The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-08-23
THE SPIKE TAILED MASCOT
LETTER.
If You Have 81" In Your Name
You Should Be Lucky.

a very plain, homely letter is the let
ter 81, )" a comon every day letter, easy
to N AXE and not so handsome as many
others in the alphabet, but perusal of
the following list of names will convince
the most romantic young couple that the
plain, homely, modest letter -" is the
mascot OF the alphabet. ...
Starting with the Presidents of the
United States, we have John Adams
James Madison two terms), James Mon
roe two terms), John Q. Adams, John
Tyler, James X. Polk, James Buchanan,
James A. Garfield, and the first and only
President of the Confederate States,
Jefferson Davis, making nine Presidents
whose given names begin with a."
Thirteen Speakers of the House Of
Representatives start their names with
this spike-tail letter, Here they are
Jonathan TrunsbuI, ), onathan Dayton
two terms), Joseph Narnum, John TaW
lor two terms), John Bell, James Polk
two terms), John White, John W. Jones,
John Davis, James Orr, James q. Blaine
three terms, ]. Warren Keifer, John
G. Carlisle.
Now let us see how 81" succeeds in
Catching OH" among American million
aires: John d. Rockefeller, S90,000000;
John Jacob Astor, S70,OOO,0OO: Jay
Gould. SS5,OOO,0OO; John Montgomery
Sears, S4O,OOO,OO0; j. S. Morgan, S25, 000,-
600; j. b. Haggin, S2O,OOO,OOO; J. w.
Garrett, S35,OOO,OOO; J. G. Fair, S25,0O0,-
600; John Wanamaker, $40, 600, 600; John
w. Mackay, $lO,OOO,O0O; James &. Flood,
SlO,0OO,0OO; j. NJ. Constable, $l0,0O0,OOO;
John Z. Martin, $lO,OOOOOO; John Ar
buckle, SlO,OOO,OOO-pretty fair that, fiji
teen of them.
II you should ask any intelligent man
to name you of. hand, fifteen or twenty
of the leading and best known men in
American public life, wouldn't the fol-
lowing names be among those he would
give you: James G. Blaine, John G. Car
Isle, John Sherman, Joseph Blackburn,
John A. Logan ,JosephHawley, j. "Don"
Cameron, John j. Ingalls,, Joseph +.
Fifer, Joseph O'Neill, j. Proctor Knott,
Justin Morrill,, Joseph Cannon, John X.
McPerson, and last, but not least, Sock
less Jerry Simpson.
Ii is also fact that the most scientific,
brainy and, successful pugilists in the
history Of the American prize ring begin
their names with the letter a." Here
they come: John G. Heenan, John Nor
rissy, Jack Dempsey, Jack McAulifie,
John l.. Sullivan and James j. Corbett.
The wealthiest and most popular actor
on the American stage is-whoH Why
Joseph Jefferson.
Who are the merchant kings OF this
country? Are they not John Wanna
maker and John Claflin? ......
Is not John Stetson far and away the
richest and most successful manager in
the histors(6f the American stage?
You do not need to be told that the
two wealthiest and most successful news
paper men in America are James q.
Bennett and Joseph Pulitzer.
OF American poets, who ranked higher
in the love and admiration of the people
than John G. Whittier and James Rus
sell Lowell ? .,. ..r.
Dialect S1iting, both vers and story,
has assumed immense proportions in
modern literature, and the kings OF the
entire army of dialect writers are Joel
Chandler Harris and James Whitcomb
Riley. ..
The most tremendous express COM
pany in the world had at its head for
years John Hoey.-New York CONNER
| cial Advertiser.
And the first Senator for the new
Tenth District of Kentucky will be Jack
| Gross. q. w. Il. and w. +. M. are
minus the beautiful a."