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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
A Legend of Christmas Night.

'Tis said when the day is over,
And midnight shadows fall,
On Christmas Eve the cattle
Kneel humbly in the STALL
They bow in loving homage
Before the manger low,
Because the Blessed Christ-Child
Was laid there long ago.
And when the hour of midnight
Chimes forth from many bell,
The glad notes ringing sweetly
Ger hill, and plain, and fell,
For one brief hour, It's whispered,
The beasts like men can speak,
That they may join in praising
The Babe and Mother meek.
The donkey, scorned, ill-treated,
Though marked with Holy Sign,
Kneels down amid the darkness
To hail the Child Divine;
For he, like kline and horses,
Was in that cattle-stall,
The birthplace of the Savior
The King and Lord of all.
The sheep upon the hillsides
Turn eastward. kneeling low,
In memory of the Angels
At Bethlehem long ago;
Aud shepherds by the sheep-fold
First heard the wondrous song
The earliest Christmas carol,
Hymned by the heavenly throng,
MAUD F.. SARGENT.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
To Reduce Rates.

The New York Fire Insurance
Exchange has announced sweep
ing reduction in rates on all bust
ness written after November l.,
1910, and not affecting apartment
houses or residential property.
The reduction varies from ) to 10
per cent.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
Acquitted.

Hattie Leblanc, the little Cape
Breton girl, charged with the
murder of Clarence F. Glover, a
laundryman, at Waltham, Mass.
was acquitted by a jury in the
Cambridge Court. The vera. I
was a popular one.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
HOLIDAY FARES
Via Queen & Crescent Route.

Excursion tickets will be sold
December Is, 16, II, 81, %, %,
"a, %, 81, 1910, and January /,
1911, good returning until Janu-
uary 8, 1911. Call on nearest
agent for particulars or write
H. G. KING, p. and Il. A.
101 E. Main ST., Lexington, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
COOd Way to Collect.

How do you manage to get
customers to pay their bills so
promptly"
II send out the bills by mail
with announcement that if they
are not paid in ten days the coll
lector will call with megaphOne."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

l.. &. +. JUNCTION-Trains Nos.
ard will make connection with {. & 0.
Ry. for Mt Sterling, Ky.
CAMPTON JUNCTION Trains Nos
/, ?, 5 and will make connection with
Mountain Central Ry. to and from Camp
ton, KY.
BEATTYVILLE JUNCTION 49, Train
No. will make connection with I. Il A
Ry. for Beattyville, KY.
O. & X. JUNCTION. Trains Nos. 3
and will make connection with Ohio &
Kentucky Ry. for Camel City, Ky. and
0. x X. stations.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

TOrturing eczema spreads It's
burning area every day. Doan's
Ointment quickly stops its spread
ing, instantly relieves the itching,
cures it permanently. At any
drug store. I'm.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

The Fair is headquarters for fire
works, and at prices low enough to
burn. Sparklers, dozen, sc; 3
packs good Fire Crackers, Toe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
CHAS. SCOTT
Gen. Passenger Agent

Woman loves a clear, rosy COM
pleXion. Burdock Blood Bitters
purifes the blood, clears the Skin,
restores ruddv. sound health. I'm
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

The largest assortment of Toys,
China and Glassware at, Of course,
lower prices than anywhere else at
Spot Cash Grocery.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Have your picture framed al
Whites drug store. 23-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Dressed ducks and chickens at
Greenwade's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

John Robinson's Jewelry Store
is headquarters for everything in
jewelrv.
Cut glass, silverware, watches
and clocks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

One thread pure silk hose at
Walsh Bros. so and 75c, all colors.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Get fruits and nuts for your
cake at Nanarsdell's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Fresh fruits, candies and nuts
for the holidays at Greenwade's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Dressed chickens, ducks and tur-
keys at Nanarsdelfs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Hair dressing, shampooing, scalp
and facial massage, hair making
and manicuring.
21tf Miss Emma Lee Young.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Xmas suspenders at Guthrie's
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Oysters and celery received fresl
every day at Vanarsdell's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

With every S. cash purchase |
will give absolutely free a beauti-
full hand-painted calendar in water
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

CSNNECTIcNS.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-12-21

Robinson, the Jeweler.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
NONSENSE IN YOUR SLEEP.


In a paper on the mechanism and In
depreciation of dreams, read recently
before the neurological section of the
Academy of Science. Morton Prince of
Boston stated that dreams are in real
and are characterized by the same gen.
eral symptoms, if one may speak of
symptoms aside from disease. Mr..
Prince said he did not believe with
Freud that every dream represents the
fulfilment of wish. but rather that 1t
represents the unfulfilment of wish
or the fulfilment of fear.
One woman mentioned by him always
dreamed that she was surrounded by
myriad of cats. and she would usu-
ally awake when they seemed to be
attacking her or when she was thrown
helplessly among them Under hyp-
early childhood this woman had been
greatly frightened by a pet cat, which
had scratched and bitten her, and that
the memory of this occasion, although
seemingly buried deep in the tumble
of past experiences. nevertheless had q
certain psychological coloring which
caused it to be resurrected only during
unconscious states.
Such facts. he said, may explain in a
measure the curious and apparently
utterly Illogical single words and state
ments coming from the lips of those
in delirium. but it will always be found
that. just as in many hallucinatory
states of the insane, the mind is work
ing at a tremendous rate. much faster
than the organs of speech can record
the ideas. and hence what comes to our
ears from the dreamer is simply q
mass of nonSensical words
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19

from the Southern Workman.
For women Burma is a veritable
heaven on earth. No country else
where furnishes her more freedom,
countries cannot vie with Burma in
this respect. Mrs. Rurman outshines
everybody and everything Moreover,
she is ubiquitous. You find her here,
there and everywhere. You stop at the
jewelry store containing millions of
dollars worth of pearls and rubies and
precious stones, and the person In
charge of the establishment is a woln
an. You go to fruit stall and it is
woman who owns and conducts it, and
sells you a banana or a mango
AT railroad stations a Burmese wom
an sells you the tickets. and a fair
daughter Of the land is ready to take
your dictation and do your typewriting
If you are looking for an amanuensis.
The Burmese woman is not only an
efficient business woman, but a good
mother. Her duties as mother and
merchant do not interfere with each
other in the slightest degree. Added
to her superior intelligence, the Bur
mese woman has good looks. She has
eyes of a deep. liquid black, or brown
bordering on black. The forehead is
usually high and we'll filled out, and
there is a purity of expression about
the face. Her head is ovcl and shape
ly, this effect being heightened by the
manner in which she dresses her hair
in a big knot on top of her head. Her
dress is white, with tight-fitting
jacket. with large sleeves; the lower
part of the body is covered by single
bright silk peticoat, which also is tight
fitting and displays the figure like a
modern sheath skirt. The woman of
Burma is cautious about wearing
jewelry. If she wears any at all it
,pf rPr sI,Av 1,., Fo.,
unsparingly and adorns her hair with
few flowers. usually artificial ones.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19

damp as 30 hot an iron Is not required
to remove wrinkles as when the matte
rial is perfectly dry
White and pink silks will turn yellow
If washed In hot water and deep yell
low If boiled and especially will this
be noted in the wash ribbons that are
used so much in lingerie, while pale
blue will fade to clear white and
remain so as long as they are in use.
Inc easiest way to keep lingerie rib
Dons in order Is to wash number OF
them at time in tepid water and
wind around large bottle and leave
them thereon until dry This has the
same effect as ironing without the
drawback of the heat. Fine laces may
also be dried to great advantage by
this method.
White silk stockings. lingerie, under
wear. waists and dresses that have be-
come spoiled by careless washing and
are too yellow to be attractive may be
dipped in instantaneous dyes with most
excellent results and be as pretty as
new. Silk that has become yellow will
take fine shade of tan and that which
is only deep cream can be colored
g dainty pink or baby blue, while any
dark shade is still easier to handle.
In using instantaneous dyes be care
full to try sample of the material first
to be sure that the desired shade has
been obtained and in dying to have all
parts of the articles thoroughly soaked.
special attention being given to shir-
rings, plaits, belts and all parts where
the goods is in folds When the pro-
cess of dying is completed the coloring
matter will be in the materials and
the water will be almost clear.
The only way to launder white silks
and keep them white is do 1t ones self
avoid heat and complete the process as
rapidly as possible.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
HOW SILKS ARELA UNDERED

Silks are even more difficult to wash
than fiannels. In cleaning fiannels all
that Is necessary to remember is that
If one starts the laundry work with hot
water the rinsing and bluing waters
must be of the game temperature or all
three waters may be cold, for the
shrinking of the material is caused by
changing tho garments from one tenn
perature to another. The so-called fine
silk fannels should be washed by the
same method as is here given for silks.
With silks the process differs from
that used for fiannels that neither hot
nor cold water should be used and that
the washing, rnsing and bluing waters
should all be tepid. Make a lather with
some good soap, do not rub soap on
the silk unless to remove perspiration
stains. Rub between the hands, not
on board rinse, blue and squeeze
out as much water as possible, but
do not wiring The advantage OF this
will be found when doing the ironing
as fewer wrinkles have to be removed.
Shake the garments into shape and
hang where they will get air and dry
evenly, but not In the sun, as sun
burns silks as well as compilations.
When they are almost dry iron with
moderately hot iron. just hot enough
to remove the wrinkles. and do not let
it remain in one place longer than alb
solutely necessary as 1t is the heat that
discolors silks.
Soft silks. wash china and especially
ponges must be ironed when damp all
over or when perfectly dry. They, par
ticularly the ponges, cannot be
sprinkled as after ironing the sprink-
ling will show in unsightIy spots and
the garment must be again wet all over
to remove them The best results may
be obtained by ironing silk when it is
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
MOTHER WHOSE SIXTEEN
SONS WERE SOLDIERS

of her sons live near Moundsville and
are known personally by the writer
They are Hiram, aged "a, of Bellaire.
o.: Evan. aged ~; Andy, aged SO. and
Abraham. aged about 60, all of Mounds
Willie. Alexander Brandon. another
son. was about Moundsville until
few years ago. His whereabouts at
present is not known.
All the sons are large. rugged men,
noted for their strength, stamina and
endurance. All are either laborers or
coal miners by occupation, but spend
much of their time in hunting and
fishing. Evan is the most expert
wood craftsman of the upper Ohio wall
ley, and despite his advanced age con-
tinues to earn his living, principally
through hunting. He is Of a reckless
and adventurous disposition and has
participated In many fights, His body
is literally covered with scars, some of
which We're received in the war and
others later in life
Despite his reckless manner OF liV-
ing, the many wounds he has suffered.
and the privations he has endured, he
is today the finest specimen of physical
manhood of his agc i'm Marshall county
One of his peculiar physical features is
thai his front teeth are double, like an
ordinary PERSONS back teeth.
Mrs Brandon and her son Evan live
in q, small log cabin in the woods on.
the side of Il hill overlooking the beau
tiful valley. She is still hale and
hearty. and there is i'm her every
movement a snap and vigor seldom
found nowadays in much younger per-
sons. She makes a trip to the center
of Moundsville. a distance of about a
mile from her home. almost every week.
and frequently walks several times
that distance to visit relatives. The
aged woman visits the county clerks
office in person once every three
months to sign the voucher for her
pension OF SIP per month which she
receives from the government.
She spends most of her time about
the house with an old horn stemmed
pipe as her constant companion. This
she has used since her girhood, and
when questioned regarding 1t, said:
I'm too old to do much work now
and nay greatest comfort is my old
pipe. frequently get up in the night
and smoke 1t. Life without my pipe
would not be worth living"
She smokes the strongest scrap
chewing tobacco and says 1t does not
seem strong to her.
When n small girl Mrs. Brandon met
with an accident which deprived her
of the sight of one eye. Her brother,
aged IL. was shooting With a bow and
arrow when he inadvertently sent one
of the darts into his sisters right eye.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way to cure deafness. and that IL
by constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
caused by On iniamed condition Of the mu.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and whom 1t is
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal cond!-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrn)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
Baby Wasted to . skeleton.

My little son, when about year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face had physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts Of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then 1
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end Of about a
year and half of suffering he grew
so bad that l had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
desh. He got to be mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
My aunt advised me to try Cut!-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
sent to drug store and got a cake OF
Cuticura Soap and box of the ONT
ment and followed directions. At the
end Of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores Of
any kind since. l can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. used only one cake Of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
of Ointment
Il am a nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and it is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs Egbert Shell
don, R. F. D. 1. Litchfield. Conn. Oct.
%. 1909"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19

gradual i'm order to allow the body to
become accustomed to the pressure of
the water. When the diving dress was
introduced the Greeks found that
stay in the water for minute to u
minute and ~ half he could now re-
main for half AN hour.
The owners We're unwilling to waste
the time which should be allowed for
the descent when diving is carried on
under proper conditions. Instead
therefore, of lowering a man "A fathom
a minute they decided to throw him
overheard. allowing him to sink like
log. So general is this disgraccful
state of affairs that about so per cent
of the sponge divers suffer from par
alysis. eventually total paralysis being
their fate. One would imagine that in
a civilized country either the govern
ment would have adopted measures to
prevent this or that the divers them
selves would have shown themselves
reluctant to undertake such hazard
Gus profession. Such, however. is not
the case. 1t should be mentioned to
the credit of the infidel Turks that
Turkey has forbidden the use of the
diving dress for sponge fishing.
Decoyed Out to Sea.
of the sponge fleet II lamentable spec
tacle is provided. The divers, like the
gladiators of old. are aware that they
may never see their native shores
again. so they go in for course of
unrestrained debauchery in which they
are encouraged by the huge prepay
ments which are given them as brides
for their services.
1t Is commonly understood that
diver will receive 5000 drachmas
(about 5000 for the summer fishing.
1900 of which will be paid him before
he sails. He gathers unto him his
boon companions and after three or
four nights of drunkenness wakes up
with n splitting headache to find that
he is already far out at sea, with the
prospect of serving under ruffianly
master and never getting the remain
der of his pay.
TO do the captains justice. If they
| can be said to deserve such, must
admit that they themselves are OPP
pressed by the syndicates. who let
4 out the diving suits with provisions
and nets at an exorbitant rate of in
terest, so that 1t is practically impos-
sible for the man to secure anything
but the smallest profit. If they paid
speedily be ruined.
| One may wonder that the men do
not mutiny against ill treatment, but
| 1t must be remembered that the skip
per or maestro, as they call him, is al
ways accompanied on board by num-
| Der of his cousins. or near relations
| who are always we'll armed, and so
! have the whip hand.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
His Changing CALLING.

From the Youths Companion.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern
ment food expert, was talking of a
new" sort of food preservative They
are all the same thing under different
Names" he said. 1t reminded him of
the old caretaker of an Episcopal
church of whom he once heard.
This old fellow, as he sat on a tomb
in the churchyard dismissed as triv-
ial the question of his proper title.
The good old creed keeps the same
for ALL" he said, though they may
change the words they use. Look at
me, here. l used to be the janitor.
Then we had parson who called me
the sexton. Doctor Thirdly gave me
the name of virgin. And the young
man we've got now says I'm the
sacrilege."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-19
From the New York wnrld

from the New J Ork MOrlQ.
There resides i'll Marshall county, w.
son OF Mrs. Sarah Brandon. She is
gerry old--how old nobody can be found
who knows exactly. She claims to be
100 years of age, but in the absence of
a family record showing the date of
her birth there is only her word that
she is the age she says she is. How
ever. the oldest residents of the COM
munity in which she has always lived.
several of whom are we'll up in the sos,
say that they knew her when they
were mere children, and that she was
then we'll past the age of maturity and
married. They say that from their
personal knowledge of the woman she
can't be much under the century mark,
and may possibly be as old as she
claims.
Mrs. Brandons chief claim 10 fame.
however. rests on her assertion that
she had more sons in the civil war
than amy other mother of the land OF
her family of %, all boys except one,
Ia fought under the stars and stripes,
and two in the confederate ranks. ON
several occasions the government has
shown its appreciation of the services
she rendered her country, and of these
testimonials she is very proud. Her
picture and the army record of her re-
markable family are now in the ma
.fonal gallery in Washington a like
ness of this wonderful woman is also
on exhibition at Columbus. o. All these
places. as in her own community. She
is known as the Mother of the Civil
War" in which appellation She also
takes pardonable pride
She was born near Powhatan, o..
just across the Ohio river from West
Virginia, and about 10 miles from
where she now lives, near Moundsville
w. We. She gives the date of her
birth as April Is. 1901. Her father
was Lge Barker, a farmer. and she
was one of a family OF H. of which
nine were girls and eight were boys
AT the age of Is she was married at
Powhatan. o., to Charles Brandon, who
had been twice married before and had
10 children. Her husband served in
the Mexican war and died In 1856 She
has since had two husbands, both of
whom are dead.
The country in which Mrs. Brandon
grew TO womanhood was mt that time
sparsely settled and schoolhouses Were
few and far between. so she grew ur
without the rudiments of an educa :
ton. This accounts for her failure to
keep any kind of a record of births in
her family. She does not even rccollect
the names and ages of all her children
nor the whereabouts of some of them
whether they are living or dead Six