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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
STORMS AT ST. JOHNS.
Extensive Damage to Shipping in That
Vicini y-Fishing SchoOners Lost,
Missing and Damaged.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 1S-The
storms of the last six days have caused
extensive damage to shipping in this
section.
The schooner Romp is ashore at Blu
rim, Placentia bay, and will prove a
total loss, with her cargo of fish. The
crew of seven men escaped.
The schooner Eleanor, with 40 fish
ermen, has been missing for two days.
The schooner, Western Lass, had her
masts carried away and the bark Imo-
gene lost her sails, bulwarks and deck
gear, together with a considerable
quantity of fishing property.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
LIFE INSURANCE.
snue Bureau CommiSs:oner-Polic
That Are Free from War Tax

WASHINGTON, Nov. Reconnaissance
Wilson, of the internal revenue bu-
reau, has rendered an important de-
cision in which he holds in effect that
the policies of life insurance compan-
les which are exempt from taxation
under the war revenue act are only
such as are issued by fraternal
societies or orders; beneficiary So
cieties or orders; farmers pure
ly local cooperative companies OF
associations; and employees relief as
sociations operated on the lodge sys-
tenn or local cooperative plan, and
that the exemption does not apply &c
the policies of life insurance issued by
mutual insurance companies, per Sc,
although they may have features OF
mutality. A further restriction i'm.
posed by the law on the exempted com
paDies is that they shall not be con-
Quoted for profit" The commissioner
says in part:
Il am of the opinion that it was the
InCenIlOn OF congress 10 exempt from
taxation policies of life insurance is
sued by fraternal societies or orders,
and beneficiary societies or orders
which are operated on plans similar to
the lodge or ritualistic form.
ut surely can not be said that a
mutual life insurance company is a
fraternal society or order, or can it
be said that mutual life company is a
beneficiary society or order, although
fraternal and beneficiary societies may
be mutual.
This Office holds that all insurance
companies that are doing business on
the old line or fixed premium plan,
where policies are issued for given,
definite, fixed or stated premium, pay
able or capable of being estimated in
advance, in so far as determining the
the question of taxation on their pol
icies is concerned, are organized and
conducted for profit, whether the
premium is paid by assessment or not. ;"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
WILL REMAIN AWAY.
The Chicago Orchestra, Theodore Thorn
as, Leader, Declines the Invitation to
Attend the Paris Exposition.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2O-The Chicago or
chestra, under the leadership of Theo-
dore Thomas, has decided to decline
the invitation of the directors of the
Paris exposition to attend that show
in 1900. In a letter addressed to
Edourade Colonne, chairman of the
board of directors, Theodore Thomas
declares that as an American citizen
he is a lover of justice and liberty and
can not consistently visit the French
capital.
Mr.. Thomas freely admits that the
verdict in the Dreyfus case'was respon-
sible for his determination to remain
away from the exposition.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
GROWING WEAKER.
No Perceptible Change in the Vice Presi-
dents Condition, But His Friends Are
Not Hopeful of His Recovery

PATERSON, n. j., Nov. 20.-Vice Pres
ident Hobart passed the greater part
of the day sitting at the bedroom win
dow, at times reading the newspapers
and having Mrs. Hobart read to him.
He took less food than usual. This
seems to indicate that his stom-
Hobart appeared to be as cheerful
as ever and took lively interest in
the topics of the day as presented by
the newspapers. There is no per-
ceptibIe change in his condition but
his friends are not as hopeful as they
have been. They believe that the
vice president is gradually growing
weaker
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Dynamite Under Ais wife,s Bedroom.

EVANSVILLE, Wis, Nov. 1S.--Fred
O'Brien Friday placed ten-pound
stick of dyna mite beneath his wife's
bedroom. A terrific explosion followed,
partly wrecking the house, which is a
one-story frame building.
In the two small bedrooms were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank OBrien and two small
children, and Mrs. Fred O'Brien and
child. O'Brien's act is said to be be-
cause his wife refused to live with
him, she charging cruelty. All the
persons in the house escaped injury.
o Brien is now in Jail and has con-
fessed, duplicating two other men.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
The Peacemaker Killed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 During a
fight Saturday night between Charles
F. Ormsby and George F. Barnes,
Charles F. Galway, % years of age,
who attempted to act as peacemaker,
was hit a severe blow on the chin.
knocking him down. The fall caused
fracture of the skull, from which he
died early Sunday morning. The ia
tai blow, it is said. was struck by Orms-
by, although he denies all knowledge
of such act. He has been locked up
and charge of murder entered against
him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
THE LOUISVILLE VOTE.
Democrats Propose to Throw 1t and ths
jefferson County Ballot Out-Re-
pubIicans Find a Precedent.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 1S-A ques.
ton which is likely to have an inn
portant if not deciding influence on
the contest for the governorskip of
Kentucky was brought up FRIDAY be-
fore the canvassing board of Jeffers on
county which includes Louisville.
Counsel for the democratic candidates
gave notice of motion to throw out
the vote entirely because of the
presence of militia at the polling
places on Novem Der z.
This action has been expected ever
since the official count began. 1t was
freely reported on election day that if
the militia were called out it would
result in some such step. With Louis
vile thrown out GOebel would have a
safe plurality in the remainder of the
state.
The official count was received Fri
day night from Floyd and Knott coun-
ties. Floyd gives Goebel 156 and Knott
gives him 459 plurality. In the last
tabulated returns printed would indi-
cate, from democratic sources GoebePs
plurality in the state was figured at
one vote. In this table Floyd, uuoffi-
cial, gave Goebel 400 plurality and
Knott 439 plurality. The official re-
turns from these two counties show a
net loss of 224 from the uno fficial.
FRANKFORT, KY, Nov. 1S-The prop
osition Friday from GoebeI's lawyers
to throw out the entire vote of Jeffer-
son county, which includes Louisville
was not wholly unlocked for by the
republican leaders here. 1t is now
said that Senator Deboe's visit here
Thursd ay night was for the purpose
of ascertaining definitely to what ex-
tent Gov. Bradley will support Taylor
in the event that Goebel is given the
certificate of election based on this
proceeding.
Senator Deboe and. Gov. Bradley are
not on speaking terms, and the third
party communicated with both Of
them. Deboe says he is satisfied Brad
ley will stand by Taylor and will Wig
orously resist Goebel.
The republicans have found prece-
dent, established 'oy the state election
commissioners last year, in which the
board, by a unanimous vote, decided it
was merely a canvassing board and
had no power to pass on contests
This was in the case of Mordecai Will
liams (democrat), who filed a contest
for the certificate of election as con-
gresham in the Ninth district on the
ground that fraudulent votes had been
cast for Congressman Pugh in several
counties.
The board declined to hear the con-
test on the ground of lack of jurisdic-
ton and awarded the certificate of
election to Pugh on the face of the re-
turns.
Taylor's lawyers now claim under
this decision the vote of Johnson and
Knox counties at least must be count
ed as certified. They have not given
an opinion as to the bearing of this
Yuling of the jefferson county case.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
The Lieutenant Wounded in the
Hand and a Prisoner i'm the
Model School, Pretoria.
WOUNDED TREATED AT COLENSO.
Colesberg, Cape Colony. Was Occupied
by the Force of Free State
Troops Last Thursday.
Bombardment of Kimberley Resumed
Beers Are Believed Encamped six
Miles From acknowledgement
Position There Is Good

PRETORIA, Nov. 1S-By way of Lou
renzo Marquee, Nov. 19.-At noon to-
day 90 British prisoners including men
of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and
several blue jackets, arrived here.
There We're large crowds at the rail-
way station but no demonstration was
made. Winston Churchill, who is
wounded in the hand, was taken to the
model school, while the rank and file
are being sent to the race course.
One spy was lodged in jail. The
wounded had been treated at Colenso.
The Boer version of the conflict in
which these prisoners were taken says
that two British were killed and ten
wounded.
The mining department has Giscov-
cred beneath the managers house at
the Ferreira mine a passage leading to
suite of apartments 40 feet below
ground, with gas and water laid on.
This is supposed to have been intended
to serve as a rendezvous for the en-
ployes of the Ferreira mine in the
event of ombardment of Johannes
burg.
LONDON, Nov. 20.-The first definite
news reg arding the fate of Winston
Churchill was conveyed to his mother
Sunday evening by a press representa-
tive. Lady Randolph had just return
ed home from quiet dinner with a
few friends when the gratifying intel
hgence that her son is living was con-
veyed to her. The fact that his wound
is not necessarily dangerous, and that
he is alive in Pretoria, caused her the
greatest qualification, as she had been
hitherto without the least intimation
of his whereabouts
CAPE TowN, Nov 2O.-Advices iu st
received here show that on Thursday,
November 16, a combined force of Free
State and Transvaal burghers occu-
pied Colesberg, Cape Colony, without
opposition by the residents and pro-
claimed the district to be Free State
territory.
The British troop ship Manila has
arrived at Durham.
LoURENzo MARQUES Nov. 1S-The
following dispatch has been received
here from Pretoria, dated Novem-
Der 10:
1.-THE statement that the Boer artil-
lery is Differed by Germans is denied
here. 1t is asserted officially that all
the Boer artillery officers were born in
the Transvaal, although two were
trained in Europe.
The British prisoners of the rank
and file have received new outfits from
the government.
sit is reported that the bombar
ment of Kim berley was resumed Sun
day morning.
''Bateman, British private captur-
ed outside Ladysmith and brought to
Pretoria, has since become insane"
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-A special dispatch
from Estcourt, dated Sunday, Novem-
Der 10, says:
''All is quiet here, the enemy is be-
lieved to be encamped six miles away.
Our position is good and our forces are
sufficiently strong to repulSe attack"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Alleged Incendiaries Tarred and Feath-
cred

BELLEFONTAINE, O., Nov. 19. - A
white woman and two negroes were
citizens of West Liberty, Logan coun-
ty, at midnight Friday night. Their
names are Nell Jackson, white
Edward Jackson, colored, her
father-in-law; and David REX.
man, colored. The trio of victims
were confined in Jail charged with in
cendiarism. A mob was organized and
battered the doors of the jail, and,
stripping the victims, they coated
them with tar and feathers and then
paraded them through the town
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
\ Pauper,s MindfalI.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. 1S-Maurice
Meehan, who is an inmate of the Nor
gan county poor house, has fallen heir
to $50, 600, which was bequeathed to
him by his son, VIM. Meehan, who
went to the Black Hills in 1879 from
Mo-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
A Disastrous Civil War.

LONDON, Nov. 2o.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Sydney, n. S. W.,
says that a disastrous civil was has
broken out in the British possessions
of New Guinea, II villages having
been obliterated with a heavy slaugh-
ter of the inha bitants.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Took a Fatal Dose.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Nov. 18.-Frank
Haney. aged 10, son of Joseph Haney,
a prominent insurance agent, commit
ted suicide at the rooms of the Man
haitian club Friday afternoon by talk
Ing an ounce of morphine. Haney
had been suffering from insomnia
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Revolution In Colombia.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 2O.-The
British steamer Atrato, from B arran-
quilla Tuesday and Colon Friday, re-
ports a widespread revolutionary
movement in Colombia and a grave
outlook. Her cargo she landed with
difficulty, and she was unable to secure
an outward cargo.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
superintendent Lewis Troy Dead.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Lewis Troy, SUI
perintendent of the Sixth division of
the United States railway mail service,
died Friday night from neuralgia of
the heart.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Oklahoma Wants statehood.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Nov. 2O.-The state
hood convention, which closed here,
appointed committee to draw up
memorial to congress asking that Okla
homa be granted statehood with her
present boundaries. A lobby was also
appointed to go to Washington.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Georgia Prohibition Bill

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 2O.-A measure
known as the Willingham bill having
for its purpose the establishment of
prohibition in the state of Georgia has
been made special order for the lower
house of the legislature on Tuesday
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
viii Marry an American Girl

LONDON, Nov. Colon. Archibald
Lionel Bethune second son of the earl
of Lindsay, will soon be married ia
Miss Ethel Tucker, daughter of w. A.
Tucker, of Boston.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
Bank Robbers successful.

JOPLIN, Mo-, Nov. 1s.-Robbers blew
open the safe of che bank of Gail juno
lion, ten miles north of here, after
midnight, and secured between So, 200
and 81, 900 in cash.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21

Fashion may come and fashion may go,
but the idulgent father of several daughters
goes right on forever-paying large millinery
bil,s.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21
killed Inv the Village Marshal.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Nov. 20.-James
Sullivan, Louisville, KY, shot at Fair
child Thursday by Village Marshal Al
lard, died Sunday afternoon.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21

The Best Prescription for ChilIs
and Fever is a bottle of Groves TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteess form. No cure no pay. Price, SOC.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21

"How women do love to stare at herol"
said the Cynical Youth. Yep" assented
the Savage Bachelor. That IS one reason
why they always flock to weddings. In
dianapolis Journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21

A successful man is one who attracts SO
much attention in the world that people
consent to abuse him.-Atchison Globe
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-21

To Cure "a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. 25c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
4 Fountain of Ants.

The house | was then occupying was
a bungalow. and, as is the case with
many bungalows, the inner walls were
constructed Of merely sun dried bricks,
and in the reccsSes of one wall a col
onv Of white ants had established a
nest. 1t was evening. heard behind
me buZZing sound. l turned, and
from hole near the bottom Of the wall
l beheld q fountain Of young white
ants ascending. They reached the cell
inc. and then the descent commenced.
They alighted by thousands on the ta-
bic and there shook off their wings. In
a few minutes the cloth, the plates, the
glasses. even the lamp shades, were
covered with the little white feeble
crawling creatures. The fountain Of
ants continued to play for at least ten
minutes When. next morning. the
floor was swept. the wings that the
ants lad shaken off filled a large bas-
ket. What became Of the ants them
selves cannot Say.-'Raunts ana
Hobbies Of aa Indian Official
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Would You Live a Century +?

In a recent lecture delivered in
Birmingham Sir Jas. Sawyer gives a
few rules to follow if one would live
to be centenar;an They are not
hard to keep, and, in the interests oi
those who do not tire of this worid's
pleasures or pains. we subjoin the
list:
l. Sleep eight hours day
2. Sleep on the right side
8 Open the windows of ones bed
room at night
4 Put a screen in front Of the
door.
5 Place ones bed away from the
wall
6. Take bath the temperature OF
the BODY every morning, not cold
doucne
7. Take exercise before break fast.
8. Eat little meat and make sure it
is thoroughly cooked.
9. (For adults Do not drink
milk
10. Eat much grain in order to
nourish the cells which destroy the
germs Of disease
IL. Avoid intoxicants. which de
stroy these cells
l2 Take daily exercise III the
open air.
Is Keep no animals in living
rooms. They may have the germs Of
disease.
IL. Live as much as possible in
the country.
Is. Drink water, avoid humidity
and the reighborhood of sewage
pipes.
l6 Vary ones occupations
II. Take from time to time short
holiday
IS. Limit ones ambitions.
19. Restrain ones natural cbarac
ter
We have no idea that strict fol
lowing of these regulations would
enable ere to pass the century mark,
but the observer would be better aud
healthier by reason of living along
these lines. The rules are filled with
common sense, and there is an alb
sence of fadism which makes them
ali the more commendable Try them
on, and when the 100 years are up
give US written certificate as to
how you are getting along -Cincin-
natl Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
ne Was n Little Bit Close.

wrhe meanest man l ever knew"
said the short passenger, "was fellow
who cot a football and painted it to
look like watermelon. Then during
the summer months he kept it conspic-
uously displayed in his back yard and
amused himself setting 4 savage bull
dog on hungry people who happened to
take fancy to the bogus melon
''IIe certainly had his mean points,
said the tall passenger, "but I know a
fellow who could give him discount
and then beat him at his own game.
I was in restaurant once where this
fellow WAS getting his dinner. After
he had finished he called the waiter
who had served him and asked:
GLOW much do YOU get for q tip as
a rule:'
''The walters eyes sparkled. He rub
bed his hands together and replied:
"'Well, sab, we ginally gifts at least q
quatah. but sometimes nice, genteel,
prosperous loohin gemmans like you
gives us 80 cents
'Then what did this fellow do but
put on his hat and say:
Thanks. merely wanted to know
how much was going to be ahead by
not giving you anything. "-Chicago
News
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
TRAPDOOR SPIDERS.
The Curious Nests That These InGe'
nious Insects Construct.

The Curious Nests That These InEe-
nious Insects Construct.
\ curious species of insect is the
trapdoor spider, whose nest consists of
q tube eNcavated in the earth to the
depth of six or eight inches. 1t is al
ways lined with silk, and it is closed
with an ingeniously constructed door,
One sort of door closes into the nest
like cork in bottle, another is as
thin as a piece Of paper.
In all cases the door opens outward,
and when the nest is placed, as it usu-
ally is, on s!oping bank, it opens up
ward, so that there is no fear Of its
gaping The object of the trapdoor is
to conceal the nest, and consequently
it is always made to resemble the gen.
e~al surface of the ground. Sometimes,
however, an enemy attempts to opea
the door, and then the inmate braces
its legs against the sides Of the nest
and holds it as fast as possible.
Still other spiders have inner doors
besides outer, so that if their first de-
fense be carried they may have anoth-
er behind which to retreat. More curl
GUS still is the ingenuity Of the branch
trapdoor-that is to say. a door that
opens from the main tunnel Of the
nest into side branch. which the
stranger could discover, since there is
nothing to distinguish it from any 9th
CT part Of the main nest. So, then, II
an enemy should effect an entrance
the lawful occupant of the nest can
quietly slip into the side branch. close
the door ard there remain in security
while the intruder wonders what has
become OF her.-Cur Animal Friends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Designing Man.

Did You ever notice" he asked, that
it is always the homely woman who
wants a pug dog? The pug is so hide
Gus that it makes her seem good look
ing by comparison Still. the ruse is so
we'll known now that the possession Of
q pug is sufficient
WHO'S going to buy 4 pug?" she ask
ed. Who ever thought Of getting
OUT
why. no one, OF course, my dear,
he answered. for he was too wise a
man to admit that he had heard her
telin. Il neighbor that she thought
she'd get one-Chicago Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
A COMEDY OF BLUNDERS.
It Taught One Nan More About
Horses Than He kne" Before.

This CaSS avenue resident knows
about as much OF horses as he Goes Of
the technic Of tiger hunting, but 4
few weeks ago he paid 5000 for q 500
horse and since that has looked upon
himself as an equine authority. Sun
day afternoon he was in the bay win
dow enjoying his morning paper and a
cigar. Hearing clickety-clickety-
click on the asphalt, he looked out.
glared, dropped his paper and eye
glasses and dashed out as though he
were going to pull a fire alarm.
Hi, there. Stop that team he
shouted. Halt And all the prone
naders on the block obeyed, but the
horse trotted along. Ten dollars to
the man who brings me that horse
dead OF alivew whooped the citizen,
LOW too much excited to be lucid.
THAT Internal liveryman has hired
him out, and me paying the highest
price for his keep. III show him! Ten
dollars, dead or alive" in Richard III
voice, "for that horse"'
A lusty bicycler grasped the situation
and two minutes later had caught the
bit of the horse The man il the buggy
protested, swore and threatened, but
the grinning wheelman trotted the
whole outfit back to the excited citizen.
"Unhitch him. he shouted. ''Some-
body will pay big money for this. Call
patrol wagon. What's your name?'
Then the citizen turned pale and
gasped:
"Three white feet. My horse has but
two, and he's smaller. My mistake,
gentlemen and ladies'" for there was a
crowd now. BEG pardon" And he
started for the house.
But the man in the buggy jumped up
and wanted to fight. The bicyclist de-
manded his $40, and the crowd jeered.
4 policeman came in time to referee
The wheelman got his $40, the real
owner Of the horse accepted 81 humble
apology, and the liveryman raised the
board the next day.-Detroit Free
Press.