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aln.rfl,e kentucky Feuds.

heKantucky feuds Of recent days,
which haye been sose4tensiyely adyer-
tised III the newspapers, are mild af-
fair8Sgompafsd to..the; feuds of the
antesgeilnm times. said Mr.. r. J.
MeEdlumi Of louisville, at the Nor.
manlles-g {: 60 - -
Though LAD at the time. Iwell
remember the long protracted and
bloody feud,y that ragged in Green
County between the Wal.aces and
Lisles. Hardly day passed that
either q; Wallace or Lisle was not
killed, for there was numerous progeny
on each side, and theSsons of the orig
inal foesakept up the quarrel OF their
fathers. Both families were of Scotch
blood and fought with the desperation
of their Highland progenitors.' /" When
ever o Lisle met Wallace, whether
ut; picnic, a horse. race or at cleo
tions,s ! pistols were simultaneously
drawn and the shooting began. iS"'
GAS rule these killings were never
followed by any legal punishment, but
I recall that on one occasion Wallace
was sentto the penitentiaryfor sending
o bullet from his rifle straight through
the skull of Lisle after Lisle had
,emptied his pistol at the other. Public
sentiment was strongly on the side of
the survivor, and so Wallace was par
doned out on petition of leading oiti-
.zens, after he bad served but six months.
The Civil War came on and put an end
to the vendetta, the Wallaces allying
themselves with the South and their
enemies entering the Union army. In
all no less than fifty men were killed
es result of this internecine strife. "
Washington Post.
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The Country Merchant.

Fhe principal reason why country
merchants fail to advertise proftably
is that in their advertisements they
do not talk specifically about the
article they want to sell nor do they
give prices. They must learn the
Wanamaker system. IF the reader is
at oil interested in an~article he wants
to knowits good points. If these are
favorable he wants to know the price.
If this is satisfactory he becomes a
buyer. and the advertisement has
served both seller and buyer. If no
Misrepresentation has been made the
sale of this article may have created
steady customer, the profit on whose
trade may become large enough to
pay for the advertising necessary TO
secure one hundred more customers
like him. m.--Making Country News
paper. lGlsi
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kwxsseeeKNAeaeAeENe
! The South's +nAAlHs Well !: !:
By R. H. EDMoNDs.

SSSs.eosG$HFSssS64ASSS iSSSsSSGSSeSseessSsas
Ten years ago the South fought its
first skirmish in the endless battle
that ever RACES for the worlds COM;
'mercial supremacy. It's pig-iren en-
tered the markets SO long dominated
by Pennsylvania furnaces and, to the
.dismay of those who had aaected to-
.despise its rivalry. won substantial
victory. Alabama iron became fac
tor in every iron-consuming centre,
and from this position. it could not be
dislodged. About the same time
Southern cotton mills were forcing
their product into successful competi-
tion with the output of New England
mills. But as Pennsylvania iron and
steel people took refuge in the claim
that the South would never advance
beyond the iron-making stage, that it
could never become factor in the
higher forms of finished goods and i'll
steel-making, SO the New England
mills lulled themselves into sense of
security on the claim that though
Southern mills might make coarse
goods, they could never acquire the
skill and the capital needed for the
finer goods. In the light of what has
been accomplished within ten years,
1t seems very strange that such argu-
ments as these should have done duty
in 80 many newspapers and in SO
many gatherings.
A Prophecy.
Judge Kelley-'Pig-Iron Kelley"
as he was familiarly known-had been
wiser than his people. Nearly twenty
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20

years ago he proclaimed the coming
oower Of the South in all industrial
pursuits, and heralded it not as dis
aster to Pennsylvania and to New
England. but as an added strength to
the industrial power of the country.
''The development of the South, said
he, ''means the enrichment of the ma
tion." In this light the progress OF
the South should be watched, for
while its industrial upbuilding may
mean the changing of some forms of
industry in other sections, there is
versatility enough in our people and
in our country to find new avenue
for the employment OF. brains and
energy and capital for every one that
may be closed by changing business
conditions. New England may yield
the sceptre of cotton manufacturing
to the South, to the vast enrichment
of the South, but New England will
find new openings for its tireless
energy and its accumulated capital.
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vice being in 1887, xn~@ -
tached to Admiral Dewey's flagship,
the Olympia. In September Of that
year All Yu was sent to the hospital
OF Yokohama, suffering from lung
trouble. Since then he has been op-
Grated on several times, but as his
health did not improve he was dis
charged from the service. shing Wa
and Wong Soon Doom, OF Shanghai,
certify tc the identity OF th Yu, and
the examining surgeon says the sailor
Chinese is totally disabled for the per-
formance of any labor. ALI Yu served
on the Olympia, Baltimore, Charles
ton, Monocacy, Omaha and the Palos.
The pension granted is for $50 a
month, with back pension amounting
| IN 4510
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produce Il -four that rivals the best OF
wheat. They give juice that makes
an excellent table preserve. They
yield an abundance of starch OF gu
perior quality. They also make a re-
markable showing in fattening cattle.
If one-half of what is claimed by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture and the Jamaica Agriculture So
oiety be realized, the problem of what
to do with tho vast areas Of almost
arid lands of the Gulf states is to be
solved by ''cassava.
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delightful suggestive the teachers Leaflets issued
College Agriculture Cornell University for in the public
schools entitled The Birds and by L. H. Bailey This is Illus
bird houses which copied
and who always wanting use hammer and
of the forms which be
Any ingenious boy dozen other
better By cutting the boards mutpes
numbers make house with several
for there swallows pigeons that to
The size Of the doorway important It
bird larger only
bad other
Birds and pigeons bueb
rens tree swallows
opening should inch and half hole
thee others be inches -
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Cassava, the New Crop.

The Spanish war seems to have
given promise of benefit in direction
entirely unexpected in stimulating the
study of tropical products. A plant
has been discovered" that promises
to become to the Gulf states what
wheat is to the North. For years this
plant, which resembles a gigantic
beet, has been staple product OF
Brazil and other South American
countries, and has recently been
grown in Jamaica with remarkable re-
suits. In Eastern tropical countries
it is known as "manioc," in Brazil it
is called "mandiocn," in Colombia it
is known as yucca, end in the West
Indies the name "cassava" or "cas-
sada" prevails. The gigantic roots
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financial panic following the Barring
failure. The South, suddenly brought
down from its dizzy speculative
height, had to face new conditions.
The business world recognized that
the supreme test OF the South Isl IN
,herent advantages and possibilities.
had come. Itfaced the situation its
iron.masters steadily reduced the cost
.of. iron.making until furnaces which
had been turning out SS and so iron
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Remains of On old.Tl,ner.

The skeleton Of prehistoric sea
monster resembling a shark was IN.
earthed recently OF the quarry Of J.
e. Davis, who lives ten miles south OF
Bonnam, Texas. It's jaws were about
four feet in length, and, though buried
several feet in aolid limestone, were in
good state of preservation, the
enamel being plainly visible on the
teeth.
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German Postal Card Mania.

An amusing illustration Of the II.
lustrated .postal.card mania IN Ger.
many was afforded the other dsy at
Cassel, where fora series Of conlpeti..
tisecconcerts by choral asa- ,iations
from varions German cities, ss 700,
were taken in, while the sale Of plot
amounted to s825Q. -
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furnace crowded to its utmost capac'
ity, which will soon be the case, the
output OF Southern iron in 1900 prom
ises to be nearly fifty per cent. larger
than ever before. The demand 1Gr
coal exceeds the production, though
that is now at the rate Of 10000, ,oCo
tons year. There is almost fsverish
activity in enlarging the output ot
old mines, in opening new ones, and
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Iron and Coal.

held its own during this period, but
its iron-makers entered foreign mar
kets, and demonstrated that the South
could dictate the price of iron for the
world. Alabama iron set the price in
England and on the Continent, as well
as in Japan, and even from Jerusalem
came an order for it. This marked q
revolution in the worlds iron and
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will arrange to paints his subscribers who would like
to order through the ADVERTISER This paint has heavy
body so that buyers add Lnseed oil and make the paint 60
further money the oil will cost about nifty go
Write; 10 the company telling what coors want and how
ucb and price will be given paint contains the best material
and goes with every barrel and package OF paint
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sixteenth floor. Take the ele.
vator. We have nothing there in
large and varied assortments. James,
ring the bell for the lady" "-Harper's
Bazaar,
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Cotton and cotton-seed bring to South
ern farmers On average OF $500, 0,000,-
900 year. The comparatively new
industry of cotton-seed oil making
now employs over $40,O0O,0OO of
capital, and yields an annual product
of upwards of $50, 100000. From
Galveston alone the foreign exports
of cotton oil and cotton-seed meal are
averaging nearly 1000 tons day. OF
this industry the South has almost as
much of a monopoly as it has of cot
growing, but in the manufacture
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steel interests. Henceforth the world
was the market for Southern iron.
When this point had been reached,
the next step was to build steel-works
commensurate with what has been ac.
complished in iron-making; and to-day
two gigantic plants-one to make steel
billets, and the other to make finished
steel products-are nearing COM
pletion at Birmingham. They have
cost about So, 800, 900. They have
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were able to produce Sc iron; its cot
ton-mill owners wisely abandoned old
machinery, and, equipping their mills
with every modern Improvement, drove
them to their utmost capacity night
and day, in order to double the output
on their invested capital and proper
tionatoly reduce the cost Of goods; its
cotton-planters, who had kept their
corn -cribs and smoke-houses in the
West, buying in the aggregate about
9100, 900, 900 worth year Of Western
corn and bacon, commenced to raise
their own food supplies, and in this
way, returning to the old ante-bellum
system, reduced the cost of raising
cotton. While these changes, all
revolutionary in their character, were
in progress, the small bankrupt rail
road lines were brought into compact
systems, new and heavier rails laid,
rolling-stock increased and necessary
extensions made.
Iron and Coal.
Thus the South passed through the
long period of depression, standing
the great test, which came so unex-
pectedly, in way that strengthened
the worlds confidence. It not only
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4OOus
100000

velopment in new gold regions. Ten
years ago the South's output of phos-
plate rock was not more than 750, GOO
tons; this year it will be 100000
tons. What this means in the diver
sifcation and improvement of agricul-
tural conditions is too broad a subject
for treatment here.
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New England's greatest corporations
is spending $2,5OO,OOO in building
in Alabama what will be the largest
cotton-mill ever constructed as q sim
gle enterprise. The recent advance
in the price OF cotton is bringing pros
perity to the farmers, and if it holds
for the balance of the season, will
mean $75, 100000 more to them than
they received for last years crop.
In diversified interests the same
story OF progress and prosperity runs.
The Newport News Ship Yard, with
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Tho Phosphate Industry.


Turning from iron and coal, with
the almost fabulous profits which
they are yielding, to other Industries,
phosphate-mining looms into prorii-
nence. Up to ten years ago South
Carolina was the only American source
of phosphate rock, and our fertilizer
factories, as we'll as those of Europe,
had to depend upon the few hundred
Thousand tons which that State an
nually produced. Then it was dis.
covered that Florida had vast phos-
phate beds, and soon that State sur
passed South Carolina in this indus
try. Two or three years later similar
discoveries were made in Tennessee,
and the mining activity which has fol-
lowed reminds one of the tales OF de-
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comotive Works are competing with
the Baldwins in exporting locomo-
tiyes; the Maryland Steel Company
has been furnishing steel rails for
Russia's Siberian Railroad, for Aus
trelia and other distant regions; Ala.
barr,a coke has gone to Japan, and the
export Of both coke and iron is only
limited by the fact that the tome de-
mand now exceeds the supply.
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In building coke-ovens; for ready
demand meets every ton produced,
with o profit that makes glad tho
stockholders.
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The soutIl's Story in Statistic1.

Statistics are often uninteresting,
but the story OF the South's progress
cannot be told more Clearly than in
the comparative illustrations scattered
through this article, in which reliable
estimates are given whore exact as-
ures arc not obtainable.
Surveying the whole Southern sss1-
ation what has been done and, what 1s
under way, it CON be truly ass's that
Calls well. ."-Harper's Wosxss.
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The Forests.

Possessing one-half of the standing
timber of the United States, the South
is building up immense lumber and
woodworking interests and +',-c-"''-
out the entire lumber r. -.
ia as rroanerous ma in
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trlcts.
Cotton is stin Ki
Though the value of th
raises q in that section ez
farm the value Of thelcol
is still tho dominant
business life Of the Sout
country has such a mon
agricultural staple of sucl
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aad Itin Yarioua Aaaortmenta.

1t was in one of the big department
stores.
"What do you wish to-day,
MADAME" asked the courteous floor
walker
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LAUeHTER AND TEARS.

4 4 ksseesasaaeeE
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10
FIRST WARD.
SECOND WARD.

SECOND WARD.
w. 0. Hinton, D. Q. Parrish and R.
@. Thompson. Democrats. bad no oppo-
sition.
THIRD WARD
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10
THIRD WARD
Precinct Precinct

Complete but unofficial returns show
a plurality of sc, 1854 for Nash, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, over Mclean. The vote for Jones
will reach about 100000.
Two contested precincts in Madison
may decide the race for Representative
from that county, electing Combs, Dem
oc-at.
The fusionists have carried Nebraska
by IL, 900 and perhaps more on the face
of returns from nearly half of the
counties.
Six Democrats Were arrested at Frank
fort Wednesday on warrants sworn out
before a Federal Commissioner charging
them with intimidating colored voters.
Returns from the counties of the Sec
ond Railroad Commissioner district in
dicate majority of over 1000 for Z.
G. McChord, the Democratic nominee.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10
JUDGE Us!

Judge US by what we are doing. Judge us by the
continued crowd of buyers Judge US by the kind of
clothing you your neghbors and friends have pur
chased Judge US by prices. Get your friends to tell
you how much they paid. That's al we ask You get
the best truly the best, when you buy of You'll find
our clothing just right every Way-WayS you hadn't
thought of before. Remember you always get your
money back if you not s"tisfled.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

The Vote for Governor.
The following is the unofficial vote by
counties for Governor:
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

PERSONS who want engraved cards
or invitations of any description are
invited to call at THE BOURBON NEWS
Office and look at the very latest styles in
these lines. Prices as low as Cincinnati,
Louisville Philadelphia or New York
houses. (tf)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

The Democratic victory in Maryland
was complete. A Republican majority
of 80, 900 in 1896 gave way to a Demo
cratic majority of $4,000. Wellington
will be succeeded by German in the
United States Senate.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

DIR. H. H. Hadden. Summit. Ala,
says: Il think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is
a splendid medicine. | prescribe it. and
my confidence grows with continued
use," Itdigests what you eat and quick
ly cures dyspepsia and indigestion. w.
T. Brooks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

L" 1 had dyspepsia fifty -seven years and
never found permenent relief till l used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cnre. Now am well
and feel like a new man." writes j. j..
Fleming, Murray, Neb. 1t is the best
digestant known. Cures all forms of
indigestion. Physicians everywhere
prescribe it. w. T. Brooks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

j. D. Bridges, Editor " Democrat"
Lancaster, N. H., says, Zone Minute
Cough Cure is the best remedy for Group
ever used" Immediately relieves and
cures coughs, colds, Group, asthma,
pneumonia, bronchitis, grippe and all
throat and lung troubles. 1t prevents
consumption. W. T. Brooks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

Canadian hay has advanced from
fifty cents to one dollar per ton on ac-
count Of the British-Boer war
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

In the elections in New York Tuesday
Republicans gained twelve members of
the Legislature.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

81 wouldn't be without OeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve for any considera-
tion," writes Thos. B. Rhodes, Center
field, o. Infallible for piles, cuts, burns
and skin diseases. Beware of counter
feits. w. T. Brooks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

a 1 have new farm wagons that will
sell at cost. Geo. w. Stuart directly
opposite l.. & N freight depot.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

1 will offer for sale at public auction
on my farm 7 miles from Paris, on the
North Middletown pike, on
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10
ADVERTISING RATES.

Displays, one dollar per inch for first inser-
tlon half ra' es each insertion thereafter.
Locals or reading notices, ten cents per line
eacn insertion. Locals in black type, twenty
cents per line ee ch insertion.
fractions of lines count as full lines when
running at line rates
obituaries, cards of thanks, calls on candi-
dates, resolutions of respect and matter of a
IKE nature, ten cents per line.
special rates given for large advertisements
and yearly cards.
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Tuesdays Election.

THOUGH the excitement in Kentucky
was intense in many places the election
passed off without any fatalities being
reported. Many charges of fraud have
been preferred and a number of men
have been arrested in Lexington, Louis
vile and Covington.
The result of the election is yet in
doubt. Senator Goebel in a speech at
Frankfort Wednesday night claimed
his election by about three thousand.
and said that he would be inaugurated.
Gen. Taylor and Chairman Long claim
a Republican victory by 5000, and say
that the Repu olican candidate will be
inaugurated.
The Courier Journal and Times
claim Goehel's election, and the Com
merciat, Dispatch and Post claim Tay-
lor victory.
The election in Bourbon passed off
quietly. Taylor carried the county over
Goebel by thirty votes. Hon. John T.
Hinton was elected Representative
without opposition, and Allen Kiser,
was elected over Porter Jett, Republi-
can, by 10 majority. The friends of
Mrs. Ashbrook and Mr. Kiser are con-
graduating them over their splendid
race. Hon. J. T. Hinton, Bourbon's
invincible Democrat and Conservative
representative, will again represent the
county in the Legisla' ure. j. w.
Thomas, Jr., an excellent Democrat, was
elected Magistrate for Paris precinct.
The County, Election Commissioners
will meet this morning at ten O'clock to
canvas the returns. The unofficial re-
turns are, given in another column.
The following is the result of the city
election for councilmen:
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER l6, 1899

at 10 o'clock, am the following stock,
crop, implements, etc:
1872 head of extra ewes;
5 Southdown bucks;
pair work mules;
Is cattle shoats;
10 fat hogs;
brood sows;
Poland China boar;
extra Jersey cows;
I 2-year-old Jersey heifer;
yearling Jersey heifers;
yearling Jersey steer;
I Jersey bull;
Lot of 2-year-old and yearling cattle;
I extra walking horse;
I 2-year-old gelding;
I standard red mare;
I weanling colt by Virgins;
$50 shocks of corn;
Lot of hay. &c;
I Deering binder aud mower;
2-hOrse wagons, new
2 hay frames and wood frame;
/ bob slide;
Dump cart;
1 break cart;
road cart;
Pond scraper;
hog troughs;
cattle troughs;
Oliver chilled plows;
3 Brown cultivators;
double shovel plows;
Lot of wagon and plow gear;
Numerous other aIticIeS TOO tedious
to mention.
Everything in frst-class repair.
$50 acres of grass land to rent until
March Ist.
Terms made known on day of sale.
]. 7. HEDGES,
NORTH MIDDLETOWN, KY.
JACK STEWART, Auct'r. Inovtd
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-10

Undertaking i'm all its branches.
Embalming scientifically attend
ed to. Carriages for hire.
Furniture repaired. Household
goods moved. WOOD MANTELS
and THINGS always on hand.
TELEPHONE NO. So.