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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

One little girl had fve little dimes:
She had counted them over good many
times,
And again and again she had left her play
To plan how TO spend them for Christmas
day.
For papa and mamma and baby boy
And grandpa and grandma would all enjoy
Her little gifts as much as a score
OF other presents that cost far more.
-Four OF the dimes were duh and old.
But one was shining and new. I'm told;
And once the little girl said 10 friend;
This new one Is almost too pretty TO
spend"
At last the Christmas shopping was done:
The dimes were spent. yes. every one:
And Annette seemed the happicst girl alive
As she hurried home with her parcels nve
She had a secret for mothers ear
81 bought nice present for papa dear.
And Tor erandpa and grandma and baby,
too;
Du; ] spent the shinisst dime for your
-Jessie l.. Brltton. In 81. Nicholas
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Former Oity Attorney Lightfcot
acted as city attorney last evening in
the absence Of the regular city attor.
ney, who had opined on . number Of
occasions that the council could pro-
vide the poor, overworked city clerk
with an assistant at the expense Of the
taxpayers. Attorney Lightfoot in
formed the council, in his capacity as
acting city attorney, that the council
could do nothing Of the kind, as it
would be merely an indirect way Of
increasing the clerks salary. The
council discreetly decided to wait
until City Attorney worten comes
back and gives them the opinion they
want
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
CAUTIOUS DEPART
MENT CLERKS.

MENT CLERhS.
The administration at Washington
is being severely criticized because q
woman in one of the departments was
let out. II is claimed that she lost her
job because she criticized the Presi-
dents speech on the Philippines, and
that the civil service rules were
amended in order to get her out. II
is not known how true this is, but
women or men, either, employed I'M
der a Republican administration,
should have more discretion than to
publicly criticize the President or the
administration. There are men and
women enough in the country who are
paid, and whose duty it is to criticize
the acts Of the President and of the I'D :
miuistration, without dependent
women who are earning a living
igrstuitously offering their services as
detractors of the administration that
is furnishing them with means Of
livelihood.
The position of the administration,
as expressed by Secretary Root, is
fully explained as follows:
"The opportunity for explanation
or statement afforded to Miss Taylor
with express reference to section 8 of
civil service rule 2 was deemed by the
department to be full and substan-
tial compliance with the civil service
law, and clearly was so under the
ruling Of the civil service commission.
"No head of department can main.
tain effective administration il he is
Obliged to depend upon services of
clerks who are SO violently opposed
to the success Of the work in which
they are engaged that they are I'M
able to refrain from public denun-
citation of the purpose of the work
aud publicly insult the President.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The effort to build railroad exten.
sion into Mechanicsburg should meet
with the encouragement and aid Of the
legislative officers of Paducah. II is
som ething that will build up that sec.
tion of the city, and facilitate the
growth Of the large manufacturing in.
terests there quicker than any thing
else, and while there might be some
the advantages would
far outweigh them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

II has taken some time for the auth.
critics to find out that the duties as
prescribed in the meat and milk in
spectors' ordinance are more than one
man can possibly discharge, and con.
sequently that he has not been dis
charging them for over a year. The
ordinance will be revised, and in re.
vising it the object of having the in
spector will probably never be accom-
plished any more than now.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The general council will display a
very bad spirit il it attempts to COM
pei corporations to pay in full assess
ments on franchises wherein compro-
misses that were satisfactory to all con-
cerned were effected long ago and for
gotten. II seems that as a result of a
recent decision of the court of appeals,
in which it is held that municipal
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The pines are black on sierra's slope.
And white ere the drifted SHOWS:
The flowers are gone, the buckthorn bare
And chilly the north wind blows.
The plne-houghs croak.
And the plne-tfcts speak
language the north wind knows.
There's never a track leads IN or out
or the cave of the big brown bear;
The squirrels have hid IN their deepest
holes.
And Fastened the doors with care.
The rtd FOX prowis.
And the lean wolf howis
A. he hunts far down from the lair
The eagle hangs on the wing all day
On the chance OF a single KIN:
The little gray hawk hunts far and wide
Before he can get his nil
The srow-wrea slft.
And the blown SHOWS drift
To the canyons deep and st.ii.
Mary Austin, IN 81. Nicholas.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
SPEND MONEY TO IMPROVE PARIS
Forty nniion Dollars 60 lie Expended
on Public Works.

aofty fehts'n s<th@'" W -
on Public Works.
The consul-general OF the depart
ment OF the Seine. in its last session,
voted the issue of loan of S,OOO,O00
pounds for the construction OF public
works In the department and in Paris.
Some OF these new undertakings are
of considerable Importance. Half
million is to be spent In enlarging the
central halls, which. like the London
Covent Garden. have long outgrown
their limits and bulge out into the
side streets. and 100000 pounds on the
Palais de Justice for Its completion.
A school OF arts and crafts. which
Paris has been crying for. is to be es-
tablished at an expenditure OF $780,
900 francs and the old prison OF st.
Lazare. with all its tragedy and pa
thos. Is TO be transferred elsewhere at
a cost OF about 1900 pounds.
Other works include the continue
ton OF Boulevard Raspail, which. at
the present moment. presents the pne-
nomenon OF a boulevard cut into sec
items. The naples do not give the
stranger any warning OF the eccentric
ity, so he finds himself halted by q
street which cuts the boulevard trans
versely and gives no avenue. He has
TO make a detour and regain the boui-
evard at the back OF the street An
other important work. upon which
$4,000 pounds will be spent. Is con-
cerned with the transformation OF the
Boulevard DIES Batignolles. This great
which In former days
marked the limit Of Paris. is 10 be
rendered more amenable TO traffc. We
hicular and foot by an alteration of
the roads surface and the enlarge
ment OF pavements.
In the department, as distinct from
Paris, several new bridges will be
thrown over the Seine. But. per-
haps. the improvement that appeals
most to the Imagination Is a great
avenue which will prolong the
Champs Elysees and the Avenue de
Neuilly TO Nanterre. The aspect OF
Paris. indeed. is perpetually changing.
says the Pail Mall Gazette. and there
Is degree OF Justice In the remark
Of an old inhabltant TO the writer.
Everything has moved except the
churches"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Full seemed 20 him the world Of sorrow,
And full Of weary cark and care,
Without n hope to GID to-morrow,
win only suffering and despair,
With gladntss passing like a light
Flashing across the space Of night.
And why. he murmurcd. should this b,
II He who dwells IN mystery
Has any love for you and me?
Then. as he heard n hum OF weaving
He saw a child below the loom
Watching the long threads tlreless REV.
ing
Guessing the figure through the gloom.
And seeing Ia the shuttle's fling
HIS fathers Will accomplishing.
Oh. Of such temper le' me be-
He cried then; Shall I more than he
From the wrong side the pattern sect
Harriet Prescott sponord. in N. Y Inds-
pendent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
NOTICE TO UNION MEN.

The following brands are now union
made and will bear the label in the
future:
American Navy.
Little Jockey.
Old Paduke.
White Rabbit.
Reelfoot.
Nash's Greenville.
McCracken County Twist.
I, Turkey Twist.
Old Paduke Smoking.
Reelfoot Smoking.
We will appreciate your patronage.
Yours truly,
4 FLOURNOY TOB. CO., Inc.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
MOODY GIRLS" GRADUATE.

Mortified, Mass. june 1s.-The
Northfield season opened today with
the graduating exercises of the class Of
1902 of the Mortified Seminary. The
commencement address was given by
Rev. G.. Campbell Morgan. The class
is the last organized school body TO be
intimately associated with the late
Dwight L. Moody, the founder Of the
school.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

A convincing abb was recently fur
nished by a man In France. He was
charged with the murder OF a girl at
Nice. and he brought conclusive evil
deence to show that he was at that
time committing a burglary a. hotel
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
The builder.

A thought T. Ike a stone.
Tho builder finds u lying loose
where, BY design or not. twas thrown.
And takes u for his use.
He shapes Il here and chisels there;
He parcs q thin or cuts Il square
To NJ
The place his eye selects for ~.
And, as the mason LAYS the wail.
The larger builders thoughts are iaid
lie finds tnem rough and shapes them
al
Until az last Il made
The splendid structure mer
Behold In awe. and then.
Imagining that Ged or Fate
Has favored him with special might
Or special talents 20 create
What he has found
strewn all around
And waiting to be used Alright.
They call him great.
$. r. Klser, in Chicago Record Herald.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The Earl OF Dysart, who has offered
$4,000 toward the establishment OF 4
national opera house In London, is a
ievout wagnerian. Some years ago he
offered 5000 and a site at Ham Hin
Tor the erection OF music theater on
the Baireuth model. Music is not his
only hobby. for he Is an amateur chem
lst and a fervent homeopathic.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
FOSTER RE.NoMINATED.

Burlington, Vt, june ls.-The
first district Republican convention
here today resulted in the re-nomins-
ton Of Congressman d. J. Foster.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

A German Alpinist. HIT Hook OF
Friburg. has just made a successful
ascent Of the strahlhorn on skees. He
was accompanied by two Swiss guides,
and thoy fnlshed the ascent IN ten
hours, which Is record time II is re-
ported that Herr Hook had a heavy
wager on the result.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

John r. Dryden. the new senator
from New Jersey. Is an expert mathe-
matician. He has studied figures in
all their combinations for recreation
ever since he was boy and can solve
the most dlfhcult problems on-hand.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
ICE CAVE.
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY.

Ieitchdeld. KY, June ls-On John
Holmes farm, in the eastern part Of
Breckenridge county, there is q cir
cular cave, where ice remains all sum-
mer. Years ago, before ice was man
ufsctured, people would come for
miles to procure ice for the sick.
Great icicles form during the winter,
and so large is this frozen mass that
the heat Of summer does not cause il
to melt. On approaching close to the
mouth of the cave on hot midsum.
mer day one is met by an Arctic
draught that chills TO the marrow. So
great is the difference of temperature
that it is dangerous to remain long in
the cave.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The driving OF the last spike on the
Northern Pacific railroad at Gold
Creek. Mont. In 1883. is to be made
the subject Of painting to overlook
the grand staircase in Montana's new
state house.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

There are six George Washingtons
in the house. Illinois and Indiana send
two each and Alabama and New York
one each. The next given name In
favor is Henry Clay. OF which there are
three. There are two Benjamin Frank
Inns and two Thomas Jeffersons.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
KEHoE GETS RECONCILIATION

Maysville, KY, June is.-Congress-
man Jsmes N. Kehce received a re-
nomination today by the Democratic
convention OF the ninth distiot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

1t is indeed pity that all the street
car lines, railways, water companies,
telephone systems and political parties
cannot be run to suit some Of the wise
champions of the people," but it
seems that they can't.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Lord stanmore, now ~ years old, is
the last peer who was created by Glad
stone. He is the son of that Earl Of
Aberdeen in whose cabinet Gladstone
was chancellor of the exchequer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

A piece OF virgin gold weighing s2.is
ounces troy was put In the melting
pot OF the United States assay Office at
Helena. Mont. negotiations for its
In nugget form having
failed because of the imposslbllity OF
an exact assay.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Councilman Potter objects to rail.
road extension into Mechanicsburg be-
cause the track would pass down a
street. Perhaps it would slightly in
terfere with the COWS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
FAME Is FLEETING.

Can you remember who ran
on the ticket with Cleveland
when Harrison was elected?
There are few who can, but
there are many who believe
an occasional ad is all that is
Necessary to keep the remem.
brance Of them fresh and
green in the public mind.
Mail Order Journal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
WEDNESDAY. JUNE, IS, 1909.
DAILY THOUGHT.

1.-THE quality of directness is char.
acteristio of all men of great executive
ability, because they value time too
much to squander it in useless and
meaningless conversation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

A Lisbon lady was being hurlot
when cry from the coffin disclose
the fact that she was still alive. f-
hours afterward she Aiei f'r~' ff.r
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

possessors Of CANNES will have TO
pay for the luxury or see Towser sac.
rifced to the wrath of the license
man.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

In Paducah ccw can 90 into a
yard aud help herself to what she
finds. which is more than citizen can
do without getting arrested for steal
inc
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Illinois Democrats have declared
against two evils, Bryan and the
trusts Wonder how Mr.. Bryan likes
to be classed with the "octopusses ?"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Mr.. Harry Ekdohl, assistant cashier
in the Fulton bank, and Miss .Hclen
Louise Jones were married Monday at
the home Of the bride in Kosciusko,
Miss.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Mr.. O. p. Guess Of Kuttawa and
Miss Gertrude Cooper Of Smithland,
were married Monday night by ESQ.
Alex Roberts at his home in South
Fulton. AEsa
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Jacob W. Sessler, age ab, Of the
city, q blacksmith, and Genia Wade,
Of the city. age IS, have been licensed
to wed. 1t will make the first mar
rage Of both.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
THE WEATHER.

Showers tonight, and Thurdsay fair
except showers in the southeastern
portion.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
NEW OWNERS OF

NEW OWNERS OF
GUTHRIE'S BANK.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, June lS.-It is
reported that deal has been consul
mated as a result of which the Guth-
rie. KY. bank will change hands July
/. The new owners are Mr.. Sinclair
of Russellville, KY, and E. A. Hail,
the Pembroke banker. This bank is
capitalized at $4,000, and it is un-
derstood that the sale was made for
sl75, the par value being 500. The
bank was established about ten years
ago.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The city should 60 slow in the mat
ter of abandoning Yeiser park. In the
first place, it is named after our pres.
ent worthy mayor, and we feel that
on that account we could better take
care of it than the county. Another
thing is that we need it for our cows,
and desire to hold on TO it until the
fate of the COW ordinance is learned
If the cows are required to be kept
in there will be no use for Yeiser
park, and the city can then take the
necessary steps to unload it on the
county, to which 1t belongs.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
CUPID CUTS CAPERS
Reported Marriage Of a Paducah
Boy at Henderson.


Mr.. Frank Griffith Dudley. of
Princeton, KY, and Miss. Mary ~
Robards Of Henderson, were marr.e'i
in the latter place. yesterday. =.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The postoffice business in the Unit
ed States is rapidly increasing. The
REIMBURSEMENT of salaries shows in
creases in salary to 2o3o postmasters,
aggregating s252,2 These increases
are based on increases in receipts and
the total reductions amount to only
s25,s00. rwenty-four Offices of the
second class will be advanced to the
first class, and one hundred and ten
from the third to the second class
The number of offices in each class at
present are: First class, 22o; second
class, 1925, third class, 3,495. The
average salary Of postmaster will be
increased this year from si,427 to si,-
700.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The dog law is 20 be enforced in
Paducah. These who are the happy
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
other Days.

OR, would they might come back again,
Those days before my house WIS bare,
When little voices thrilled my ears,
And little feet were on the stair. {.
Sweet was the stir Of dear young life.
And sweet the cares II brought me then;
Oh. would that stir. those blessed cares,
Were IN my silent home again.
oh. would those days were back again,
When little hands chung round my knees;
And little lips TO mine were pressed
feel them strange, these hours OF ease.
Now I am poor, I dwell alone.
And totter on through strangest ways,
SIN longing for what never comes
Pie life and love OF other days.
-Rev. Wllllam Cowan. IN Golden DAYS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Exalted Ruler VIM. Kraus will to-
day, in behalf Of Paducah lodge, tele-
graph congratulations to Grand Ex-
allied Ruler Picket and wife, married
last evening in Louisville. =
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

II skies were always sunny d.,
No cloud Ger hill an plain
We'd miss that earthly pleasure
or growing at the rainl
Wed never know one measure
OF happiness againi
No matter how they reason
There Is not any doubt
We need. In every season,
Something to Erowl about
It's well the storm-clouds gather
And blot the sunshine outi
F. l.. stanton. In Atlanta consti-
tuition
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Fulton. 80
Jacob W. Sessler. age IS, Of the
city, a blacksmith. and Genis Wade,
of the city. age IS, have been licensed
to wed. 1t will make the first mar
rage of both.
Exalted Ruler VIM. kraus will to-
day, in behalf Of Paducah lodge, tele-
graph congratulations to Grand Ex-
allied Ruler Picket and wife, married
last evening in Louisville. =
Yesterdays st. Louis papers an
nounce the marriage at Clayton, the
Gretna Green of st. Louis. Of Jacob
". Young, Of st. Louis, h,rber, and
Miss Mollie Z. Trowell OF Paducah,
Ky. The directory contains no such
name.
The marriage Of Rev. Robert Wood
ward Bsrnwell, formerly rector Of
Grace Episcopal church here. to Miss
Melinda McBee Brunson of Florence,
South Carolina, takes place tomorrow
morning at O'Clock in the ST. Johns
Episcopal church there.
The marriage OF Miss Myrtle Ian
don to Mr.. Robert Logue took place
in Mnyfeld this morning at the home
of the bride ut 10 O'Clock, and was
quite social event in the capital of
Graves. The following were among
those from Paducah who attended;
Misses Maude and Ella Anderson,
Nora johnson, Elizabeth Carney. Nell
o'Neill. Mrs. L. p. Dix. and Mr..
Ed Gillen.
1t was reported last night that Mr..
Jesse Baird, son of City weigher
Baird of the city, was married at Hen.
derson last night to Miss Frances W
Sechrest of the latter place. Mr.. Baird
recently went there to locate. His
relatives, upon hearing the report, .tele.
phoned him, and he claimed il was
all joke, put mp on him by some Of
his friends, and that no had no inten-
ton of marrying.
Hon. Charles L. Pickett, of Wat
erloo, Ia, grand exalted ruler of the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, was married In Louisville last
evening to Miss India Parmee Ryan,
at the residence Of the brides parents,
DIR. and Mrs Joseph Ryan. A recep-
tion at the residence followed the GER
emony, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pickett left
for an extensive trip to the Pacific
coast, returning to Salt Lake City,
for the national reunion of the Elks,
which begins there August 0.
Mr.. Charles Block, the we'll known
and popular harness maker Of 2036
Broad street, and Miss Nora Meek, Of
AIS South Ninth street, will be mar.
ried tonight at 1880 o'clock at the res.
idence Of Rev. j. O. Reid, pastor Of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Only few of the couples most in.
innate friends will be present They
VIII go to housekeeping at ioo6 Ten.
nessco street and will be at home to
their many friends at that number af.
ter tonight.
Mr.. Block and his bride-to-be have
many friends who will wish them the
best Of success and health.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Yesterdays st. Louis papers an
nounce the marriage at Clayton, the
Gretna Green Of st. Louis. Of Jacob
". Young, of st. Louis, a h,rber, and
Miss Mollie f. Trowell Of Paducah,
Ky. The directory contains no such
mama
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The marriage Of Rev. Robert Wood
ward Bsrnwell, formerly rector Of
Grace Episcopal church here, to Miss
Melinda McBee Brunson of Florence,
South Carolina, takes place tomorrow
morning at O'Clock in the ST. Johns
Episcopal church there.