St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-02
FAIR WOMEN ANDBRAyE MEN.

ana IL MI. CLEVELAND is ueGeateQ we VIII let
the trimming stay right where it is until we
win, if we have to wait until 1900"
FAIR WOMEN AND BRAVE MEN.
A ST. Paul Man Falls in Love With
Paducah.
To the Editor of the Globe.
''The earth was without form
and void" d."-Genesis, chapter l. Moses
undoubtedly wrote the above with
reference to the tract of land between
Louisville and Paducah in the state of
Kentucky, The only evidence that
civilization has been there is that they
have local option" Ergo, they eschew
whisky and chew tobacco, the women
using the milder article of gum. The
only sign Of thrift, industry or progress
which | saw for more than 200 miles and
until within twenty miles of Paducah
was woman driving two American
birds ii. e., jackaSses) insfront of a
wooden ploW. 1t is true nature was at
wOrk-the Warbling duck and the busy
bee hoped gaily on from tree to tree
the greenery was on the trees and the
blossoms were on the breeze poetry
and ''all save the spirit of man was
divine" Looking from high humani-
tartan platform, how l did wish that Mr..
Bergh, Francis Murphy or some other
strong-mlnded philanthropist would
come over this road and take the hands
of the men out of their DreecheS pockets,
the women out Of the fields, and revive
the good old days" when Noah got
drunk at his own option on native
''bOurbOn" instead of hanging around a
log tavern dreaming of ''joys that we've
70 A f+nt. frnxy y.lS fNt.c IL Ln,,
hours over lapse of country above
feebly imagine my surprise and
elevation as the city of Paducah
unfolded itself from the en-
brace of the Ohio and Tennessee
rivers-''a thing OF beauty and JOY"
Mrs. TrollOpe, in her "NoteS of Travel
in America" writes that she found
only one American city finished, i. e.,
Sch enectady, n. Y. | ha heard so long
and so much and seen so little of
Paducah that | felt that the captiouS
tourist had done injustice to the South
western city. | expected to find here a
village of about 5000 population-chief
productions tobacco and diluted negroes.
Instead Of that | found the following,
digested, except SO far as relates to
geographical and Typographical facts
from authentic records. Permit me
here for moment (parenthetically to
wander and to speculate. Although
Kentucky is a border state, and during
the war was a quaSi-lOyal state, the in
StinctS, the sentiments and the atfec-
tionS Of the people were naturally and
unavOidab Southern. One of her greatest
sons, by tradition, by inheritance and
by personally merit, surrendered and
gave more to the Confederacy than any
OIL, 30 xN%l,T
than John c. Breckenridge.
Fame is there to see who bleeds.
And Honor eye OH daring deeds.
1t is incomprehensible to as unpracti-
cal a man as | am why the almost un-
eXampled advantages of Padueah have
not been heretofore availed. 1t is the
necessary entrepOt and the natural
depot of an empire veritabIy oppressed
by the wealth of mines and forests.
Situated at the confluence of the Ohio
and Tennessee rivers, which. directly
draining of their riches five great states,
carry them to the Mississippi, the alimen-
tary canal of the continent, from there
without breaking bulk they go to the end
of the world. The natural advantages of
location would, however, be inutile as
Jefferson's Windmill which had plenty
of wind but no logs. if it were not for
the profound riches of the surrounding
country. To be particular, these StatiS-
tics Iquote verbatim; 1.-The Tennessee
river, commencing i'll the extreme east
erD part of the state OF Tennessee, is
naVigable from its source to Knoxville,
south to the northwestern conner of
Georgia; thence SOutheaSterly into and
along Northern Alabama; northwest
erly through corner of Mississippi,
and thence almost due north through
=
to its confluence with the Ohio at Padu-
cah-1OO miles. The Cumberland river
adds its tribute twelve miles above
Paducah, flowing into the Ohio. For
almost their entire length the Tennes-
see and Cumberland rivers run through
ineXhaustible beds of the richest brown
and red hematites in the world. IneX-
haustible supplies of bituminous coal are
within ''gunShot'' of Paducah. 1t may
be asked why these immense resources
have not made Paducah a great city
heretofore. l was once asked by a
friend why the West was not settled be-
fore the East, and answered, as /
thought plauSibly: sit was to try the
was rOtting down the prairieS for
larger race of men," The st. Louis,
Alton & Terre Haute Railroad company
is building what is known as the ''St.
Louis coal road" which, more than any
other enterprise, will realize the predic-
tionS and verify the anticipations of
those who expect Paducah to be the sec
ond city of Kentucky within five years.
Anticipating these predictions, a blast
furnace is at once to be built-a syndi-
cate of local capitalists has been organ
lied, which is extending the city limits,
and with money. This syndicate is
pushed by Hon. Charles Ried, mayor,
the livest and liveliest; Henry Barrett.
H. H. Thorpe, NJ. Bloom, w. W. Pow
ell, E. Palmer, ETC., etc., who ''mean
business
have extended this letter beyond
reasonable limits, and have forgotten to
say that Paducah has more than doubled
its population within the last eight
years, being now 10000, and is a we'll
built and delightful city, full of flair
women and brave men,"
J.B. BRIsBIN.
Paducah, KY, April 20.
Private Secretary to Villas.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May John P. Hume,
of Wisconsin, was to-day made private
secretary to Secretary Villas. Mr.. Hume