawkes.
bury and Castlereagh had arrived from
London on important business.
ASK them TO wait" remarked Pitt,
and proceeded with the game. When
that was finished, Pitt said that he
must attend to the two noble lords,
and retired to his dressing room to re-
pair damages. Presently he returned
and a remarkable transformation took
place.
Standing in the middle Of the room.
the prime minister drew himself up to
full height of unapproachable dignity.
To the establishment of the young
people present the two lords came into
the room almost on their hands and
knees, and with abject obsequiousness.
explained the object of their visit.
Mr.. Pitt listened with an air of dis
tant hauteur, and with sentence or
two dismissed his noble guests
Youths Companion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
TOO EAGER TO SECURE WORK.
Enthusiastic Lssorers Had Overioosed
important Point in Their
Calculations

Bob and Jim were two Jacks-of-all
trades. and whenever possible. worked
together. One summers morning Bob
came round TO Jim's house at the ear
~ hour Of three O'Clock, and, hav-
ing managed TO wake Jim, went In
side. Nov, then" he cried. hurry
up: there's a big factory chimney
wants pulling down. about a nile
away from here, and ! got the tip
from the factory foreman that II we
could knock 20 feet OF before the
authorities we're about it would save
the factory the expenses of a scat
fold, and IL would mean a fve-dollar
note apiece for you and me"
"What-ho,- cried jim Let's go
Their destination was reached they
climbed to the top Of the chimney, and
soon masses Of brick work were fall
ing to the earth. 4 man who lived
near was disturbed by the noise and
started 10 make fuss.
Here, Bob cried jim" you climb
down and quiet that fellow. Keep
him talking while ! finish this JOB up
here"
So Bob climbed down and engaged
the indignant man in conversation
Suddenly Jim heard Bob calling 10
him, and looking down, saw his friend
reckoning him to come down. 50
down Jim came.
What's the matter?" he asked.
Let's 60 home, Jim, laundering
quick. We've been pulling down the
wrong chimney. London Tit-Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
VERY EVIDENTLY HIS FIRST ONE
Young Man Was Proud Parent sn6
Didn't Care Who Knew II.

There was no booth IN the corner
drug store The young man al the tele-
phone therefore could be heard by AL
the customers who ranged about the
soda water fountain. His face beaned
az he talked.
Everything is all right" be was
saying.
"Ma'sm?
"Ycs'm. Eleven pounds. Beautiful
boy. Like me, they say.
"Maam?
"Yes'm. Resting quietly. Would
have sent for you, but thought it best
not to. Didn't want to worry you.
"Maan?
"Yes'n. I'll attend TO all that
"haam?
"Yes'm. III tell her you're coming
down right away Beautiful boy.
"hs'am?
"Yes'm. Eleven pounds and looks
Just ike me"
He rang of and walked proudly out
OF the drug store apparently obliyious
10 the smiling countenances OF his
Interested listeners ranged around the
soda fountain.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Bound to Have Fine Casket.

Much Bad Luck. an aged Lapwai
brave, arrived in Dayton, Wash. a
week or two ago, and paid for a cas-
ket he ordered from a local under
taker nearly a year before. Last
September Much Bad Luck went to
the undertaken and in voice chok
ing with sobs tried TO buy casket
:oT his son. vino mad DIED short time
before. The Indian wished his son to
be buried American fashion" The
few dollars the old man had would
scarcely buy the silver mountings on
the casket of his choice, SO he was
told that the casket would be re-
served for him until he earned money
enough to pay for 1t. The Indian left
Dayton the next day. He told the
undertaken how he had saved the
pennies from his meager earnings
Somewhere in the hills east OF Dayton
the old mans son is buried. The body
will be exhumed and placed in the ex.
pensive casket.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Ghosts In Scottish Houses,

Scotland is rich in ghost lore. There
IL. perhaps, hardly a castle or ruin
which has not some special story cling.
ing 70 II, and the strange part OF the
matter is that many OF the legends are
subs,sntiated by latter day expert
ences. Dunrobin castle, the Highland
home OF the duke Of Sutherland, boasts
OF a haunted room. The specter there
is invisible and denotes its presence
by an awe-inspiring laugh. The story
goes that one OF the dukes ancestors
caused the chief OF rival clan TO
be starved to death IN his room, Wis
iting him periodically during his SUI.
ferings and laughing at his tortures.
AS punishment for this crime the un.
scrupulous chieftain has TO haunt the
room.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08

Bosnia is lard where a mana
surname very often varies according
70 his religion In the old days fami.
lies often divided their members be
tween Christianity and Islam. 50 as
70 be certain 10 have friends on the
winning side, much as old Scottish
families IL come cases deliberately
divided themselves between Jacobite
and HanOyertsn. In such Bosnian
cases, Sir Charles Eliot explains, all
Representatives OF the original family
recognize each other as relatives, but
generally they use different names
for the two branches. conveying the
same meaning In Slsyonic and Turk.
ish respectively. For example, there
are the names Raikoyich and Jenetich
RAJ" and "Jennet' both meaning
PARADISE and Sokolich and Shahin.
agich C"Sokol" and "Shahin" both
meaning faIcon).
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
VINTAGE Nicknares.

We have nicknames for the vintages
which few persons except the wine
drinkers know. Thus the vintage OF
the present year we call Zeppelin. In
honor OF the air navigator's achieve
ment and because it Ia 80 high. Rec
ords show that these nicknames were
bestowed on vintages as far back as
1929, when the badwatered wine was
called Baptist"
The sour wine Of 1860 was called
Garibaldi, and in memory OF the CHI
nese war the 1894 wine is still known
az WeihAiwei. The vintage OF 1896
promised much and gave little. and was
nicknamed Ii Hung Chang, and an
other nickname foy the same years
wine, Moses, was given because the
wine was taken from the water princi'
pslly.-Munchener NeuHchten.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Fought for Other Fellows Girl.

A remarkable duel has been fought
to no purpose by two brothers at Vim
kovitse, Austria. Holek and Albert
Baksho, who lived together on good
terms, recently discovered that they
were both in love with the same girl.
Neither had proposed to her, but
when they discovered they were rivals
they agreed that the sword should
decide their difference. The combat
took place, and Albert, the younger.
was wounded by his brother. The
matter was settled; Holek was free
to make his proposal. Meanwhile the
allunconscious Fraulein Schneider
had engaged her affections elsewhere,
and when Holek went to press his
suit, the lady introduced him to her
fiance. The unfortunate man was SO,
overcome with grief and vexation that
he went home and shot himself. His
brother is recovering from his in
juries.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Swelling Her All up.

Paris Judge tells LADY e.! about
herself Just before sending her up for
granddaughter. He said, IN part:
You are a female Apache You re
ceiyed as many stabs OF the knife as
you gave, and as many revolver shots
~ you fired. Two years ago a dagger
vas plunged into you by your lover,
and the wonder is that you survived.
Last year another lover blew out
your eye with a revolver. How you
survived this is also a mystery. You
paid this savage lover back by stab
bling him during sleep. He was sent
70 the hospital, and almost miraculous
~ recovered"
Outside Of that she was probably
: grea: KID.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Clergyman Gives Income to Charity

Canon Hicks. popular clerical fig
ufe in the County of Lincoln, Eng.
land. has announced his intention of
giving his private income to the poor.
las a socialist" he said, at a recent
labor mass meeting, and a follower
OF one who had not where to lay
his head. have TO consider how far
/ am justified in living on unearned
increment from the wealth | happen
TO have inherited. 1t is hard prob
lem, but intend to face ii"
The canon has since been pressed
to amplify his statement. Il can only
tell YOU" he says. to inquirers. that
l am facing the problem as well as !
can. | am not going to part with my
capital" 1t is understood. however,
that he intends to surrender the whole
of the income from his private wealth,
which is considerable. He has already
made arrangements to sell his motor
car and part with his carriage, and
he will live entirely on his salary.
His private means he will devote to
the alienation of suffering and want
as it is brought to his notice.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Eouuht Duel In Church.

While all around them scores OF
people were kneeling at mass, Ricardo
Quirose and Alfonza Garias, members
OF wealthy families, fought a duel
with pocketknives as they sat in a
pew of the cathedral in Monterey
Mexico. Both were seriously wounded
There had been illfeeling between
the two for some time, and Quirose
had challenged Garias to a duel. No
acceptance was received and when
they met in the cathedral the other
day Quirose tainted the man he had
challenged, accusing him of cowardice.
Garias at once drew his knife and be-
gan slashing. In an instant Quirose' s
knife was Also at work, and before the
combatants were separated both were
bleeding from a number of wounds.
The. fight created panic among the
worshipers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Died Like Joan of Arc.

An extraordinary tragedy. attributed
TO mystical madness, is reported from
the village of st. Julien, near Chalon
sur Saone, France. A woman named
Madame Bouquet, after attending a
church service whore she heard a
sermon on Joan Of Arc. shut herself
up in a disused chapel. saturated her
clothes with infiammable spirits. and
built funeral pyre Of straw and
wood, which she ignited. She was
found by the neighbors kneeling
amidst the flames and praying to Joan
of Arc.
Though promptly rescued and rem
dered every assistance, she died short
ly afterwards in frightful agony.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
MEAN METHOD OF ROBBERY.
la Gsrb Of Woe Philadelphia Woman
Attended Funerals and Robbed
the Sorrowing.

Originally arrested on a charge of
drunkenness, a woman who says she
is Annie Allen, sometimes of Camden.
Gloucester and Philadelphia, was ar
raigned before Magistrate Gallagher
in the Twentieth district police sta
ton on suspicion Of being a funeral
thief who has been much sought by
the authorities, says the Philadelphia
Record. When taken into custody at
carried a small handbag, which on be-
ing searched was found to contain
more than seventy pawntickets. to-
gether with black wells and other
mourning apparel, which the police
say she used in attending funerals as
a professional "mourner"
The pawntickets found in her pos
session bore the names of "a different
pawnbrokers, with places of business
in all sections of the city. Many COM
plants have been received from
houses of mourning where petty rob-
berries have been committed while
the services were in progress, and the
police say the woman now in custody
admits that she has put on her black
veil and mourning raiment and at
tended funerals for the purpose Of
robbery. Pending further investiga-
ton of her career and to give the po-
lice time 10 find out the owner of some
of the articles called for on the pawn.
tickets found in her possession. the &C
cused was held in $500 bail for fur
Their hearing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Cinnamon al CommunIen.

An infrequent visitor 10 st. Paul's
chapel was amazed to see three China.
men go up TO the communion rail one
recent Sunday, come back to their
seats, and sit very quietly and intently
throughout the partaking Of the COM
munion by the others.
1T is not At all strange" said the
clergyman In charge. There are very
few nationalittes that are not repre-
scented here IL q. Paul's chapel
New York Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Birthdays and Health.

For several years | have noticed
that in a period OF from about three
70 two weeks preceding the anniver.
sary OF my birth have had a feeling
OF returning vigor. a renewal OF vi,
tality such as have not experienced
~ any other time Of ths year. This
has lasted for from two TO eight days,
but has always ceased come days be
fore the anniversary. Hence II has
occurred 10 me that there may be
some connection between the approach
OF the recurrence OF ones birthdate
and the maintenance or ones health.
Letter IN London Graphic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
SIaw.

The people known as the Slavs ap-
pear in history north of the Black sea
about the time of Emperor Trajan,
A. d. 10, and begin to be mentioned
with some frequency during the
sixth century. Since then they have
pushed westward into the Teutonic
domain, but have nowhere, save in
Russia, retained political independ.
ence. OF the fifteen or more Slavonic
languages, the old Bulgarian and the
modern Russian, Polish, Bohemian,
Croatian and Serbian are of the most
importance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Odd TabIecloth.

An electrically wired tablecloth,
upon which ornamental electric light
fixtures diffuse illumination the mo-
ment they are set down, is one of the
latest and most interesting illuminat-
ing devices designed in England. SAYS
Popular Mechanics. To the uninitiaty
ed the ability to get light by simply
placing fixture on the table is moth
ing less than extraordinary, but the
explanation is simple.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
Brilliant Project Brought 70 Naught

In the year 1884 William Patterson.
founder OF The Bank of Scotland, con-
ceived the grand project of planting
on the Isthmus Of Darien a British
colony which, In his own words,
Should secure for Great Britain the
keys Of the universe, enabling their
possessefs 10 give laws TO both oceans
and to become the arbiters of the com.
mereial world" This colony was actu-
ally founded at a place still known
~ Puerto Escoces, but its people
were subsequently forced by the Span.
iards to evacuste and return to Scot
land
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
True Devotion.

Auntie had been abroad some years
and didn't know the latest news about
Ethel, who, in the meantime, had
reached the mature age Of II.
How is Willie?" inquired Auntie.
"Oh," with a toss of the head,
haven't spoken to him for most two
years."
But weren't you very good
friends?"
YES" answered Ethel, 81 was faith
full to him for eight yearsw