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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-24
DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA. 1

Mr.. Hunt Cooper of Florence Sta
ton, died from pneumonia last night,
aged as. He leaves wife and six
children. The remains were buried
today at Boaz Station.
The Press., 1901-02-28
ORIGIN OF THE TERM "MOBn
Used In Its First Meaning In Time Of
Chaucer.

AS indicating the populace, proven
bially tickle and easy to be moved (mo-
bile. from Latin mobillis). the express
sion 1.-The mobile people" is as old as
the time Of Chaucer, hut in it's later
sense, that Of the disorderly crowd,
and In its contracted form, mob" it Is
not older than the postrestoration Pc
Rod. In Roger North's Examen, 174O,
reference is made to the Green Ribbon
club. 1892. and the writer adds:
II may note that the rabble first
changed their title and were called the
mob in the assemblies Of this club
first mobile vulgus. then contracted in
one syllable" 1t was used hesitating-
ly at first by Dryden c'Don Sebastian"
1890. Durfy commonwealth Of Wo-
men," 1858, and Shadwen esquire of
Alsatia." 1889. and Richardson points
out that Dryden uses both mobile
and mob in the sense of rabble. the
former In the stage directions as the
common word, the latter as II 1t had
not long been introduced
In iii The Spectator instances
mob as an example Of the popular
tendency to curtail many of our words
in familiar writings and conversation.
The verb Ito mob" derived Of course
as above, does not occur until the pc
Rod Of Horace Walpole, many years
later, and Shakespeare's expression,
''the mobled queen" c'Hamlet'D, refers
not to the mob" (mobile). but to the
headdress in Observation-Disclosures Tran
Scrfpf
The Press., 1901-02-28
neaa ride aAHericsn..

Eduard Remenyi. the Hungarian VIC
linist. was very entertaining and so
full Of fun that he would have made q
tiptop Irishman. He was at home in
the gypsy music Of his own country,
and this was the main characteristic
Of his playing. He had also a fad for
playing Schubert melodies on the VIC
lin with the most attenuated pianissi-
mo effects. and occasionally his hear
ers would listen intently after the tone
had ceased. imagining that they still
heard trace Of it.
Not long before leaving Weimar
had some fun with him by asking II
he had ever heard ''any bona ode Amer
lean spoken" He replied that he did
not know there was such q language.
WELL" said l. ''listen to this for q
specimen: 'Ching-a-ling-a-dard Che
bung cum Susan" did not meet him
again until 1878. "a years after leav-
Ing Weimar. was going up stairs to
my studio In the Steinway building
when some one told me that Remenyi
had arrived and was rehearsing for his
concerts In one OF the rooms above
30. going up. followed the sounds of
the violin. gave quick knock, opened
the door and went in. Remenyi look
ed at me for a moment. rushed for
ward and seized my hand and as he
wrung 1t cried out: 'Ching-a-ling-a-
dardee. Chebung cum Susanw He had
remembered II all those years. - DR..
William Mason In Century.
The Press., 1901-02-28
MAKING II up.

Handy an me fell out today;
Both Of u wuE to blame. guesA
got riled, an said my say, -
An she put word In, more or aesA
50, Al started for town, thinks /
''She'n come round an make up BY noon;s
30 tried to whistle put 1t BY,
But somehow the music wM out Of tuna
Some Of the bitter things she said
BY an by to my memory come,
I'LL couldn't get 'em out Of my head
An hardened my heart a. started honaa
took my time, 30 twas pretty late
When cleared the pasture an reached the stile.
An l missed her meetin me at the gate.
As she did to please me, once In awhile.
Thinks l, "Shes putin on airs," an %
/ told myself that didn't care
An closed the gate with \ bang to show
That wuz the lord an the master thsrsl
stamped right into her tidy room
An stood there q minute, too 'shamed 20 speak;
She sat alone in the twilight gloom,
An the tears wux vet on her csrewosn cheek.
An in her hands wux some little things
We had laid away bout year ago
When our baby changed 'em for angel wings
Gan our hearts nigh broke. cause we missed him
SOY.
! knelt beside her, an in her lap
laid my head. a. the child might do.
Who had worn the tidy, faded cap
She held. the little worn out shoe.
thought OF all that us two had borne,
Hooked at the empty trundle bed,
An my kisses fell on the garments worn
That were stained with the tears ws both bad
shed.
held her close, an I tried to speak
OF love comfort as best I could;
pressed my lips to her tear wet cheek,
An Mandy an me made up for good.
Ida Goldsmith Morris in Louisville Courier. jour
nal
The Press., 1901-02-28
!: XII YDM'S LITTLE SISTER
The story Of 3 Chinese ChiId.
By SIN SIN FAR,

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Ku Yum lived her little life in large
room in the top story Of San Fran
cisco Chinatown tenement 1t was
| quite a pleasant place, with bamboo
panels hanging on the walls and a gay
mating on the hoor-airy and sun
shiny, too, with breeze from the bay
wandering through the windows. which
| opened on to a balcony bright with
Towering plants and bowls Of Chinese
lilies.
ku Yum was scarcely as high as the
railing around the balcony, and passerp
in the street below who might happen
to glance up could easily discern her
small black head through the rails. II
was nearly always there, for Ku Yum
liked we'll to watch the life In the
street Besides, Ku Yum was on the
lookout for little sister. There was
nothing in this world that Ku Yum
wanted SO much as a little sister.
Ku Yum had two small brothers to
play with and an old nurse to look aft
er her. She had an elder brother. too,
but he lived down stairs with her IA
ther and the men who worked in her
fathers cigar factory. He was IL
years old and went to the Chinese gov
eminent school, so that Ku Yum had
almost as much respect for him as she
had for her parent
One day Ku Yum said to her nurse,
Il wish had little sister,"
And her nurse replied: "You have
better than little sister. You have
brothers"
But l more badly want what Is like
| myself than what Is better" persisted
| Ku Yum.
was about O'clock in the after
| noon. Her father had taken her broth
ers to hill where they could fly theil
kites. and Ku Yum was alone with hel
nurse. The old woman was stitching
rows of imitation pearls upon q brigh,
| colored velvet band that was to adorr
| Ku Yum's head during the first days OF
the coming New Year. The little cir
sat on a stool learning how to EN-
| broider
Tell me a story, Woo Ma" she
| pleaded.
| And Woo Ma, the nurse, told her q
story of one who had attained to great
honors because when a lad of he had
cheerfully cut piece Of flesh out Of his
arm to please his mother, who had ex
pressed a wish to see blood flow.
Ku Yum did not like that story and
insisted that mistake had been made
In the telling and that It could not have
been the boys mother that had allowed
him to cut his fiesh-that It must have
been his nurse.
"Oh." exclaimed the old woman
what tongue the child has. Listen
then. and will tell you what you will
like to hear" and she began:
EVERY year when the almond tree
bursts into bloom the Queen Of Mercy
seated on lily throne. wraps a spirit
sword in cloth of violets and gives II
to a dove that flies with 1t into the
heavens
The Press., 1901-02-28

The Rev. Father Staunton Of the well
known Church Of st. Alban, Holborn,
is humorist in his way and often tells
with inimitable effect a droll story In
the course Of his sermon which sends
through the congregation a gentle rip
pie Of merriment. On Sunday he sat
irized the ambition Of certain people
to use words Of which they did not
know the meaning. Many of them
were fond Of sticking the letters I'D.
w." in all sorts of places instead Of
using the plain, homely English phrase
God willing" He knew one gentle
man, rather shaky in his Latin, who in
a letter to a friend wrote II will be
with you ID. W on Monday, but any
way on Tuesday."-London Telegraph.
The Press., 1901-02-28

An old time remedy to stop blood
flowing from a cut Is to put cobwebs
over it. but from recent discovery 1t APP
pears dangerous thing to do. Some
time ago a woman fell and cut her
head. and when her friends hurried to
her assistance they found the blood
flowing from a deep cash. Cobwebs
were applied. and the bleeding quickly
stopped. but in a few days the woman
was taken with lockjaw.
A scientist declared there were lock-
Jaw germs In cobwebs, and that was
the way the woman contracted the dis
ease. He has made quite study Of
the subject and says that In handful
Of cobwebs he found 81 different dis
ease germs. That being true. it is very
easy to see how one could get not only
lockjaw, but many other dreadful dis.
eases, MS the cobweb is placed right on
an open wound and the germs can en-
ter the blood Cobwebs form in dark.
dirty places. and 1t is not to be Won
dered that they gather germs. - Ex-
change.
The Press., 1901-02-28
when Tea Wa. Dear.

The use Of tea Is said to have been
introduced into China itself from Ko-
rea about the fourth century of the
Christian era and to have extended to
Japan about the ninth century. Tea
FIRST became known to Europeans about
1910. The frst reference to it by ma
tive Of Britain Is In letter dated June
n. 1915. written by Mr.. Wickham.
which Is in the records Of the East In
dia company. From this time 1t be-
came gradually known to the wealthy
inhabitants Of London. fetching some
times as much as f1O the pound and
never less than f5. Samuel Pepys re-
cords bis frst '.cup of tea" Sept. %,
1860. Tea at this period was imported
from Holland and generally sold for 90
shillings per pound till the East India
company took up the trade.-London
Standard.
The Press., 1901-02-28

and growled and shifted and seemed
minded 10 fall on top Of me II wasn't
ave uinits befo' wished was home
talkin bout Noer bni wishin was no
good kept quiet fur two or three
hours and then started TO climb up.
The bar was thar. He was thar at
midnight aud sunrise. and I'm teilin
yo that be was thar at noon and at TO
o'clock In the AFTERNOON. The shaft
was as dry as bone. and ] was thirsty
nun TO drink swamp water The
way things was liked that bar could
keep me down thar Ia ] persisted
and when be appeared as II be was
like to do II I felt that I hadn't used
my old woman right and wanted to
ask her to furgive me Bout TO O'Clock.
while was keepin mighty quiet. I
hears a rifle shot above. aud directly
arterward human face looks down
on me. 1t was the old woman's. She
drawed the rope up beyand my reach
and then called down:
lis anybody down thar visitin Dan
Skinner who feels peekish and wants
to play checkersY
w u oPs - Ga w R@Aa
don. says l.
"'Mebbe that voice belongs to Zeb
White?
".She do ...
land mebbe his sore thumb has got
we'll so that he kin fiddle?
"'She has
"'Then wen hev some fddlin and
singin.'
And with that she lowers the fiddle
by string. and as soon as got tuned
up she began singin and kept 1t up fur
an hour. Then she calls down:
"'Zeb. what about Noer and his ark p
I'm willin to talk says |.
"'How long will yo' talkr
"'All the rest Of the fall and winter
Feared to me when yo' spoke OF 1t last
evenin that didn't keer much bout
Noer and his ark, but I'm findin out
that ! take heap Of interest In EN-
I'm willin to sit up all night and try to
figger out bout the hens and later
bugs
"'Then mebbe yo'd better come up,'
says she. and she draps the rope ful
me to climb by. never felt so glad In
my life as when got out and seen q
dead bar thar. wanted to gin the
old woman a kiss, but she waves me
off and says: -
Don't yo' be In SIGH hurry. Mr.
White. AFTER yo' hev ate and drank
and slept. and arter we've put in bout
TO- weeks fggerin on Noer. wen SEE
bout the kissin bizness. Chuck then
kegs back into the hole, load up the
bar. and well 60 home" NJ. QUAD
The Press., 1901-02-28
What the Tots Said.

Here are some sayings of children
reported by the Chicago News:
"When small Bobby had worn his
first pair Of trousers for an hour. he
went to his mother and begged to have
on his kilt again. What for?' she ask
ed. Because replied Bobby. 4 feel
so lonesome in pants
"a mother recently had occasion to
leave her little 4-year-old son alone at
home while she made brief call in the
neighborhood. Did you get lonesome,
dear? she asked upon her return. Yes,
mamma replied the little fellow. i
felt just like widower without YOU I"
The Press., 1901-02-28
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years agol



John Hanl.y OF this village attempted
to get OF from a moving train ut the
scene OF thu fire at South Monson last
Tuesday morning, and stumbled and
broke his leg near the ankle.
Andrew Wilton, last week, killed a
pig which weighed 619 pounds. 1t was
originally his intention to keep the ami
NAL until full grown, but the high price
Of pork tempted him to cut him of in his
infancy.
AT meeting held last Saturday even
Ing the Congregational church and society
voted to extend to Rev. W. 8. Hawkes.
Of Windsor an Invitation to fill their pull
pit the coming year. Salary offered,
$1,000, and expenses of removal.
The mill known as the old cotton mill
at South Monson, owned by c. w. Holmes
d Son, and lately leased by ID. F. Kent,
who was engaged In the manufacture OF
satinets, burned Tuesday morning.
BoRN.-West Stafford, Jan. sOth, 1871
daughter to H. j. Worthington.
Stafford Springs, Feb. 23d, a daughter
to William Potter.
The Press., 1901-02-28
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OUR VlNOL Is A STRENGTH
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The saddest sighton earthisa broken
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We see such people every day right
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It is pititul to see man that should
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through life detected, discouraged and
broken down, due to some premature
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We could quote many instances where
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T. o., and resident Of Suncook, N. 81.
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The Press., 1901-02-28

while 20 played the fiddle. I also
want to talk to yo' bout Noer and his
ark
"T've got a sore thumb and can't
fiddle, and, as fur Noer, he will keep
till some other time. Nuthin rushin
bout Noer.'
with that she turns on me and
looks me squar in the face. and arter
mint she says:
"'Zeb White. don't yo' go to foolin
with Noer and his ark or sunthin pow
erful bad will come out of it. Dan
Skinner may feel peekish. or he may
be dyin. but what we wants to know Is
how all them critters found their way
into the ark. How did it happen that
the hens didn't eat up the later bugs
while they was walkin togetherY
Dunno
"'Why didn't the foxes eat all the
hens?'
Dunno
"'Why didn't the bars eat the pigs P
"'Dunno.'
"'Of co'se 20 don't, and that's why
want yo' to squat right down yere
with me and try and fgger 1t out.
shan't never be satisfied to die till !
find out how the elephants and bosses
and cattle managed to git into that ark
without treadin on the sarpints and
bugs
II seen that her jaw was sot fur a
row." continued Zeb. ''but had sold
that whisky and must git it out that
night, and so told her I'd go along
over to SINNERS and put in the next
two nights with her on Noer. She
looked at me ag'in. but didn't say
nuthin till was on the doahstep. Then
she p'inted her finger at me and said:
"'Go right along, Zeb White. but II
the Lawd don't dun git yo' into a
heap of trubble over it then don't
know chestnuts from punkinsr
~ hurried off without sayin anything
back and half an hour later was bring
I'm up the kegs. 1t was dod rotted biz
ness had to slide down a rope. hitch
on to q keg and then climb up and
pull the keg arter me. Ought to had
q niger to help me. but thar wasn't
one around to trust. I'd got up TO-
kegs all right and was comm up to
pull the fifth one up when sunthin
happened. Jest as | was nearin the
top Of the hole ! heard a growl and
a .whoof and a big bar made stroke
at my head with hts paw. | was that
durn skeered that jest let go and
drapped to the bottom Of the shaft and
got jar that made my bones ache fur
q week.
What they calls the situashun was
this: | was down In a hole and bar
was waitln fur me to come up and do
bizness with him. 70 kin see that the
pesky varmint had all the advantage.
He could smash my skull with one
blow Of his paw as my head come
within reach. yelled and hollered al
him. thinkin to skeer him away. but he
looked over the edge Of the hole at me
The Press., 1901-02-28
Had To Conquer Or Die.

81 was just about gone," writes Mrs.
Rosa Richardson, Of Laurel Springs, N.
G. ~ had Consumption SO bad that the
best doctors said I could not live more
than a month, but I began to use DR..
Kings New Discovery and was wholly
cured by seven bottles, and am now stout
and we'll" Its an unrivaled life-saver In
Consumption, La Grippe and Bronchitis /;
infaIlible for Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Hay Fever, Group or Whooping Cough.
Guaranteed bottles SOC and 81. Trial
bottles free at f. G. Eaton's drug store.
The Press., 1901-02-28
FEB WAS In A HOLE.
HE WENT AFTER WHISKY AND FOUND
A BIG BEAR
The Old Postum Hunter Tells How 1t
Came to Pass That He Developed a
Most Wonderful Interest In Noah
and the Animals I'm the Ark.


Copyright, 1900, by c. 3. Lewisl
Jest befo' the revenue fellers cap
tured the last moonshine still around
yere," said the old possum hunter Of
Tennessee, 1--WE had fo'teen kegs Of
whisky In the shaft of an old iron
mine on the side Of the mounting.
That shaft was 20 feet deep and grown
about by bushes. AFTER the whisky
had staid thar over two years it was
planned fur pe to take it out and sell
1t and divide up the money. The old
woman knew of the plant. but I wasn't
goin to say nuthin bout my gettin the
kegs out. She was reckonin all along
that some one else would do that. One
AFTERNOON l driv the mule and cart as
nigh the place as l could. and along
bout two hours arter nightfall ! says
to the old woman:
eff yo' don't consider to object, 1
reckon I'll go over and see Dan Skin
ner this evenin. Dan is feelin peekish
and lonesome. and likely we'll hev
game of checkers to brighten him up
but do object she says. 4 was
reckonin to sing some hymns tonight
The Press., 1901-02-28
why She Was Right,

Haydn had a peculiar way Of deter
mining the time in which piece Of
music should be sung. On one occa-
sion q female singer In high esteem at
court had been appointed to sing one
Of Haydn's compositions. At the re-
hearsal she and the conductor differed
as to the time of the music. The mat
ter was to be settled by referring it to
Haydn himself When called on to
decide, he asked the conductor II the
singer was handsome.
Every" was the reply. land a spe-
cial favorite with the prince"
Then she Is right" replied Haydn.
The Press., 1901-02-28
ONLY A CROOKED CENT.
when the Young Woman Thought I
WA Gold. She Got NerHnua

When the Young Woman Thought Ie
Was Gold, She Got Nervous.
The car had just rounded dead
mans curve at Fourteenth street,
when a daintily clad young woman
swfshed something out Of her hand
which as 1t struck the street was fol-
lowed by sharp metallic sound.
What was that you threw away, my
dear?" asked her companion. another
girl about the same age.
Money" laconically responded the
thrower.
Money" continued her companion
in Mortified tone of voice. "Why, it
sounded like gold"
my gracious" shrieked the thrower
"Have 1 thrown away one Of those
goldpieces"
BY this time several of the passen-
gers had arisen from their seats and
were looking in an indignant way at
the conductor for not stopping the car.
He, however, was one Of those high
collared. stoical young men who boss
things on the Broadway cars, and the
excitement created by the money
thrower did not cause him to turn a
hair. All this time the car was bowl
ing as merrlly along as Broadway cars
ever do bowl, and 1t was getting far
Their and farther away from the mon
ey. One or two of the passengers were
about to jump off the car, but then
they thought better of 1t and turned
their gaze anxiously on the young wo-
man, who was hunting frantically
| through her purse. Just as it seemed
the strain would be too much for the
excited passengers to bear longer the
fair thrower looked up smilingly at her
companion and murmured sweetly:
Its all right, my dear. It wasn't a
goldpiece after ALL"
"What was it, then? asked the Sec
ond young woman.
"Only a crooked penny" replied the
thrower. 81 always throw away crook
ed pennies for luck
Then both girls softly giggled, while
the other passengers, looking both fool
ish and disguised, resumed their seats.
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Not the Conventional Woman.
But l don't know you, madam" the
bank cashier said to the woman who
had presented check.
But this woman, instead Of saying
haughtily, Il do not wish your &C.
quaintance, SIR" merely replied, with
an engaging smile:
"Oh, yes, you do, l think. I'm the
'redheaded old virago' next door to you
whose 'scoundrelly little boys are al
ways reaching through the fence and
picking your flowers. When you start
ed down town this morning, your wife
said: Now, Henry, IL you want din
ner fit to eat this evening, you'll have
to leave me little money. can't run
this house on the city water and 10
cents day.
Here's your money, madam" said
the cashier, pushing it toward her and
coughing loudly.-Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1901-02-28

To stop bleeding at the nose, cut
some blotting paper about an inch
square, roll it about the size Of lead
pencil and put it up the nostril that is
bleeding. The hollow in it will allow
the sufferer to breathe. The blood will
fill the space between the tube and
the nose and will very soon coagulate
and cease to flow.
The Press., 1901-02-28
Working Overtime,

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless little workers-Dr. Kings New
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The Press., 1901-02-28

kin yeou tell me. young feller." In
Quired Mr.. Reuben Hay Of Four Cor
ners. where hereabouts ] kin git me
good farmer suitY'
why, there's a good pharmaceutist
not two blocks away" replied the
young fellow blithely.-Harper's b.
Ear,
The Press., 1901-02-28

A powerful engine cannot be run with
a weak boiler. and we can't keep up the
strain of an active life with q weak stom-
ach; neither can we stop the human ma
chine to make repairs. II the stomach
cannot digest enough food to keep the
body strong, such preparation as Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure should be used. 1t d.
gests what you eat, and 1t simply can't
help but do you good. w. ID. Head.
The Press., 1901-02-28
DfplomacY Wins

Ardent S''itor-I lay my fortune at
your feet
Fair Lady-Fortune! 1 didn't know
you had money.
Ardent Suitor-I haven't much, but
1t takes very little to cover those tiny
feet.
He got her.-London Telegraph.