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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
In as Good Order and Condition.

Tenunt-See here, what are you 60
ing to do about the clause in my lease
guaranteeing my leaving the premises
in as good order and condition as when
l took possession?
Landlord-Why, tits in as good condi-
ton as far as can see, isn't it?
at? What about it? Doggone it,
man. I'm talking about me-"
you? What have you to do with it?
why, l was perfectly healthy when
took possession, and that private mud
hole of a cellar of yours has filled me
chock full of fever and ague. Now you
settle before | leave, or, by jinks, I'll
maluc you sweat under that guarantee,
see if | don't!"-N. y. World.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
BE KIND.

Ali girl-GCeen, seated on the throne
Which youth and beauty claim as dover
Seekest thou some secret word of power
Which shall make every heart thine own
In this one word the answer find
Be kind!
ALL master of the sciences
To whom no time nor space seem far
Nor comets flight nor course of star
Conversant with the centuries
The soul is stronger than the mind;
Be kind
Swift speeds the world along it's way,
And knowledge widens with the years;
Cumbrous and poor and thin appears
The science of our yesterday,
Like random groupings of the blind
Be kind
The rose OF beauty has brief grace:
Full soon it pales, and drops its leaves.
Not long for 1T the garden grieves.
For other roses take its place,
and wanton on the summer wind:
Be kind!
For be the beauty ever SO bright
And be the wisdom never so wise,
Men soon forget them and mispriZe;
But like a quenchless, tireless light,
Love burns, in human hearts enshrined-
Be kind!
Susan Coolidge. in S. Times.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
WHEN MEN FORGET GOLD.
of Steps in Human Progress
Make Men Better.

Its curious" said Mr.. BiffietOn,
show we've Lost sight of the Klondike,
or lost interest in it, in the face of the
vastly more interesting war news.
After all, there's one thing we like
more than we do gold, and that's life,
and that makes one think and say that
the poorest man alive has, in mere ez-
istence, the. greatest of all treasures.
Make no mistake about that, and let
us be correspondingly grateful for it.
''But what [ had in mind to say was
that this war news fascinates us, aside
from the final meaning of it all, because
it has to do with life and death. It
brings that vital subject close to view
and thrills you as it does to stand in
the presence of an epidemic when you
know that death, terrible always, has
gone blind and reckless. Dear me!
that makes us forget gold!
"And then as to the meaning of it..
1t seems as though about once in so
often we forget our selfshnezs and
greed and are swayed by other feelings.
Our good impulses and right motives,
that we have drawn on but lightly,
perhaps, in all these years, and that
have accumulated and gained great
strength, touched finally by the right
spark, come rushing forth and insist
on being heard.
"They sway US and dominate us and
exaIt US and make us for time to for
get gold and make us instruments of
good in the world, and for this we
should be grateful, too."-N. Y. Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
search OF lodging, would take the

search Of lodging, I would take the
doublet with me.
The woman, however, here cut in and
explained that if it was a lodging I
needed they could accommodate me.
Cali the more if you buy as well as
you do now, captain" said the man.
81 will sell you as cheap as you want
BESIDES" 1 answered, "but let me see
the rooms"
There is but one room, monsieur"
answered the woman, "but it is large
and furnished" and then she led me up
the stairway. The room was certainly
large beyond the ordinary, but was
disappointed beyond measure at find
ing that it was at the back of the house
and would prevent me from watching
who came in and out of the Toison dor.
objected to the situation, saying thai
L wanted room overlooking the street
There is none," she answered, short.
ly, "but if monsieur desires to look Oh
the street he may do so from the win
dow at the end of this passage"
She pointed to a narrow passage thar
led from the door of the room to small
| hanging turret, and from the archet
windows of this 1 saw that I could set
all | wanted without being seen myself,
The woman seemed to be of the same
kidney as her husband, and drove a
close bargain, and after much pretend,
ed haggling | closed with her terms.
and arranged also for her to bring me
my meals, explaining that for the mex
week or SO | would stay indoors, as my
health was not good.
II understand, monsieur" she said,
showing her teeth.
Then it is settled, and [ will step
down and bring up the doubIct which
left in the shop" with these words l
counted out the rent and the money for
| as if each piece [ disgorged was my
last; and then stepping down, found,
as l expected, Pantin at the door.
The man was for ordering him away:
| but his wife insisted on making a pur
chase, in which joined, and the feIcf
! going upstairs at that time we three
were left together. 1t was all-impor,
lCillG " yet IIO VI TIC WOllldu lOI Il ulO-
ment or so, and Pantin. seeing this,
| sold his whole basket load at price
so small that it raised even her aston
! iEfment.
q have sold it for luck" he said, but
if madame wishes I will sell her daily
at the same rate"
Gould you bring me fruit at the same
price," | asked.
why note" he answered.
Then bring me some tomorrow"
"Certainly, captain; where shall I
| put these. madame?"
But she bore them away herself, and
this gave me the opportunity.
"Pantin," I said, 81 have taken room
here, you understand"
And - he answered. "have sold a
cabbage to Babette. If you hear moth
ing more, meet me at dusk in the
square behind ST. Martins"
There was no time to say more, for
we heard the fence coming back, Pan
| tin went off down the street, and I,
after a word or two with the man, and
an order to his wife regarding my
| meals, went slowly up to my room.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
CHAPTER XVIII.

THE SKYLIGHT IN THE TOISON DOR.
Once back in my room flung off my
cloak and took a survey of my new
quarters. The room was long and low,
and situated in the topmost story of the
house. In one corner was a settle COW
cred with faded brocade, whilst on
the other side there was a wardrobe
and a few neceSsaries. The bed was
placed at the extreme end of the room,
and close to the window which over
looked the back of the house, and
through which from where l stood the
blue sky alone was visible, there was
table and a couple of chairs. Be
tween the table and the bed interviewed
a clear space, about ten feet by six,
covered with a coarse carpeting. If
am thus precise in my description. 1
would say have done so in order to
explain clearly what follows.
So far things were satisfactory
enough. and beyond what had a right
to expect in such a locality. The one
drawback was that 1 would be COM
PEELED to use the turret at the end of
the passage for my watch, and thus run
the risk of being observed from the
other houses. In the meantime | de-
tcrmined to see exactly what could be
effected from the window, and pushing
the table aside, so as to get better
view, looked out. | then saw that the
house l was in, as well as the TOison
dor, was built against the remains of
the old walls of Paris. Below me there
was a sheer drop of so to 60 feet,
right into the bed of the abandoned
fOsse, which was covered by thick UNI
dergrowth and full of debris. l thought
at first Of stopping any further concern
with the window, but as / was turning
away / looked rather particularly at
the wall below me and saw that a
ledge ran along it about three feet be-
low the window. Following its track
; with my eyes, l observed that it was
carried along the face of the Toison
dor, and in doing this | became aware
that there was a window open at the
back of Babette's house. and that this
was situated on the same level as my
room, but just about the middle, in
stead of the extreme end, as mine was
When l considered the position of this
window, and that its lookout was on a
place where never a soul seemed to
come. | could not but think that
madame were in the TOison dor,
in all probability her room was there
and ! swore bitterly TO myself at the
thought of how impossible it would be
to reach her. / then craned out and
looked upwards. and saw that my house
was half-story lower than the Toison
dor. and that, whilst the latter had a
| high, sloping roof, the portion of the
building in which was appeared to be
| long and narrow terrace. with a low
machicolated parapet running along
the edge Thus il there were door
or window in the Toison dor that
opened on to my roof. it would be posi-.
bic to step out thereon. and then
| drew back, my blood burning. Fit was
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
Smallpox al FRANKLIN.

DAYTON, o., Jan. 26.-Franklin, War
rem county, has four cases of smallpox
The disease is said to have been car
ried there by a colored man from
Springfield, who participated in cake
walk. The afflicted persons are two
men named Allen, man named Green
peg and Rebecca George. all colored.
Health Officer Williams states that the
cases are of mild form. A cake walk
which was TO have been given at Mi
amisburg Tuesday night has been in
definitely poStrcaed because of the
disease.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
CHAPTER XVM.-CoNrNUED.

At last | came opposite the TOiSOn
dor. The gate leading into the little
court was shut, and so was every win
dow facing the street The signboard
was swinging sadly over the closed door,
and at the first glance it looked as if
the house was deserted. | would trust
as little to chance as possible. passed
slowly on, and found that the TOiSon
dor joined on TO another but much
to it by the wall that crossed the street.
The sash of a window on the top story
OF the house was ut,. and as | came up
to 1t the front door swung open and a
man stood on the steps and looked me
full in the face. As my glance passed
him, saw that the door opened into a
room that was used apparently as a
shop for all kinds of miscellaneous ar
ticles, and the man himself would have
stood well for the picture of thieves
fence, which, indeed, he was.
"A good morning. captain" he said,
will you buy-or have you come to
sr!l?" he asked, dropping his voice.
AS he spoke Pantin came up and be-
gan to importune the man from a safe
distance TO purchase his wares; but be-
yond curse, had no further attention
paid him; and with q disappointed air
he went slowly back toward the Toison
: dor 1t flashed upon me that some
thing had fallen my way. II have come
to buy, cOmpere." answered, and step
ping into the shop began to examine
few cast-off doublets and flung them
aside, demanding one on which the gold
lace was good. woman Joined the
man at this time, and whilst they were
rummaging amongst their stores !
hastily ran over in my mind the plan
had formed. If could get lodging
here l would be in a position to watch
who came and went from the house, and
strike my blow with deliberation and
certainty: So at last when the doublet
was shown to me, though the price was
exorbitant, paid it without demur. and
on the man asking if it should be sent
TO my lodging, pretended to hesitate
for moment, and then explaining that
ms I had Just come to Paris and was in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
Practice and Theory.

Practice and theory must go together.
Theory withou: practice to test it, to
verify it. 10 correct it, is idle specula-
tion; but practice without theory to
animate it is mere mechanism. In every
art and business theory is the soul and
practice the body. The soul, without
the body in which to dwell, is, indeed,
only a ghost, but the body without
soul is only coTpse.-N. 7. Ledger.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
Faith in the Dead Inventor.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-B. L. Acker-
man, president of the Keely Motor Co.,
mas issued a statement on behalf of his
board of directors, rea ffrming their
faith in the.dea inventor, and utterly
denying that the recent alleged discov-
cries in Keely's workshop are of any
significance.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
FataI Coal o. Exp.osion.

Mt. OLIvET. Ill, Jan. 26.-Peter No
yak and A. Croat, his wife and three
children have been burned by a coal
oil explosion. A boy six years and a
baby of months were roasted to
death. The third child and the moth
er were fatally burned.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
Gecse a Token OF T.ove.

A Chinese gentleman always sends
pair of geese to the lady d his choic,S
and they are looked aysSe IS AE era.
blenos of conjugal Edenssa
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
Illegal Sale of Whisky.

CAMPToN, KY. Jan. 26.--The grand
Jury at this term of the Wolfe circuit
court reported 30 indictments Most
Of them are for illegal sale of whisky.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27
SYNOPSIS.

rcOpwight 1907. by Lonsmans. Green & Col
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-01-27

sieur's rooms;" and, seeing that L APP
peared to waver, shall take it up? 1
will let it go for ten crowns"
Five crowns or nothing" | said,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15
A Bogus Ten Cent Piece.

Look we'll to your change for there
in circulation. One of the latest to be
discovered is in the shape of the dime
of the issue of 1888. At the time the
dime was made. it was probably gem
in the way of counterfeiting. but now
hat the wash of silver has worn away
it shows that it is made of compost
ton that is almost wholly brass An
Electric car conductor had one of them
passed upon him the other day and he
did not notice it until it was too late
to return il. In sound the piece of
money would not reveal itself as it has
the true ring to it. II is the brassy ap-
pearance that tells the story. The
mould in which it wasmade must have
been fine one. In every particular it
is perfect. so far as the ordinary eve
can detect without the aid of a micro
scope. Possibly experts might see
many dissimilarities from the real
thing.
DO you suppose there is any great
amount of counterfeit in circulation. +"
asked the Journal of a man who
handles much money.
II do not doubt but that in nearly
every denomination there is a certain
amount of it that passes us all, and T
have no doubt there Is quite little of
the spurious paper money that no one
can detect other than experts or
bankers. who make an examination
but the general run of men pass it by
without examining it,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15
A RARE HALF DOLLAR.
Augusta Numismaticians Would Like 10 Obtain
4 Confederate HALL.

Augusta coin collectors are much in
terested in a report that has come from
Mississippi to the effect that the miss
ing Confederate half dollars has been
found in the possession Of the clerk of
court at Holly Springs: all collectors
know that but four of these silver
pieces were struck at the Confederate
states mint. at New Orleans in 1861
The whereabouts of three OF these
pieces has been known for years. but
there has always been a mystery as to
where the fourth one was. This coun-
try lawyer" said a local numismati-
clan. who is now known to have it.
knew he had valuable coin as an
heirloom, for it is said that his father
paid a Georgia mountaineer $50 for it
some twenty-five years ago.
Since it's discovery. according to re-
ports in the various periodicals. the
owner has refused several offers run
ming well up into the hundreds Of dol.
lars for it. He has no intention of sell
ing ii but if he should make up his
mind to dispose of it. he will be able to
secure something over thousand dol
lars for it according to one of the deal
ers in this sort of thing. providing ii is
still in good condition and not worn by
carriage.
'One thing is certain. and that is that
there will be sharp competition among
collectors all over the country for the
possession of this unique COIN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15
A STANDARD APPLE BARREL.
Dealers Believe Something Of this Sort is
Needed in Maine.

Maine apple shippers are good deal
interested in the effort in New York
state to have passed through the legis-
lature bill creating a standard barrel
for the carriage of that fruit; there has
been some objection to the idea on the
ground that it would work injury to
some shippers while benefiting others.
Many shippers contend that stand
ard barrel is necessary to enable them
to compete with exporters in other To-
calities AS shipments now arrive they
must either be shifted from the origi-
nal barrels into those required by the
European trade. or else run the risk of
rejection on the other side. Shippers in
the West use the size barrel designated
by the New York bill, but good many
shippers in this State use one much
smaller. The result is complication
which costs shippers and receivers con-
siderable money in a season. Growers
are under the impression that the adop-
ton of standard barrel means loss to
them. when. according to the state
ments Of those who are urging the New
York bill. quite the reverse is true.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15
Rease.isn, d . Bachelor.

Next to being bad the easiest thing
is being worse
In the spring time woman's fancy
lightly turns to shirt waists.
There is nobody who can believe in
mind-reading without Shuddering at
what people would discover about him.
The most shameless man that ever
lived could not go around before the
servants with what clothes woman
doesn't put on.
Ii 1t was as hard to get married as ii
is to get divorced. people would break
their necks trying to stay in the halters
they now try to get out of.
Rouging wouldn't be so foolish il
everybody was blind.
One little scandal party can take more
sentiment out of a man than ten years
of wine. women and cards.
.aSolomon's wisdom lay in his knowl-
nge that the way to argue down a
apman was to lock himself ini the pal
ace attic.
|. A woman can always tell how much
her husband doesn't love her any more
by the way he doesn't ask her to wear
certain clothes he used to ask her.
A widow never scares man to death
by asking him if she is the only wpm-
an he ever loved.
When the average mans wife gets
ready to go to Europe he gets ready to
go to the other place.
Maybe woman likes nasty problem
plays so much because the heroine has
harder time than she has.
1t is curious how a woman gets a
sore throat from wearing too little COW
ering down below and rheumatism in
the foot from too little around her
shoulders. p
"A woman likes-to have lot Of Jewels
so that when her feelings have been
hurt she can leave them all off and
come down to dinner dressed in black
and looking pale and sad.-New York
Press.
-
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CHEAP cleAas 1sfLl WELL.
Z 4 +Ns4-1T ~
The Fivs.csnt Weed and the stosls Growing
IA Popular.

THE five-cent cigar has certainly
come to stay. and just now cigar man
ufacturers are, bending their energies
to making the best cigar they can to be
retailed for that money" said an Au-
gusta dealer. Thursday. When the
combined tariff and war tax sent up
the price of cigars. there We're more
men than any but cigar dealer knows
of who found ii wise or perhaps neces-
sary to economize in their expenditures
for cigars.
Many took to the pipe. and still
more to either the 'stogie or the cheap
grade of cigars. We were forced to
meet the demand. Thanks to the fact
that they raise pretty fair sort OF
Sumatra leaf in Connecticut and Flori-
da, and something that has close re-
lation to the poorer grades of Havana
| tobacco in the same localities, we were
able 10 do it with a machine-made
cigar. People found after few days
trial that they could get along with a
cheaper, cigar than they had been used
to and that is why makers have been
forced to their best to supply the de-
| mand.
Now that people have acquired the
habit, they will not change back to the
| old prices for cigars such as they for
| merly thought they were obliged to
have. So. too, the pipe habit has
grown. and there are very many, es-
pecially among young men. who have
become 50 used to the pipe that they
use one now from preference. Pipe
smoking has increased fully 200 pei
cent. in this city in the past two years
as any observant man will see if ne
watches the number of men. both
| young and old. who now walk abouj
the streets putting at their pipes. just
| as Englishmen have a habit of doing.
| They are the same men who two
years ago would have shuddered at tht
very thought of being seen in publ,
with a pipe.
| Sports that have such a vogue now
adays are in part responsible for tht
| pipe smoking habit, as it is thought IL
! be quite the correct thing to smoke a
| pipe when you are about on the links
| Besides. it is cheaper than smoking
| such cigar as one can afford TO burr
| without offending the sensitive smell
| erS of some of their fellows who car
stand a pipe but never poor cigar oi
| q cigarette"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

One of the cases at which the medi-
Monday. 1t was man in the charge
OF physician. who had been suffer-
ing with cancer. 1t is now practi-
cally cured but it has left it's marks
in the way of eating out the mans
palate and nose. 1T is said that no
case that has been treated has been
known in long time. where the can
Ger went so near the brain and was
finally checked. probably not for
good. but for time at least. The man
had used all his money in paying the
surgeons bills and was soliciting aid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

A young man of neighboring city
who has the reputation of being 4
bum, worked an Augusta lady. one day
last week. by going to her and telling
her he was endeavoring to earn an
honest living. and asking her to sub
scribe for a paper at 50 cents year
He failed to mention the paper but the
free-hearted woman forgot to ask him.
SO the plan worked well. The man re-
ceived the 80 cents. but the woman has
not yet received the first copy of the
paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

There is one thing very remarka BILE
about soldier" remarked Major New
COMB. few days ago. tip a Journal
man. AT home he is a self reliant
man and would scorn the idea of hav-
ing any. one care for. his health. AS
soon as he is in the service, he is like
baby SO far as looking out for him.
self is concerned. His officer has to be
continually reminding him Of, the care
of mis- health and also of his behavior.
When out of the service again he, can
think for himself once more"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

The local dealers so far as can be
learned have not advanced the price of
their molasses in the least. though in
some of the other cities the dealers are
charging five cents more on a gallon
then previously. The increase in the
wholesale price is due to the scarcity
of the material caused partly by the
under supply from Porto Rico.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

While there has been a slight de-
crease in the freight business on the
Maine Central in the past two weeks.
two special freights are run over the
line. The bulk of the potatoes. pulp
wood and railroad ties which made
business so brisk. a few weeks ago,
have been shipped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

The negligee shirt for the gentle
mems summer weariS about the warm
est thing that has yet struck the city.
The colors are of the dark variety and
prising. The purple and violet colors
are worked into shirt of one pattern.
collars of the same material
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-15

The green stuff in the market is
coming down slowly to where people
can look at it. There is but slight
change, but it all points to the APP
proach of spring. Celery is entirely
out of the market.