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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
KILLED.
Terrific Explosion in COlliery in
North Carolina.
This is the Second Catastrophe in
This Mine i'm Four Years
FOrty-Five Lives Were
Lost in 1895.

Raleigh, y. c., May 24--Twenty-two
miners. ten white men and twelve Ne
groes, lost their lives in an explosion
at CumnOck coal mines, Chatham
county, y. c. The explosion occurred
at 4:3O o'clock, and is supposed to
have been caused by broken gauze
in a safety lamp. The accident was in
what is known as the east heading
and between forty and fifty men were
in the mine at the time. Five were
brought out alive from the east head
ing, while none of the men in other
parts of the mine were injured.
About fifty people from Sanford,
town six miles from the mine, went
out Immediately when the news of the
disaster was received to assist in the
work of rescuing the dead and lend
ing assistance to the injured.
Within an hour after the explosion
the work of rescue began and by night
all the bodies except one, that of Sim
Mcintyre, has been brought to the
top.
This is the second explosion this
mine has had within the past four
years. the former one having occurred
on December Is. 1895, when 43 men
lost their lives. The bodies were pre-
pared for burial Tuesday night. and
the funeral took place Wednesday.
\ great many of the bodies taken
from the mine had been burned, and
the scenes around the mouth of the
shaft was heartrending.
The disaster that occurred Tuesday
is the fourth, and in the disasters
about S. men have lost their lives
and many others have been injured.
The mines are situated at COmnock,
in Chatham county, about six miles
from Sanford. The mine has been
long used in Il desultory fashion. but
in 1883 Samuel A. Hensey, of Phila-
delphia, organized a company and put
in modern machinery. There are two
shafts, one a small affair for ventila-
ton and the other the main working
shaft, 5 by ID feet, and is considerably
more than 500 feet in depth. The ex-
plosiOn in 1895 was caused by fire
damp, although many of those killed
on this occasion lost their lives from
the resulting explosion of almost $50
pounds of dynamite that were stored
in the mine.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

face, and then he sat down on the side
of his brothers bed. He had washed
his feet at the tub in the yard and they
we're wet, still only half cleaned and
red-lOoking.
80 you are really goin' to call i'm
out?" he said, under his breath.
Ronald looked him directly in the
eyes.
God knows there is nothing else
for me TO do, Dave. ] have tried TO see
some other way, but / can't"
We'll, you'll need somebody with
you, an I'm yore man."
I'D rather not have anyone, thank
you. Dave. He and L can fight just as
we'll alone. I'd rather die than take adj
vantage of him. i only want TO salts
fy myself-to get rid of the memory
that he has"
Il know how you feel, an / don't
blame you. When viii you see imp?
I'm the morning"
well, 60 TO bed an get some sleep;
you may need a steady aim; he may be
a good shot; them army chaps general
ly is"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
MAN TAAT MAkgs Us LAueA.

The morbid man who wears a face
Long as a mule's-his beastly brother
Who lets one chilling frown give place
But only 10 present another;
Who always IS content TO grope
Along the path OF care a>d bother
And discomfort. can sever hope
TO win the good will Of the Father.
GOO has 10 use for solemn chan.
But loves the man that makes US laugh
The SUNSHINE Of a merry smile,
The music born OF ripping laughter.
Are sent by heaven 10 beguile
The tedious march TO the hereafter.
Their rays wHl pierce the darkest clouds
And light them with a silver lining
Dispel the gloom that oft enshrOuds
The dreary lives Of the repining.
Fun's golden cup is sweet 10 quaff-
Cod loves the man that makes Us laugh.
We were LOt placed upon the earth
To grovel In the dust Of sorrow;
To-day should always ring with mirth
Without a thought OF the tomorrow,
And heaven has sent US CHEEKY men
TO start and lead the merry chorus
TO pierce with voice and pointed pen
The earthly clouds that gather Ger US;
To stab the gloom with humOr's gaf-
We stronger grow upon our feet
When foes OF clinging care engage US
II In our daily walk we meet
A man with smile that is contagious.
His face lights I'D the darkened soul
As sun rays pierce the veil Of sadness,
ADDS sweetness TO the bitter bowl
And makes the heartstrings thrill with
glodness;
Shows as the grain hid in the chat
Cod loves The man that makes Us laugh.
Denver Evening Post
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

against his breast. Il am unarmed.
and" Che looked Ronald over again)
you are physically stronger than 1
am"
Thereupon Ronald drew the two re-
volvers from his pockets and held them
out. Il thought that pistols would be
fair" he said. You may take your
choice; they are practically the same.
This is a quiet place; we can have it
over in a few minutes. have thought
out a plan that will be perfectly fair
to both of us. The plantation bell will
ring in a few moments; we can get
ready and at its first stroke we may
turn and fire till the revolvers are
empty or one of us is down"
Wrinkle stared fixedly.
why, that would be deliberate MUIR
der" he gasped, shrinking back step
or two from the extended revolvers.
1T would not be any more murder
than death in any duel would be, Capt.
Wrinkle. If you do not fight l shall
know that you are coward, sir
Then an idea was born in the officers
almost benumbed brain.
Il cannot fight "a man in your po-
sition in-in life," he said. Surely you
know what is considered proper"
Ronald's face grew purple with sup
pressed rage.
do you mean TO tell me that you
may drive a carriage over a man in d
public road and then resort to such
petty subterfuge to get around the con-
sequences? Capt. Wrinkle, 1 would
strike you in the face if l could keep
from feeling that ] was striking a
baby"
Wrinkle gave a furtive glance towards
the house. He looked slightly relieved
ag if he thought by the tacit confession
of cowardice he was going to escape Il
duel, which he feared quite as much
as death itself
you may think what you please of
me-" he said, 'but am not willing TO
fight a duel with yOu-of course, con-
sidering all the circumstances"
4 see your plan, Wrinkle, said Ron
aid. You have insulted me in the pres
ence of others, and if you avert trouble
with me, you leave the witnesses under
the impression that / yielded TO the
indignity without a murmur That, /
see, must bear; but l assure you, in
your refusal to fight me, you have re-
lieved my mind, for no coward can in
suit me-"
Wrinkle began to breathe more free
"; he even allowed a defiant smile to
play about his lips as he took match
from his pocket and relighted hiscigar.
'As you please" he said, with a slight
suggestion Of a sheer. Il cannot fight
you"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Making a billiard Ball.

1t requires skilled labor to turn out
a billiard ball. One-half of il is first
turned, an instrument of the finest
steel being used for the work Then
the half-turned ball is hung up in a
net and is allowed to remain there
for nearly a year to dry. Next the
second half is turned, and then comes
the polishing Whiting and water
and a good deal of rubbing are re-
quisite for this. 1t is necessary in
the end that the ball shall. to the
veriest fraction of a grain. be of a
certain weight.-Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

sBut / am not through with you"
Ronald burst out. flaming up again.
''You are an officer in the pay of my
country" he had taken a penknife
from his pocket when he restored the
revolvers to their places. and he now
deliberately grasped Wrinkles coat and
cut off the top button.
"What are you doing?" gasped the
officer. pulling back.
Taking a firmer grasp on the lapel,
Ronald jerked the captain back TO
where he had stood. Stand still" he
Numbered. You are unfit to wear the
uniform of any country. You'd make
a gallant soldier in time of need, would
mt you?"
Without another word Wrinkle stood
still and allowed Ronald TO sever from
his coat his buttons and shoulder straps.
Now good morning, captain" was
the parting injunction, IF you ever
dare to drive over me again, shall sim
ply strange YOU"
As If afraid another word might fur
Their enrage his antagonist, Wrinkle re-
treated towards the house, taking long,
swift strides.
Ronald stood for moment watching
the walk towards the house. then still
holding the buttons and shoulder
straps in his hands, he sank on a rus
tic seat near the spring. His passion
had already spent itself, and a strange
revulsion of feeling came over him.
He had drawn back his hand TO
throw the buttons and shOulder-straps
into the high grass. when he heard a
clear, ringing voice behind him.
Don't throw them away" and Eve
lyn Hasbrooke. her big white apron
filled with maiden-hair ferns and wild
flowers, emerged from behind a thick
hedge.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
NO PLAGUE IN CALIFORNIA.
formed, but the Quarantine
VIII BE Kept Up.

Austin, Tex, May 24.-State Health
Officer Blunt has received the follow
ing telegram from w. T. Matthews,
secretary of the California state
board of health:
The California state board of
health has addressed a statement TO
the health boards throughout the
country saying that reports of bu-
bOnic plague here are greatly eXag-
gerated. During the last two months
seven Cinnamon have been found af-
fiicted or dead with the disease. show
ing TO be such by meteorological ex-
animation. Al this time there is not
a case of bubOnic plague in California.
In view OF these facts our board con-
siders your quarantine against us un-
warranted and unjust, and, therefore,
ask you to remove it or so modify it
as to apply only TO Chinese.
DR.. Blunt said that quarantine was
declared against San Francisco only
upon receipt of a telegram from Sur
geOn General Wymans confirming re-
ports of the existence of the plague
in that city and conveying the infor-
nation that United States Marine hos
pital inspectors has been stationed
at all railroad crossings on the CAL
ifornia border. In view of this there
will be no modification of the San
Francisco quarantine for the present
at least. With regard to the fear
which has been experienced in some
quarters that the Pacific coast will
be quarantined against, DR.. Blunt said
they were groundless. Quarantine
will only be declared against points
where infection manifests itself.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
ITO Be Continued
4 story OF Africnn Love.

An amusing incident is quoted by
Ii. L. Finck in a recent volume on
primitive and curious customs. which
indicates how easily unitarian con-
siderations may gain the supremacy
among Africans. \ traveller knew a
girl named Yanniki. who refused TO
marry young Kaffir sutton, although
she confessed that she liked him. Il
cannot take him. she said, las he can
offer only ten COWS for me. and my
father wants Is" The traveller OBJ
served that it was not kind of her
father to let a few cows stand in the
way of her happiness; but the African
damsel did not fall in with his sen
timental views of the case. Business
and vanity were to her much more i'm
portant matters than individual pref
erence, and she exclaimed. excitedly:
what! You expect my father to give
me away for ten cows? That would
be a fine sort of bargain. Am l not
worth more than Gill, for whom the
TamOuki chief paid ~ COWS last week ?
am pretty, can cook. sew. crochet.
speak English, and with all these ac-
complishments, you want my father
TO dispose of me for ten miserable
COWS? Oh. sir, how little you esteem
me! No, no, my father is quite right
in refusing to yield in this matter
Indeed, in my opinion, he might bold
ly ask 30 COWS for me, for l am worth
that much. "-Youth's Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Warehouse and Tobacco Burned

Danville. Va, May 24.-TwO of TIE
largest tobacco warehouses in the
country, two factories and a storage
warehouse filed with bright leaf to-
bacco, were destroyed by fire, together
with 100000 pounds of tobacco, valued
at about $4,000. Buildings, worth
$4,000, were burned. The principal
losers are: AGREES tobacco warehouse,
Banners warehouse, Browns packing
warehouse and the American Tobacco
Co.'S tobacco in hOgsheads. The terri
tory burned covered an entire square.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
The wit Mr.. Beecher Kept In.

In the early days of Mr.. Beecher's
career. when wit was unknown in the
pulpit, some of the deacons of his
church asked him if he didn't think
such frequent Outbursts of humor
were calculated 10 diminish his useful
ness. He listened patiently, and when
they finished he said: Brethren, if
you only knew how many funny
things l keep in. you wouldn't COM
plain about the few l let out
Ladies' Home Journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

A package marked quinine was secretly
eenf 10 a bright woman, but being curious
she took il to a druggist who said 1t was not
ouinine- but arsenic A ike inquiry into
some Of the medicines offered viii certainly
detect the false from the true. For half a
century Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has
been curing indigestion, constipation, oys-
Densia. liver and kidney troubles and has
never once failed. Try It if you feel weak
and tired
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
She Knew.

Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota. says
that when he was abroad he did 4
great deal of parish work in Rome.
After holding a service in the Eng
lish church outside the walls, he over
heard one EnglishwOman say to an
other:
who was the bishop who preached
to-day?"
THE bishop of Mimosa," she replied
''He comes from South Africa, you
know YOUTH. Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
May Not Recover

New York, May 24.-Jockey Tommy
Walsh. who was thrown from his
horse at Morris Park Tuesday, and
seriously hurt, was said to be a shade
better Wednesday, but attending
physicians say his recovery is only
very remote possibility.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Fire I'm Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, May 24.-Fire on
Main street destroyed Quinn Bros
large dry goods store and several
smaller establishments. The principal
losses are Quinn Bros. 100000, and
Levi StOrth, dry goods, $4,000. Minor
losses make the total amount aggre-
gate S1S0,OOO. There were no casual
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-EaSe,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight OF New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Cornss itching,
Swollen Hot, Callous, smartlng, Sore and
Sweati.- Feet. All Druggists and Shos
Stores sci I, 25c. Sample sent FREE Adj
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. y
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Forts DoubIv Gunrded.

Victoria, b. c.. May 24.-On account
Of information that Boer sympathizers
had left San Francisco for this city.
special police were sworn in and
louble guards placed around the forts
md dockyards
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Business Gifts.

whats the difference between tact
and talent?"
''Tact makes a man resign before he's
discharged; talent helps him hold on
to his job after he's discharged. Chi
cago Record.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

d. W. McIver, Tuskegee, Ala, wrote: Our
child's bowels were. passing on pure blood
and all prescriptions failed 10 relieve her,
until we tried Teethina (Teething Powdersl,
and she is now doing well.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

When men learn to do unto others as they
would have Others do unto them, horse trad
ing will have become one Of the lost arts
Galveston News
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

Some men seem to think because self pres
ervation Is the first law Of nature that II is
necessary 10 keep themselves constantly
soaked in alcohOl.-Chicago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

The Psssimist-That waiter IS awfully slow
with those eheess sandwiches
The Optimist-Oh, never mind The longer
we wait the better grows the eheese.-lndi-
anapoLs Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25
Morning
TEedneSS

Is serious complaint. It's warning that
should be needed. 1t Is different from an
honest tired feeling. 1t is a sure sign Of
poor blood. You can cure it by making
your blood rich and pure with Hoods Sar-
saparilla. That is what other people do
thousands of them Take few bottles Of
this medicine now and you viii not only
get rid OF that weak, languid, exhausted
feeling, but it viii make you feel well al
through the summer.
Tired FeeIing-''I had that tired feel
ing and did not have life or ambition 70 ac-
complish my usual amount Of household
work. Hoods Sarsaparilla gave me relief
and also cured a scrOfula tendency" Mrs.
R. Merritt, DOwagiae, Mich.
HOODS SarSaParfHa
Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

Dropsy treated free BY DR.. n. H Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists IN the world. Read their adver-
tisement IN another column OF this paper.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

IF you feel that you must occasionally
Weld to the temptation TO tell a lie, tell one
so big that no one Will believe it--AtchIsOn
Globe.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years agO.-Mrs- Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, n. Y,
Feb Il 1900
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

All goods are alike 70 PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES, as they color all fbers at one boiling
Sold by all druggists
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

An old bachelor says that when a man
hasn't enough worry he should marry
Chicago Daily News
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-25

Nlisspent time is never repaid--Chicago
Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04
Q-What is a century?

Q-What Is a century?
A hundred things of the same
kind-for example, 100 years.
Q-Does it take 100 full years to
make a century?
Alt certainly does.
Q-Can n century begin before an
other ends?
A-Not without tapping, and that's
against the rules of the game.
Q-Then n century has to round
out 100 full years before another can
cut in?
A-Most assuredly.
Own this century, the nineteenth.
have to go right to the last second Of
1900 before it has rounded 100 full
years?
A-Of course it will.
dwell, when dOeS the twentieth
century begin?
Aft you will glance at the diagram
you will see a complete record Of wears
and centuries from the iniinitesmal
point Of time arbitrarily when we be
gan computing years for the Christian
era. A century is a complete cycle Of
time. 1t is divided into 100 equal
parts, and each part is called Il year.
The diagram above represents n full
century.
Now, if you will start at the perpen-
dicular line marked zero and move
to the right till you come to the first
line from zero you will call that space
n year, or the first year of this era.
Keep on going to the right around the
circle and you will call that space one
year. or the first year of this era.
Keep on going to the right around the
circle and you will find you do not
reach the full 100 spaces, or years. till
you touch zero again.
If you will fancy the zero a gaomet-
rical line-without width or thickness
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04

There Is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put eegether
and until tho last few years was supposed 60 be
incurable. For q great many years doctors pro
nounced 10 o local disease, and prescribed loeaI
remedies, and by constantly failing 20 cure
with local treatment. pronounced IL incurable
science mas proven eatarrA to be a ~ssnstitu.
tutional treatment Halls Catsrrh Cure. man.
ufactured by F. Cheney T. Co, Toledo. Ohio
rs the only constitutional cure on the market
1t Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops "a
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and mucous s~urfaees of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any ease 10 fails 10 cure
Send for circulars and testimonials Address
+. J. CHENEY a CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. TSc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04
FREAKS OF THE MIND.
Some of the Strange Powers 1t often
Has over the Will.

a'
DID you ever think how often yoL
eat and never stick your fork in your
eye? You always stick your fork in
your mouth. If you ate in the dark it
would be the same thing. You would
never put out your eye by putting your
fork in it. Why: Because your sub
conscious mind is doing its automatic
duty, and knows very well that you eat
with your mouth and not with your
eye.
Many other actions are automatic.
For instance, twenty people have gath
cred on q street corner to board a pass
ing car. The very fact that they are
there means that the car will stop.
The first man has already signalled the
motOrman. SO do the other nineteen.
And the same thing happens if ten
people gather to descend in an eleyat-
or. The first rings the bell. SO
do the other nine-merely automatical-
ly. The sign says ring" so each man
takes the sign to himself and rings.
A shoemaker once had a shop in the
basement Of a large building down
town. The shoemaker worked with his
back to the door. Every time the door
Opened the shoemaker turned his head
to the left, to see who entered. Fol
ten years the shoemaker worked and
turned his head almost every hour in
the day. Before many years had
passed the shoemaker's head turned
automatically, and now that man has
spent all the money he has ever made
in irving to be cured Of this automatic
habit. But his head still jerks, so that
he looks over his left shoulder con-
stantly.--New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04

it will lie between the last second Of
the year 100 and the first second of
the year 10l. SO your second journey
around the circle does not begin with
100, but with 101. The last second Of
the year 100 was part of Dec. 81, 100;
and the first second of 101 was part of
Jan. l, 10l, or the beginning of the Sec
ond century.
Now, follow up this investigation by
glancing down the table of centuries
within the circle. Do you see where
1t leads you without Il break or lost
year? You find the nineteenth century
is not fully rounded till you come to
the zero line between 1900 and 1901
that is. the last second Of Dec. 81,
1900, and the first second of Jan. L,
1901. So the first second of Jan. /.
1901, is the i.rst second OF the TWEEN
ticth century. as it requires the last
second OF Dec. 81. 1900, to make the
nineteenth century complete.
$50 the twentieth century can't
begin Jan. l. 1907
A-Not without tapping a yea on
this one.
Q-But what about the Pope saying
the twentieth century would begin Just
after midnight ian. i. 1900?
A-Wh!sper-The Pope didn't say it.
He merely stated hat the year 1900
would usher in" the twentieth CEN
fury. "-. ~ s." By
1t is a fallacy Of those who say the
century begins Jan. 1, 1900. that in
stead Of considering zero an imaginary
point. they seem to contend there was
n zero year. Don't lose sight of the
fact that this zero we are considering
simply marks the beginning and end
Of Il century. II has no dimensions
either of time or space. The first year
was the year mot the year zero or 0.
Chicago Post.