The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-08

front, and gathered IL into a fo'd,
stretching their garments so their
form resemblcd in the rear piece
OF statuary in tights. I asked one OF
them what made them do it, and she
said IL was the style. The young la
dies now grasp their clothing some
what In the same manner, with the
exception that they take hold or 1t
behind instead OF In front. If you'n
notice some OF them look as artistic
as the women from Java / told you
about, too" --- 4
one OF the bills paid by the ooun
ell Monday night reveals tue strange
things for which a city's funds are
paid out. Twenty five cents for
hauling away dead cat, Is the way
IL appeared on the report OF tie IL
nance committee. when the item
was read In the council IL provoked
general laugh but the cat was dead,
80 somebody had TO haul It away, aud
,he city had to pay for II
Another seeming proof OF the con
tagiousness OF tuberculosis has been
afforded by the statements made, up
held by statistics, that consump ton
is greatly on the increase i'm prs ons
In the south. DR.. Blake, physician
inspect tor at the Alabama penitenti;,ry,
speaking at the prison 90 ngress rec''nt
~ held In New Orleans. declared That
in Alabama In sixteen years the per
oentage OF convicts to die from con
sumption had risen from seventeen
per cent to nearly thirty seven per
sent, while during oIs year that OF
1895 -96-above fifty per cent OF
the deaths in the penitentiary had
been from that disease. DR.. Blake
a so showed that in the prisons OF Miss
lssippi, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, AMI
other states the mortality from tn
berculosis has Increased steadily.
In Texas in 1896 two thirds OF the
total number OF deaths OF cOnvicts
were caused by consumption. DIR.
Bake IN OF the opinion that the rea
son for this high death rate is the
tact that tuberoulous and nontubeT-
,ulous convicts are herded together.
This crowding IL especially marked
N winter. whe n for the sake n econ
omizing fuel and blankets the con
vets are packed into the smallest
possible space.
some people have a queer idea OF
the liability OF a city when a person
imaginos he has been injured or IN
,onv, ME iced. The other day man
oall,d on the mayor and wa nted TO
know what tue city was going 10
Il low him for his delay In getting his
wheat thresheT out OF a ditch. An
investigation revealed the fact that
ne was going through the city with
his machine, which was really favor,
when IL became mired up, and he
though IL required but a short time
% get II out OF the hole, the owner
thought he had a cause OF action
against the city. He was promptly
old that he would get nothing and
that he could 40 ahead and sue all
he pleased. lie said nothing more.
Such cases come up every day. Dam
ages have been paid the owners OF
horses and mules several times when
they would doubt less let the matter
iron rather than 20 TO law about IL,
II they had not succeeded in bluffing
the city.
The popular propensity for suing
street car and railroad companies
was manifested in a conversation
heard the other morning on Broadway. |
"Begorra, an war MIssus O'Rille
hurrut mooch In thot sthreet cyar ao
cidin;, Dinny?" asked one man OF his
friend.
NAV, not so vera mooch," was
the confidential reply pllnty
,ad, b,dad. TO sue the dom cumpanny
fer damages, begobr'
SAY" began downtown mer-
chant the other morning as he ap'
preached the desk OF one OF his book
keepers, Ibid you send Mr.. Bank
~. ,ilo sa,,, hto lattar "a SksnU that
his account be rendered, and was
mighty glad OF IL, for had begun TO
think that we would never get any
thing out OF him."
eyes sir" returned the bookkeepcr,
II mailed him a copy OF his account
day before yesterday"
Have you heard anything from
IL yet?"
wv ell, sli ghtly," II joined the
bookkeeper with EN- barrassment, as
he proceeded to rake over n pic OF
papers. Finally he found IL and
handed IL over to him. IL was q. no
tice in bankruptcy.
"You see," explained the clerk,
II presume Mr.. Blank wanted to IN
corporate the amount OF his indebt
edne SIS TO us in with the rest OF his H.
abilities in his bankruptcy petition
II see," is all the -crestfallen mer
liant said.
Not. long ago an office boy In on or
tho grea. newspaper offices came
orinn, NO into the room occupied by
the Sunday editor, says the I'M"
dalnhia Post.