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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
VALUE OF TIME.
Avoid Petty Economies That Cost
More Than They Are Worth.


More Than They Are Worth.
Many housewives who are extremely
frugal in other things seem TO have no
idea of the value of time. y good deal
of time is daily wasted and much extra
labor expended in preparing the meals
by having to wash one saucepan in
which to cook a second dish that could
as well have been cooked with the same
fire and watched at the same time as the
first. Or u towel must do duty as
Strainer or colander. no account being
made Of the time required to wash the
towel, nor Of its becoming worn or
stained. Or q silver spoon is used to
stir or lift food for the lack of iron or
wooden ones. Why not afford such ket
ties and pans as are really needed for
advantageous cooking and save" in
some other department?
Have you ever seen some busy house
wife hanging out clothes on cold,
windy day, taking off a clothespin every
time garment is added to the line,
trying to make the pin hold two and
sometimes three articles? When good
| ciothespins can be bought at such low
rates It seems like very unwise economy
TO stand on the cold and damp ground
double the time really required to shake
out and hang up the clothes and run the
/ risk of taking cold whieso doing.
Could any mathematician compute
| the number of half hours spent in q fam
! lily of half a dozen children in Untying
hard knots in shoestrings that are too
short or so worn as to require tying in
/ more than one place and must again lie
| united before the little shoes can be
taken off? Shoestrings cost, it may be,
! ten cents a dozen pairs. Could the
hours which some mothers spend in one
year alone in managing WORKOUT shoe
| laceS in order to save q few cents not lie
better utilized in doing some sewing Or
some other work by which enough could
be earned to stock the family with shoe
strings for life? Beware Of these eXtrav-
agant es.-Philadelphia Rec
/ ord
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
HOW EASY 1T is.

How easy it is to spoil a. day.
The thoughtless words of a cherished
friend,
The selfish work of child at play,
The strength of r. will that will not bend
The Slight of a cofnrade, the Scorn of foe,
The smile that is full of bitter things
They all can tari1ish it's golden glow,
And take the grace from its airy wings.
How easy it is to spoil a day
BY the force of a thought we did not
check!
Little by little we mold the clay,
And little flaws may the vessel wreck
The careless waste of a white-winged hour
That held the blessing we long had
sought,
The sudden loss Of wealth and power q
And 10! the day is with i'll inwrought
How easy it is to spoil lifel-
And many are spoiled ere we'll begun
In home light darkened by sin and strife.
Or downward course of cherished one;
by toll that robs the form of it's grace,
And undermines till health gives way:
BY the peevish temper the frowning face,
The hopes that go and the cares that stay.
A day is too long to be spent in vain,
Some good should come as the hours go
by;
Some tangled maze may be made more
plain.
Some lowered glance may be raised on
high.
And life is too short to spoil like this,
If only a prelude, it may besweet; ~
Let us bind together its thread of bliss,
And nourish the flowers around our feet
-Watchman.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
An EXQUISITE MACHINE.

1T Graduates the "CircIes" of n TeIe-
., scope with Rare Precision.
About two years ago q firm began the
task of constructing a dividing engine
for automatically dividing Circles to
be used more specially with meridian"
instruments, where precision is of SUI
preme Importance and where the most
perfect engine that has been or ever
can be devised and constructed will
be none too good for the work.
1t would require many magazine
pages to give history of all THAT has
been done on this difficultproblem since
the days of Tycho Brahe; yet to-day
the number of dividing engines that are
sufficiently accurate for the demands of
modern astronomical measurements
may be counted on the fingers OF. one
hand. The best engines have errors and
the question IS, how much can these err
rors be reduced?
AS one-third of an inch subtends an
angle of one second of arc at distance
of one mile, it may readily be seen how
minute the measurements will be on
the periphery of a circle, say, of three
feet diameter. AS there are 100000
seconds of arc in circle and as all sec
onds must theoretically have the same
value it is easy to conceive the diff
culties of dividing a circle in which the
errors shall be less than a second Of.arc.
Homogeneity Of material, proportion
ate parts that will equally respond to
small changes of temperature and
many other factors enter into this diff
cult problem, aside from the final corr
rections of the dividing mechanism.
Every approach to perfection, be ia
never attained, brings greater assur-
ance to the astronomer that his results
will be commensurate with the faith
full and conscientious work he puts into
his measurements.
1t has cost an immense amount OF
study and application, as we'll asa large
sum of money, but from the present in
dicatfons the eXperimenter has tho
the promise of full reward for his
labor, as already a practical test of tho
engine shows that it is more accurate
than any heretofore constructed.-Cas-
sier's Magazine
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
RuesesNEcK HaAL's ADIEu, {
His End the Result of the Vigilantes
- Hanging Habit n


Rubberneck Bill sYas the terror OF
Pizen Creek. He was called Rubberneck
because he had been informally strung
IT'D on several occasions by vigilance
committees, yet had each time escaped
alive with neck somewhat elongated.
out still seryiceable as a conduit for
banglefoot. After he had been lynched
the third time his neck was foot
long. and. he began to get alarmed:
See here, Dave" he protested, to
The leader of the vig;lantes the day
after his third suspension. Il don't
mind bein' lynched few times. Some
body's got to be practiced on now an
then, or Pizen Creek will be gittin
dead slow, / know; but | wish you'd
patronize some other cuss fer awhile.
If this neck stretchin' keeps on regular
my beauty will be plumb spilled, fer
sure
"You better pull yer freight, Bill"
the vigilante chief said, grimly. Next
time We 60 UP there'l be SIGH charge
Of lead in yer carlziss that yer neck'll
snap like a pipestem."
Bill did not heed the warning. and
week later he was rounded up for steal
ing horse and told to say his prayers.
He remembered the threat about the
lead, and when he saw a dozen of the
miners standing around eXpectantly.
guns in hand, he knew that his rubber
neck reliance was soon to be punct1lred
for all time.
eff we've got anything 20 say, out
with it, cried Dave.
81 have, Dave. havei" said Rubber
neck Bill. I've got q speech of solemn
warnin' to make to- the young tender
foots an others as is yere present.
Gimme a chaw of terbacker. Dave.
Thanks. Now, what I was a-goin' to
remark to the young men was for them
to beware of habit. This yers habit is
a awful thing. fer sure. Ye do a thing
onct am it amt much. but you do it
twict or three times an you feel like
you must do it agin or bust. That's
habit. an habit is a thing fer you to be-
ware Of. Habit is what has brought me
to this yere necktie party. Habit"
Hess stealin'," the leader of the
vigilantes remarked. seHtentiously;
''hoss stealth habit
'No, not boss stealth. Jest plain
habit, dern YET" shouted Rubberneck
Bill. "You fellers have got into the
habit of hangin' me. an don't suppose
| there's no way of maxim We swear off
so let 'er 60. Dave Barker; let 'er go!"-
| \. Y. Journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Ambition to Do.

1t is not enough that one possesses
talent. 1t languishes like morning
glory at MONDAY unless accompanied
by the characteristics which develop it.
The unity of purpose, ambition, cour-
age and industry must go with the
gift. Sometimes these qualities have
even been made to take the place of
heaven-born talent. If we wait for
the opportunity it VIII never come. If
we work for it it is already in sight,
but everything them accomplished is
in spite Of obstacles. The phrase is a
good one. Write it, if you will. in
plain, large letters, and pin the slip of
paper on your desk or some other place
where it will constantly greet the eye
and encourage the possibly tagging
heart.-Detroit Free. Press
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Cremation in England.

The report of the council of the Gre
nation society Of England for 1896
shows that 1871 crematiOns were car
ried out at Wolling during the year as
compared with $50 in 1895. The de-
crease is not important, as the figures
for 1896 still show material advance
on any previous year, 1895 excepted.
The following table of the cremations at
Working from the commencement of OPP
erations will show the growing popular
ity OF the disposal of bodies By ineinera-
ton: 1889, 4G; 1890, 81; 1891, 90; 1892,
104; 1898, 1O1; 1894, 1875; 1895, $50; 1896,
1877. 1t has to be remembered that three
crematoria are now open in England
and Scotland, besides that belonging tc
the society at St. Johns, near Working
namely, ct Manchester, where 80 crema-
tons took place during 1896; at Glas-
gov, where there were II cremations.
and at Liverpool, where two cremations
have been performed. = Westminster
Gazette.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
THE EARLY MOTH.
Fhfs Is the Time to Take Up Arms
Against 1T.

Any unlighted corner that llarbcrs a
woolen garment or IA fur wrap III spring
time is the camping ground for an add
sance guard which does deadly work
before the actual battle is on House
cleaning week scatters these voiceleSs
''harbingers of spring" and puts them
10 rout, but it is ten chances to- one
that while Mary Ann is viciously Stay
Hg the white-winged enemy futtering
.orth from hidden hooks and crannies
'he is blissfu!.y ignorant of the fact
.bat at that stage the moth is no longer
dangerous. In silence and darkness it
has deposited its eggs and left them TO
10 their worst, and, indeed, this airy
autter through lighted rooms is after
all only a sort of bravado, which leaves
the same Mary Ann content to kill the
only thing that is no longer Il menace
% her general thriftiness. As these
airy travellers then begin to appear, as
they will in a short time now, the thing
to do is not to fly after them in mad
haste and lose breath, temper and per-
haps the intended victim itself in mad
desire for murder
If moths could laugh (and who can
prove that they don't?) such periodical
chasing must be wOndrous funny. But
when the wary housemaid smiles scorn-
fully at the fluttering bit of life before
her and goes, brush in hand, toward the
darkest pegs in the wardrobe. then
must the early moth confess itself un-
done. \ few vigorous shakes, sound.
sharp swish OF brush or whisk, and
hours summing in the open air, these are
the deadly foes of hidden things whose
work goes bravely on if they are left
alone until the coming season finds the
| unbrushed. mistaken wrap falling TO
| pieces in its dismayed owners hands.
| Now is the proper time, then, to begin
active warfare; il is a little too early
to pack heavy clothing away, but it is
not Il day too soon to give it constant
dustings, shakings and beatings; by
and by campEor or tar or. all other
denominations may do their work, but if
women only knew that a little vigilance
in time makes all those ill-smelling
things unnecessary there would be such
a panic in mOthdom as this world has
not yet witnessed-St. Louis Republic
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Flashlights.

Advice is one of the unpleasant small
er vices that the truly good forget to
condemn.
Don't persist in error-after you're
found out; and don't be found out if
you can avoid it by persisting in it.
Paste this in your hat: The easiest
way 10 become immortal is to be the
first to say what is self-eyident.
The average man feels complimented
when you cali him bad in a laughing
sort of a way.
In taking the chances, first look out
that they are not again>t you.
\ lightning calculator-the weather
prophet.
\ man is known by the umbrella he
keeps.
Money talks occasionally, but there
are times when it is deaf and dumb
The Jester.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
NoisteniDr the Air

To prevent the air in furnace-hcated
room from becoming unpleasantly dry
place a bowl of water on the floor near
the register; if possible, just in front of
it. Even if the register be closed, the
water evaporates from the bowl If
you watch the bowl you perceive how
much dry heat is coming up through
the closed apparatus. This water bowl
keeps the atmosphere much pleasanter
than it would otherwise be in roor,
unventilated by an open fireplace. and
by it's use perhaps one can avoid the
"dry throat" experienced by those who
sit shut up in rooms heated by stove or
furnace heat.-Pliiladelpl,i Record.
Your fate is that of woman AMI
your wishes are those Of an angel
Y. Y. Weekly
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Eggs PoacbeJ In Tomatoes.

Stew slowly for ten minutes half a
can of tomatoes and one small onion,
cut fine. Season highly with salt and
pepper. Break six eggs into bowl with
out beating and when everything else
is ready to serve slipfthem into hot
tomatoes. Lift the white carefully with
fork as it cooks and then prick the
yolks and let them mix with the whites
and tomato. 1t should be quite soft,
but with the red tomatoes, the white
and yellow of the egg, quite distinct.
Serve at once on toast.-What to Eat.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Cats and Their Characteristics.

Cat stories are coming to light this
year as the snow mets more rapidly
than spring poems. At Kingston, Ont.
a eat aroused its mistress just in time
to enable her to escape from being
burned 20 death. \ Maine country cat
which for years had lived i'll
Portland when taken back ts> it's
old rural home went, as it had
been used to do at milking time,
to the COW shed and sat upon its.
launches to await Il stream of milk
fresh from the cow, as its master had
formerly taught it to do. At Bdlti-
more, Nd, the health board has or
dered a spinster, who for years has
kept great numbers of cats in her
room, to get rid of them or get out.
The neighbors had made complaint.
The woman's landlady had not been in
her lodger's room for eight years.-N.
Y. Sum-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Got Ahead.

y sea captain and lawyer lived next
door to each other. One very windy
night the lawyer was reading book
in his study when a terrific crash up
stairs startled him. Upon investigation
be found that a chimney had hurled it.
self through his roof, doing consider
able damage. He discovered it was
the sea captains chimney. fastening
down to his library, he pulled out his
law books and hunted up similar cases,
devising and scher&ing how he could
secure satisfaction from the detestable
captain. While thus engaged, a note ar
rived from his enemy that read as fol
lows: "Sir: IF you don't return those
bricks at once, I will put the matter in
the hands of the law"---San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
No Sacrifice.

Garrett makes a great deal of diff
ference whether one be in one place
or another in the matter of self-denial
in the Lenton season. On land, where
there is so much to occupy ones mind,
one doesn't mind giving up this or the
other thing; but at sea, now
Janet-Oh, am sure You are wrong
there. On the ocean ore finds no diff
Guilty in giving up everything.
Transcript
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
The New Fabrics.

Broadcloth has never been more popua
lar, and is worn in all shades of every
color. ...
Mousseline de sole bodices are pleas
ing feature Of the velvet gowns this sea-
son, and are made in light, dainty colors,
which afford d pretty contrast.
Braiding embellishe1 with small bell
drops covered with silk. such as were
worn years ago, is a novelty in trim
ming.
Pearl-gray grenadine with black trim
ming forms a pretty and unusual com
bination for a house or early spring
street gown.
Checked wool gowns in green and
black, black and white and brown and
white are made with plain cloth bolero
braided with black, and worn over vests
of white lisse. lace or silk.-Chicago
Record
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
HOW BRIDGET WAS REFORMED.
Timely Hint from Her Mistress Deli
nntalx- Gixa,. A-,,.I.I.II IH-I.1,

Timely Hint from Her Mistress Deli
cateIy Given Worked Wonders.
She was very jewel of a cook when
she wasn't in temper, and, as this in
ability to live peacefully with her fell
lows constituted her sole fault, three
times had the other feminine servants
been discharged for her sake. But when
she began to be impertinent to the
woman who employed her this patient
individual decided that matters had
gone far enough. She had no wish to
lose such treasure, neither did she
intend to be rudely treated at her
hands, so, after some careful thought.
she evolved clear plan of action.
When next Bridget came upstairs for
orders she found her mistress prey to
severest melancholy.
can what's the matther, mum?" she
asked, anNiOusly, being the kindliest
of women in her normal condition. Her
mistress sighed mournfully.
I'm rather troubled, Bridget" she
said, quietly, looking anywhere but at
her listener. I'm going TO have two
dinner parties next week, you know,
and l dread having new cook at such
times ...-- '..
Bridget. sure Of her desirability, and
grown flushed with many triunphs,
stared.
an why shud We be afther havin' a
new cook, mum" she inquired, amazed-
ly. "Ain't We satisfied wild me 20
Perfectly satisfied with your serv-
ices, Bridget" was the still more quiet
reply, ''but it won't be possible for two
OF us to live in the same house if you
are going TO be impertinent to me.
Now, I've discharged the other girls
on your account several times of late,
but [ really don't think that either my
husband or my sons would be willing to
let me go in order to keep you. Ireally
think they would prefer getting new
cook to losing me-"
Bridget made no response, but she
suddenly developed an unwOnted de-
gree of self-cOntrol. and her mistress
reports that she has never again been
impertinent.-Ch Chicago Times-Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
Boiled HerrinS.

Let six herring just simmer for 20
minutes in plenty of salt and wafer,
then prepare the following sauce: Put
half a gill of cream upon the fire in a
siewpan; when it boils add eight spoon
fuls of melted butter. an ounce of
fresh butter, pepper, salt and the juice
of half a lemon. Dress the fish upon, a
dish without a napkin, pour the sauce
user, and serye.lGood Housekeeping
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
How Old Ia She NOW.

Judge-Pardon me. madam, what is
your age? so
Lady-Oh, let me see. When was
first married 1 was IS; them I lost my
husband, and now more than five years
have passed since 1 married again
Strekosa.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04
HOW She Coroueres

Jawkirs-I see that Boggs' wife is
riding a wheel. thought he was aw-
fully opposed to that.
Chatterton-O. but she was opposed
10 his opposition!-N. Y. Truth
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-04

= = III Z - INV IIUt IFIOFSU
entirely successful in the German army,
the saving in weight being more than
offset by the metals storing heat even
TO blistering the foreheads of the wear
erS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-24
POLITICAL rIMlpiry.

When asked why IL was that MIR. Shor-
man. who was SO rabll against Spain IN
the senate. &c so conservative now, Mr. w.
l., Curtis who Was James C. Blaines see.
'esary. is credited with saying: In one
case Il WAS Ouucomhe. In the other case Il
Is business"
II is Internationally true that responsl-
bility works Wonderful changes In the
views and utieraaoes Of tho usual class q
politicians and sc-callcd statesmen. They
are brave enough when pushing others TO
the attack, but whom they themselves set
into the front rank ard have 10 bear the
burden OF responsibility. they develop a
idity. This is both discredltahle and dan
verous. II Indicates either dishonesty Of
PURPOSE aud statement when seeking ele-
walton. characterized as "huneombe." or q
painful want OF courage az conviction, after
attaining responsible position. which
brings both the otneehoider and the public
service into disrepute. such course is dan
sercas because 1t often drives the people
into critical position without courage sut-
telent among the agitsters and leaders to
show safe or hcnorshle way out.
This big talk before assuming response
bllity and small Performance Afterwards Is
so characteristics OF the American politician
that the inconsistency has ceased to excite
much attention or criticism. National
State and municipal interests are all reg
lccted through this miserable uoilttoal ,tr,
idity Of men holding oidee. 1t is rare
to find a man who is perfectly fearless IN
discharglng his public duties. nos IN the
physical but In moral way. TAe good
OF his country. his State. hts city. Is no,
the question. but will rou, Dick or Harry.
with Political or aaaneisl pull. approve
OF his action,