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five gonoratlons living In Ez31Iris wilt ¬ ow Gillan Pieratt born September 27 1810 j his sou J M Pierati j his granddaughter Mrs Mary McGuire j his groat granddaughter Mr El za bEth Kashjdaughter of Mrs McGuire j and bis greagrit t granddaughter the babe of L MrKaehStEtteilANTS The merchants are J 1L Plerall Steve Pieratt B F Davis and Carr rr t 1 PiurBttI irp The Ezol Roller Mills are owned by capacityf t ot per i bllnUIOiS I Near Ezel the firm of Henry t Murphy have been engaged Ju the I pc qnoral mercantile business for 13 yearpaud semi to bo doing well StAYTOWN We reaohedtown after dark on tit Tuesday m Curtain formerly of Mt I Sterl- Ing 1 has a machine shop and liar been t hero for six years Iifous 3c Hyfton for three years have been in business and handle live tock Noah Lyons of the firm keeps the hotel where we stopped Henry Swango Co have been merchants for four years succeeding Mr Swaago who had boon a mAr chant for nine years They also han die live tock DAYS BOKO Oscar Fallen was for years a far flier but for eight years he has been a merchant M J Alexander has been supply ¬ ing tho wants of the people for seven years HAZEL GREEN i We reached here at dark and ac- cording ¬ to custom attended prayer meeting and talked Our cousin W O Mizo has been sick for more than three weeks While much enfeebled ho was slightly im ¬ proved Wo spent the night with our sisters MrsDy and Miss Ella Trimble who is visiting here H J McLin loft on Thursday to nuko purchases for the stores of J T 0 ip y Westx V IJiberti Caney otc etcon Thursday r En roufo we passed Several molaees camps > > p MALONE f Johni 3 businessfof our years t Williams 3c Holliday wore not at I Ihome Aluavyraln about three miles r froPV Neat Ltberty caused us to take K ebitter In a farm house The vonora f He occupant with hoarv locks greet- ed t uscordially In conversation wo gathered the following t v to Jw Steele was born March 10 t iiti i1 ti 1 0 11 3 I marrrMartha j rl I dI I raovou i j BjTOrKau uouuif5pcf3 M 1847 and located at his presciit jjonie three relies from West L1berH e hail made live polltlal racet tfrt wIelecledSchoolCommfuloDerj ti in 185 County Surveyoriu 72gin t ie chCounty l d Representative from the 9t dIatr ct- composed of counties Morgan and Wolfe jhus always voted the Di mo ctaic tick t until 99 when he votid for John Young Brown He has raised eight children has twenty living grandchildren He is a member of tho Regular Bap J List church and for 33 years I hay hiPII clerk of Buining Sprlug Asaoaiatiou lie iaa great reader HII AnY r Satiou Is slightly hindered because hc has only three teeth and they do hot hit We proceeded on our Journey and were caught in a rain Slightly dis- figured ¬ we took refuge at darKVln a firm house Fortunately we carrjed another shirt This with a borrower 1 coat made us comfortable Yew for the first time passing over this road The rain continued audoijwc had hoard that t this bridges along this road to town needed the attention of the County Judge Road Overseer or some one we did not care to risk our self especially on a horse blind in one eyeWe learned that our host was Ji WCaskov the fonlnlaw of Judge Amos Davis We accepted his invi- tation ¬ to spend the night Supper way over but o enjoyed the I lunch In Morgan county wo wore a Mi Kin ley butunit was in the lapel of the borrowedcoat loaned us by our younS friend John Biy I who was spending the night with Mr Cakevb sou Tho rain spoiled Iho plans of these young men who had girls on the mllldMlSs Henry of the neigh ¬ boyhood and Miss Maple of Hazel Green escaped and so will tho writer if ho docs not meet the boys again Mr Caskey has been a farmer for many years has dealt in rafts staves and coal for 25 years lIe is a native of Morgan county He has two chil ¬ drena son William and Mrs Ida Elam For a year he has been a mer- chant ¬ firm name J W Caskcy Son At five oclock wo woro up for bus- iness ¬ and a dry coat by the kitchen fire- WEST LIILklrrr Mankor Combs and Daniel are at work erecting a grist saw and plan ¬ ing mill and a woolen factory They expect to do sawing by Oct Gth and will complete all by Dec 25 J li Lykins is a Democratic can- didate ¬ for County Clerk Ho sold his stock of Groceries to W II Govedon on September 21 Henry Cox Circuit Court Clerk is I laying the foundation for his twelve room framo residence which will with modern improvements be at- tractive ¬ Rev E E Dawson was holding a meeting at Toms Branch lie has many friends in Morgan and his work is acceptable W M Kendall will next week com ¬ plete his telephone line to Canoy Kv 10 miles and will run a branch lino to White Oak Ho owns ninetenths of tbc lino to Morohoad The town has connection with Mt Sterling via Ezel DOCTOIIS Until recently the sick of tho town have received tho attention of Drs W G Carter his eons B F and > L D Carter Dr Thomas of Ezel Is tho latest arriva- lChurchosRev E E Dawson is pastor of the Christian Church and Rev E IC Pike has boon reappointed pastor of thu Methodist church We called atv tho homo of Q C Daniels and greeted his danghter Mable aged 3 yrs 4mos with how is the little one She replied that she was not a little girl we answered You talk about not being little you havp no sweetheart She answered with a twinkle in her eye that Josso Kaon of Hazel Green was her sweet ¬ heartAnd what do you think of that To be continued > 7 i < e True Economy The difference of cost between a good and a poor baking powder familysd supply to one dollar a year The poor powder would cost many times this in doctors bills Royal Baking Powder may cost a little more per can but it insures perfect wholesome food In fact it is more economical in the end because it goes spoilse the food Royal Baking Powdr usedalways in making the biscuit and cake saves both healthandmoney I rI 1 You cannot if you voluo good health afford powdars y do endanger the lteolth All physicians will tell you that alum in food is poisonous ROYAL B4KINQ POWOCS CO 1C WILLIAM ST NEW YORK The Mu Sterling Heavy Gig hereby challenges any and all font ball team l In the city of Mi Sterling fur a match gamp Unusual Low RatesTo tho West And Southwest ti The Missouri Paclllo and Tron Mountain Route on Oct I 2lIlIUlt 10th will soil tickets both one way and round tripe to cerlRn points in Kansas Nebraska Oklohoma and Indian Terriloricp Arkansas and Texas Round trip good for twenty ono days to return at less than half rates and one w iv tickets at comM ¬ erable reduction For particulars address A A Gallagher D P A Mo Psc Ry No 4081 Vino St Cin- cinnati Ohio To Cure a One Take laxative Bromo DayI lets All druggists refund money if It falls to cure 25c E W Groves Big ¬ nature on each box llJT I The trouble with blessings is that the disguise in which they come it so nnrfoct r Lexington Trots The uiceiing nt Lexington begins today and wilt l 1m one of the best ever heldby that AAocl lion All the best illolfBOs in tho land t 11 bothoro and I grandtday with records from 2O3a 2 OS The great 10000 Futurity Stake wth the bust 3 year > uhls l In the country enter ¬ ed Also tlo 210 nut witii Ju enter ¬ ed On Wednesday the 212 pace and 212 trot with a large number of horses entered in each beslles the 5000 Stake fr 2yearold On Thursday tho famous Transylvania Stake for 213 trotters This will be the greatest race of tho year Ou Fri- day the 203 trot the Western l Stake and 224 trot Each day has attrac ¬ lions and any day you will see good racing Half faro on R ft Every kind word you say to a dumb animal or bird will make you happier Iroal Went Jivorv unkind to the cow poiious the milk even talking uu ktndlv to herGpo T Angel NN NNNNNANNNNNNNf N NNNNNNN A Stitch in Time Saves Nine We Cure When All Others Have Failed Why not come to us first and avoid the need ¬ less expenditure of so much time and money We all know that the longer we permit a disor ¬ der to remain unattended the more chronic it becomes Professors Biggs and Hoar mem ¬ bers of the faculty of the Amerigan Occult Academy are now in Mt Sterling and ofter a relief to those who are afflicted It matters not how long you have been illor how much money hopefor omnipotentBy these gentlemen you can be permanently reliev ¬ ed of your ailments without the use of any poi ¬ sonous drugs dangerous operation or painful manipulation Call and See Them Consultation Free S TERMS Single treatment ij six treatments 5 payable in advance OFFICEMain street first door east of M E Church in the Eastin residence NN NrNNNM 0 rN1 NNNNN 6NN 1 r r 7 I BY MAIN STRENGTH What Somi Stront Ilea of Malni Hate Boat la Lifting Who is the strongest man in town asked a correspondent at Bel ¬ fast of some workmen at noontime uNo one knows was the reply A farmer a stableman and a milkman came along says the Lewiston Me Journal and the conversation became generalI not as stout as some said Ira Flanders Hbut at my work of wheeling brick I once took away 300 weighing 1800 pounds on an ordi- nary ¬ barrow and think that I can do it again although it dont do a fellow any good Silas Beckwith said the milk man shouldered a barrel of pork and carried it from one truck to another about 20 yards away He said he felt relieved when he put it down The greatest feat within my knowledge said the farmer was when Si Wentworth shouldered the 700pound anchor and carried it out stepdown knew he was hurt the jar injured his back and he has never lifted heavy weights since- Probably the strongest man in this vicinity today said the stableman is All Ellis of Prospect Alf got a reputation for lifting up in the quarry and was pestered nearly to death by people who wanted to get up some kind of a trial with him So he rigged up some strop to a big rook that lay under his shed anti lifted it with ease in the presence of a largo company There is my load says Alf and when you bring a man that againNo i safe to say that no ordinary man ever will for it weighs somewhere be ¬ poundsSpeakingabout said the blacksmith puts me in mind of a contest we had in front ofmy shop last fall We put out a big plank on blocking about breast highand all the strong men up and down this street had a try at lifting the plank with a big box of old iron on top of it Freeman Batchelder who works in the shop at the head of the street came down to look on and was invjted to take a try although no one sup ¬ posed that he could budge the load Well sir Freeman lifted it as easy as an ordinary man would have raised the plankThen two men and a boy got on and he lifted the lot The interest among the other fellows seemed to die out after that and there hasnt been any lifting around here since Inquiry among the police force shows that the city marshall William H Sanborn has been and is yet one of the strongest men in the place On one occasion he was known to lift 985 poundsThere have been frequent trials of strength by lifting on the scales The contestant stands on the scales and lifts on a bar that is attached to a rope tied under tho scales Weights are added until the limit of the com ¬ petitors strength is reached Welman Hanson a foreman in the shoe factory tipped the beam with 1200 pounds opposed to him in a trial of this kind At the shipyard there are many strong men but the lifting is now done mostly by power Abner Jip son a former employe there had re ¬ markable strength He could lift ai much on one end of a stick of timber as three or four ordinary men could on the other On one occasion he lifted the weight of a pile driver that weighed or was said to have weighed 1800 pounds Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold laxative BromoQuiniuo Tablets euro a cold In one day No cure no pay Price 25 cents 11yr Wanted The services of ten young l ladles well acquainted in Mt Sterling and vicinity For particulars call on E A Ford Manager of Western Union Telegraph CoNATIONAL HOTEL tf Mt Sterling Ky Wl t I JlI CPFhI l D 1 IaT PRICES AT ENOCHSBargain 4 HouseF- or a few days only 0 qt covered buckets lOc Nails II pounds for lOc Tin cups 4 for 5c Coffee mills lOc Notice our windows and see our el ¬ egant line of PICTURE FRAMES we have just received worth 100 and 125 for 38c We are selling our LADIES rESTS at onethird off price WALL PAPER 33 per cent off Ho sure and see us before you buy your WALL PAPER Wo have a big lino on hand and want to got rid of it before our Spring Line begins to come in We can give you a BARGAIN it you arc in need of any 1 Our 5 cent PAPER will be Ri- per bolt Call and see us at R 1T rr T T > 1 I JurI Bargain House The Leonard Hotel I OPEN ALL THE YEAR J S LEONARD Proprietor 316 Central Ave Hot Springs Ark Opp the Bath Houses All Street Cars Pass the Door All Modern Conveniences Terms Reasonable BRUCE P DUTY REPRESENTS run PIRM OF J M Robinson Norton Co LOUISVILLE KY WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dry Goods Notions Gents Fnr alshlngs Manufacturers of Pants Overalls Cc He will be at the National Hotel in this this city every County Court Day Address him in care of Samuels S King Mt Sterling Ky 43iyO TAKE TH- EHENDERSON ROUTE 1 Louisville Henderson St Railway Best lino between LOUISVILLE EVANSVILLE and ST LOUIS and all points WEST NORTHWEST and SOUTHWEST The only line running three douliV daily teams to Evansville without chang with highback seat coaches and Part Car The direct line to St Louis Ru ning two double 1 daily trains with hig Sleeperthrough Tickets thcity sleeping car berths etc call on CL Paxton Agent C O Railway or dress L J IRWIN G P A B L BRYANT T P ALoulsvi + ry
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I fftli aril 1 TrSt RLIN ICEKTUqKY TUESDAY OCTOBEK 9 1900 JSTO 13
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At Baft1I itf Otto Tons1
Five Generations of One Family11If
We reached Ezwl on Monday at °Tpm September 24 having spent a
i vfew minutes with the Dullness men
JenrouteThe of Chas Duff and
Mss Lizzie Pieratt occurred accord ¬
ing tJ announcement Willie Pieratt
of Bethel Bruce Duff of Spencer and
Mr LnU Pieratt of West Liberty-
worethitbilly persons present besides
momlHirvof the fancily Mr Steve
Prarnt ndVwije and her sisters Mrs
Pieratt of Vest Liberty accompanied
tho bride and groom to his home
The writer continued his j Urnoyto the lands beyond and records a few
pc jiGbJcrVit iossJili w-
Vr EZEL
Wo seldom find five generations of
ono family living in the same place
El Pioratt died March 25 In his 85
year Of his family thero are fivegonoratlons living In Ez31Iris wilt ¬
ow Gillan Pieratt born September27 1810 j his sou J M Pierati j his
granddaughter Mrs Mary McGuire j
his groat granddaughter Mr El za
bEth Kashjdaughter of Mrs McGuire j
and bis greagritt granddaughterthe babe of
LMrKaehStEtteilANTS
The merchants are J 1L PlerallSteve Pieratt B F Davis and Carr
rr t 1 PiurBttIirp The Ezol Roller Mills are owned bycapacityft ot per
i bllnUIOiS
I Near Ezel the firm of Henryt Murphy have been engaged Ju the
Ipcqnoral mercantile business for 13
yearpaud semi to bo doing well
StAYTOWN
We reaohedtown after dark on
tit Tuesdaym Curtain formerly of MtI Sterl-
Ing1 has a machine shop and liar been
t hero for six yearsIifous 3c Hyfton for three years
have been in business and handle live
tock Noah Lyons of the firm keepsthe hotel where we stopped
Henry Swango Co have been
merchants for four years succeeding
Mr Swaago who had boon a mAr
chant for nine years They also handie live tock
DAYS BOKO
Oscar Fallen was for years a farflier but for eight years he has been
a merchantM J Alexander has been supply ¬
ing tho wants of the people for sevenyears
HAZEL GREEN
i We reached here at dark and ac-
cording¬
to custom attended prayermeeting and talked
Our cousin W O Mizo has beensick for more than three weeks Whilemuch enfeebled ho was slightly im ¬
provedWo spent the night with our sisters
MrsDy and Miss Ella Trimble whois visiting here
H J McLin loft on Thursday tonuko purchases for the stores of J T
0 ip yWestxV IJiberti Caney otc etcon Thursdayr En roufo we passed Several molaees
camps> >
p MALONEfJohni3
businessfof our yearst Williams 3c Holliday wore not atI IhomeAluavyraln about three miles
r froPV Neat Ltberty caused us to take
K ebitter In a farm house The vonora
f He occupant with hoarv locks greet-ed
t uscordially In conversation wogathered the following t
vto Jw Steele was born March 10
t iiti i1ti
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011
3
ImarrrMarthaj rlI
dI
I
raovou ij BjTOrKau uouuif5pcf3 M
1847 and located at his presciit jjoniethree relies from West L1berH e
hail made live polltlal racettfrtwIelecledSchoolCommfuloDerj tiin185 County Surveyoriu 72gin
t iechCountyl dRepresentative from the 9t dIatr ct-
composed of counties Morgan andWolfe jhus always voted the Di mo
ctaic tick t until 99 when he votidfor John Young Brown
He has raised eight childrenhas twenty living grandchildrenHe is a member of tho Regular Bap
J
List church and for 33 years Ihay hiPIIclerk of Buining Sprlug Asaoaiatiou
lie iaa great reader HII AnY rSatiou Is slightly hindered because hchas only three teeth and they do hothit
We proceeded on our Journey andwere caught in a rain Slightly dis-
figured¬
we took refuge at darKVln a
firm house Fortunately we carrjedanother shirt This with a borrower 1
coat made us comfortable Yewfor the first time passing over thisroad The rain continued audoijwchad hoard thatt this bridges along thisroad to town needed the attention ofthe County Judge Road Overseer orsome one we did not care to risk ourself especially on a horse blind in one
eyeWelearned that our host was Ji
WCaskov the fonlnlaw of JudgeAmos Davis We accepted his invi-
tation¬
to spend the night Supperway over but o enjoyed the IlunchIn Morgan county wo wore a Mi Kinley butunit was in the lapel of theborrowedcoat loaned us by ouryounS friend John Biy I who wasspending the night with Mr Cakevbsou
Tho rain spoiled Iho plans of theseyoung men who had girls on themllldMlSs Henry of the neigh ¬
boyhood and Miss Maple of HazelGreen escaped and so will tho writerif ho docs not meet the boys again
Mr Caskey has been a farmer formany years has dealt in rafts stavesand coal for 25 years lIe is a nativeof Morgan county He has two chil ¬
drena son William and Mrs IdaElam For a year he has been a mer-
chant¬
firm name J W CaskcySon
At five oclock wo woro up for bus-
iness¬
and a dry coat by the kitchenfire-
WEST LIILklrrr
Mankor Combs and Daniel are atwork erecting a grist saw and plan ¬
ing mill and a woolen factory Theyexpect to do sawing by Oct Gth andwill complete all by Dec 25
J li Lykins is a Democratic can-
didate¬
for County Clerk Ho sold hisstock of Groceries to W II Govedonon September 21
Henry Cox Circuit Court Clerk is I
laying the foundation for his twelveroom framo residence which willwith modern improvements be at-
tractive¬
Rev E E Dawson was holding ameeting at Toms Branch lie hasmany friends in Morgan and his workis acceptable
W M Kendall will next week com ¬
plete his telephone line to Canoy Kv10 miles and will run a branch linoto White Oak Ho owns ninetenthsof tbc lino to Morohoad The townhas connection with Mt Sterling viaEzel
DOCTOIIS
Until recently the sick of tho townhave received tho attention of DrsW G Carter his eons B F and > LD Carter Dr Thomas of Ezel Is
tho latest arriva-lChurchosRev E E Dawson is
pastor of the Christian Church andRev E IC Pike has boon reappointedpastor of thu Methodist church
We called atv tho homo of Q CDaniels and greeted his danghterMable aged 3 yrs 4mos with howis the little one She replied thatshe was not a little girl we answeredYou talk about not being little you
havp no sweetheart She answeredwith a twinkle in her eye that JossoKaon of Hazel Green was her sweet ¬
heartAndwhat do you think of that
To be continued
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True EconomyThe difference of cost between agood and a poor baking powderfamilysdsupply to one dollar a yearThe poor powder would costmany times this in doctors bills
Royal Baking Powder may cost a littlemore per can but it insures perfectwholesome food In fact it is moreeconomical in the end because it goesspoilsethe food
Royal Baking Powdr usedalwaysin making the biscuit and cake saves
both healthandmoneyIrI1 You cannot if you voluo good health affordpowdarsy
do endanger the lteolth All physicians willtell you that alum in food is poisonous
ROYAL B4KINQ POWOCS CO 1C WILLIAM ST NEW YORK
The Mu Sterling Heavy Gighereby challenges any and all fontball team lIn the city of Mi Sterlingfur a match gamp
Unusual Low RatesTo tho West
And Southwestti
The Missouri Paclllo and TronMountain Route on OctI 2lIlIUlt10th will soil tickets both one wayand round tripe to cerlRn points inKansas Nebraska Oklohoma andIndian Terriloricp Arkansas andTexas Round trip good for twentyono days to return at less than halfrates and one w iv tickets at comM ¬
erable reduction For particularsaddress A A Gallagher D P AMo Psc Ry No 4081 Vino St Cin-
cinnati Ohio
To Cure a OneTake laxative Bromo DayI
lets All druggists refund money if Itfalls to cure 25c E W Groves Big ¬
nature on each box llJTI
The trouble with blessings is thatthe disguise in which they come it so
nnrfoct
rLexington TrotsThe uiceiing nt Lexington begins
today and wilt l1m one of the best everheldby that AAocl lion All the best
illolfBOs in tho land t 11 bothoro and I
grandtdaywith records from 2O3a 2 OS Thegreat 10000 Futurity Stake wth thebust 3 year > uhlsl In the country enter ¬
ed Also tlo 210 nut witii Ju enter ¬
ed On Wednesday the 212 paceand 212 trot with a large number ofhorses entered in each beslles the
5000 Stake fr 2yearold OnThursday tho famous TransylvaniaStake for 213 trotters This will bethe greatest race of tho year Ou Fri-day the 203 trot the Westernl Stakeand 224 trot Each day has attrac ¬
lions and any day you will see goodracing Half faro on R ft
Every kind wordyou say to a dumbanimal or bird will make you happier
IroalWentJivorv unkind to the cowpoiious the milk even talking uuktndlv to herGpo T Angel
NN NNNNNANNNNNNNf N NNNNNNNA Stitch in Time SavesNine
We Cure When All Others Have Failed
Why not come to us first and avoid the need ¬
less expenditure of so much time and moneyWe all know that the longer we permit a disor ¬
der to remain unattended the more chronic itbecomes Professors Biggs and Hoar mem ¬
bers of the faculty of the Amerigan OccultAcademy are now in Mt Sterling and ofter arelief to those who are afflicted It matters nothow long you have been illor how much moneyhopeforomnipotentBythese gentlemen you can be permanently reliev ¬
ed of your ailments without the use of any poi¬
sonous drugs dangerous operation or painfulmanipulation
Call and See Them Consultation FreeS
TERMS Single treatment ij six treatments5 payable in advance
OFFICEMain street first door east of M EChurch in the Eastin residence
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BY MAIN STRENGTH
What Somi Stront Ilea of Malni HateBoat la Lifting
Who is the strongest man intown asked a correspondent at Bel ¬
fast of some workmen at noontimeuNo one knows was the reply Afarmer a stableman and a milkmancame along says the Lewiston MeJournal and the conversation became
generalInot as stout as some said
Ira Flanders Hbut at my work ofwheeling brick I once took away 300weighing 1800 pounds on an ordi-
nary¬
barrow and think that I can do itagain although it dont do a fellowany good
Silas Beckwith said the milkman shouldered a barrel of pork andcarried it from one truck to anotherabout 20 yards away He said he feltrelieved when he put it down
The greatest feat within myknowledge said the farmer waswhen Si Wentworth shouldered the700pound anchor and carried it out
stepdownknew he was hurt the jar injured hisback and he has never lifted heavyweights since-
Probably the strongest man in thisvicinity today said the stableman
is All Ellis of Prospect Alf got areputation for lifting up in the quarryand was pestered nearly to death bypeople who wanted to get up somekind of a trial with him
So he rigged up some strop to abig rook that lay under his shed antilifted it with ease in the presence ofa largo company There is my loadsays Alf and when you bring a manthatagainNoi
safe to say that no ordinary man everwill for it weighs somewhere be ¬
poundsSpeakingaboutsaid the blacksmith puts me in mindof a contest we had in front ofmyshop last fall We put out a big plankon blocking about breast highandall the strong men up and down thisstreet had a try at lifting the plankwith a big box of old iron on top of it
Freeman Batchelder who worksin the shop at the head of the streetcame down to look on and was invjtedto take a try although no one sup ¬
posed that he could budge the loadWell sir Freeman lifted it as easy asan ordinary man would have raisedthe
plankThen
two men and a boy got onand he lifted the lot The interestamong the other fellows seemed todie out after that and there hasntbeen any lifting around here since
Inquiry among the police forceshows that the city marshall WilliamH Sanborn has been and is yet oneof the strongest men in the place Onone occasion he was known to lift 985
poundsTherehave been frequent trials of
strength by lifting on the scales Thecontestant stands on the scales andlifts on a bar that is attached to arope tied under tho scales Weightsare added until the limit of the com ¬
petitors strength is reachedWelman Hanson a foreman in the
shoe factory tipped the beam with1200 pounds opposed to him in a trialof this kind
At the shipyard there are manystrong men but the lifting is nowdone mostly by power Abner Jipson a former employe there had re ¬
markable strength He could lift aimuch on one end of a stick of timberas three or four ordinary men could onthe other On one occasion he liftedthe weight of a pile driver thatweighed or was said to have weighed1800 pounds
Stops the Cough and Works off
the Cold
laxative BromoQuiniuo Tabletseuro a cold In one day No cure nopay Price 25 cents 11yr
Wanted
The services of ten young lladleswell acquainted in Mt Sterling andvicinity For particulars call on EA Ford Manager of Western UnionTelegraph
CoNATIONALHOTEL
tf Mt Sterling Ky
Wl t
I
JlICPFhIl D 1IaTPRICESAT
ENOCHSBargain4
HouseF-or a few days only
0 qt covered buckets lOc
Nails II pounds for lOcTin cups 4 for 5c
Coffee mills lOc
Notice our windows and see our el ¬
egant line of PICTURE FRAMESwe have just received worth 100and 125 for 38c
We are selling our LADIESrESTS at onethird off price
WALL PAPER33 per cent off
Ho sure and see us before youbuy your WALL PAPER Wohave a big lino on hand and wantto got rid of it before our SpringLine begins to come in
We can give you a BARGAIN ityou arc in need of any
1
Our 5 cent PAPER will be Ri-
per bolt
Call and see us at
R 1T rr T T> 1 I JurI
Bargain House
The Leonard Hotel I
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
J S LEONARD Proprietor316 Central Ave Hot Springs Ark
Opp the Bath HousesAll Street Cars Pass the Door
All Modern Conveniences Terms Reasonable
BRUCE P DUTYREPRESENTS run PIRM OF
J M Robinson Norton Co
LOUISVILLE KYWHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Dry Goods Notions Gents FnralshlngsManufacturers of Pants Overalls Cc
He will be at the National Hotel in thisthis city every County Court Day
Address him in care of Samuels SKing Mt Sterling Ky 43iyO
TAKE
TH-
EHENDERSON ROUTE1
Louisville Henderson St Railway
Best lino between
LOUISVILLEEVANSVILLE and
ST LOUIS
and all points
WEST NORTHWESTand SOUTHWEST
The only line running three douliVdaily teams to Evansville without changwith highback seat coaches and PartCar The direct line to St Louis Runing two double
1daily trains with hig
SleeperthroughTicketsthcitysleeping car berths etc call on CL
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