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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
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No EORfuOus Doses. No Wealns,
on1n6 ofthe Nerves. A Pleas
ant and Positive Cure for
the Liquor Habit.

II IL now generally known and undeRN-
stood that Drunkenness is Q disease aud.
not weakness A body filed with pOi.
son, and nerves completely shattered
by periodical or constant use OF Intoxi.
eating liquors, requires an Antidots
capable Of neutrAlizing and eradicating
this poison, and destroying the craving
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lcity OF loss of time from business By
this wonderful "HOME GOLD CURE"
which has been perfected after many
years Of close study and treatment o.
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drinkeT. Oar records show the mar.
velOus transformation Of thousands Of
Drunkarde Into sober. industrious snd,
upright men.
WIVES CURE YOUR HUSBAN DSE
CHILDREN CURE YOUR FATHER Sf
This remedy Is In no sense q nostruu
but specific Tor this disease only, and
is so skillfully devised and prepared that
IL is thoroughly soluble and pleasant to-
taste, so that IL can be given IN q cup.
Of tea or coffee without the knowledge.
Of the person taking It. Thousands Of
Drunkads have CURED themselves with
this priceless remedy, and as many more
have been Cured aud made temporate.
men by having tbs "CURE" admins.
tered by loving friends and relatives,
without their knowledge in coffee or
tea, and believe today that they discon.
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DO NOT WAIT. Do not be deludgsd
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Dtciaus when requested without extrR.
charge. Sent prepaid to any part OF
the world ON receipt of One Dollar. Ad-
dress Dept. 81 6I2 EDWIN B. GILES
4 CO., 1880 and $3.50 Market Street.
Philadelphia.
An correspondence strictly cOnadsO,
al.
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"5ILL.

He wasn't purty-nary bit! the wrinklin'
hand O. Time
Had written strange devices in the tan
and powder CRIME;
But prospectin' his character, there
crop out everywhere
Rich streaks o. golden placer that you'd
never dreamed was there.
And, spite of all his LONELINESS, some
how his rugged face
Jest seemed to brace teller up and give
i'm savin' grace,
When times was hard and grub was
high an the colors far between,
And into the starving miners life there
widened the streak of lean
There widened the streak O. poverty when
all O. the world was blue;
When shovel an pan were red with rust,
with nothing at all to do;
don't jest savoy the way of it-and
reckon I never will
That I somehow failed to appreciate the
worth Of my pardner, Bill.
It's shorely hard to understand the ways
o. the human mind,
For we grow indifferent-like to gold, the
more O. the stuff we find.
Twas so with me; I'd lived so long with
old Bill at my side
That 1 never jest knew the worth of him
till my pardner up an died.
"Good-by, old man! he says, says he, a
lookin' toward the skies
The light O. new discovery a-shinin' in
his eyes
''I see across the great divide, an like a
golden flame,
catch the CLEAN an glitter of my ever
lasting claimI'
An then he died-my pardner Bill. There
warn't no better Billsi
An know he washes gravel on the ever
lastin' hills
The golden sand in the Stream o. Life
a hundred to the PAM
For the Lord won't play him low down,
cause my pardner was a man!
For fifty yeai O storm an sun Bills
blanket has been mine;
And his friendship never broke a strand,
though it stretched from 49,
He loved me! which the same is mighty
comfortin to me,
For I know my pardner's grub-staked
for a long eternity!
.-San Francisco Bulletin.
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MICRoCOSMS.
SRDtent Sayings Regarding Some
OF the Shortcomings of Men
and Women.

1t is rather harder to be petty out
doors; there is so much breadth al
around, writes Dorothy Moore, ir
Century.
Do believe in chaperonage? Yes
for my boy!
1t won't do to be only partially a
lady.
Comets are probably male: theil
eccentricities can be computed.
The most uninteresting person in
the world is he who is interested in
everything equally.
There is more Joy over one sinner
who makes up a quorum than over
the ninety and nine who come regu-
larly.
Before giving ones life to a cause
it is well to be sure that the gift is Of
some value.
L never knew a man to object to
any sphere for a woman that had him
for the hub.
To observe the habits of an echiRo.
derm-that is science. To do tina
same thing for a man-that is only
fiction.
Temperament covers multitude Of
sins.
1t is queer how much tyranny slip
shod people discover.
Life happens to some folks only in
novels.
If mere ideas are not truth, they
are at least the cloth of which it u
made.
Nothing worries woman so much
as not to belong to things.
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MYSTERIOUS
MISS DACRES
By Mrs. Schuyler CrOwninshIeId.
Copyright loCl, by ]. B. LppIncott Co.
CHAPTER II.-CoNr1NuEp.


Don't keep me long," said Miss
Dacres. 81 haven't any sewing, and
don't talk gossip. I'm very busy
writing treatise on the best method
TO nurse typhoid. hold that"
do you know anything about
rheumatic cramps?' asked /.
"Well, I should smile, rather
mean, of course 1 do. Rheumatic
cramps are my speciality. Why,
have you got emp"
NO. said 1, 81 have not, but my
aunt-however that is neither here
nor there. What 1 have to say to
you will preclude the possibility Of
but come into the parlor," and 1 led
the way to the room in front of the
dining room. 1 opened the door and
CROPPED my way across the room by
the light that came from the hall.
] threw up the window and pushed
open the blind.
Smells stuffy, don't it?" remarked
Miss Dacres.
That's because it hasn't been
OpeEed for some weeks. My aunt is
a confirmed invalid and 1 have too
much to do to sit in the parlor and
play lady. When 1 have any sewing
to do take it out on the piazza, and
there = Sit down." said /, sud
denly breaking off.
Tho invitation was superfuous, as
Miss Dacres had seated herself weari-
ly in the best stuffed rocker, and laid
her head back against the clean
tidy. However, what she had told
me about her hair had made me easy
in my mind as to that. 1 saw as ]
looked at her that her eyes were
closed, and I really thought she
would drop off to sleep.
"Are you so tired" said /, "that
you cannot listen to me for a mo-
ment?"
Il don't know what's the matter
with me-" she answered. 81 never
was so tired in all my life. I'm aw.
fully nervous. 1 suppose that last
case wore me out. He couldn't have
anybody but me-took fancy to me
/ suppose. It's real sad after you've
nursed a person for weeks to see
him die. You get so kind of attached
gracious! how worked over that
old man."
"Did-did he leave you anything
for all that nursing?" asked /, for.
getting for the moment the object
of our coming into the parlor.
NO." she said, che didn't-nothine
but some pretty bad thoughts. It's
those I'm trying to get rid of here
and I hope you won't allude to the
subject until I'm stronger I'll tel
you all about it later. Perhaps in a
few weeks 1 shall feel equal to the
strain. +"
"Fm afraid you and I shall part
company before a few weeks are
over" said I; Gin fact, that is what ]
asked you to come in here about
this morning."
saw the deep color creep up UNI
der her palIid skin as 1 said these
words Her eyelids trembled, and ]
felt almost sorry for her.
"Will you tell me why?" she asked
In a low voice. 1'Ten me at once
please. Have you heard-have ]
done anything? You said yesterday
that 1 might come. 1t seemed such a
rest TO me, such an ideal home, and
now yen vent To-" She had pro-
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tions Of making a bed In the most
approved manner.
"Who was that in my room just
now?" said l.
How do l know?" she answered
shortly.
"Were you up there?"
Miss Dacres stopped her bedmak'
ing and stood upright. 81 declared"
said she. "I think you are the most
suspicious person 1 ever saw. I'm
glad I'm going. Why should I go in
to your room? What should I get
there? Not much, 1 SHOULD think,
from" She stopped short. She
meant, 1 think, from my appearance.
"You needn't flush up so. You've in
suited me more than a thousand
times since I came into this house,
and as soon as 1 get my money I'm
going out of here, if I have to walk
back to tswn"
"Haven's gou been upstairs?" asked
again, scrl tinizing her narrowly.
YES" she admitted, II have been
upstairs, but only TO see how your
aunt is getting on. She wanted some
breakfast, and I'm getting it for her."
"And you were not in my room?"
"No! No! mol" said she, "and no
again. What should 1 want but my
own money. and that, apparently, 1
can't get. Why shouldn't 1 be sus-
picious of you? It's probably that
woman out there in the kitchen
what woman?"
you'd better ask her. How should
[ know?" With this sholt answer
Miss Dacres returned to her bedmak-
ing, and I went up the stairs. All
was apparently as 1 had left it. The
key was still in the lock, still broken
off, still stuck so that it could not be
moved one way or the other. Aunt
Jane Mary was sleeping as if she were
dead. So l descended rapidly and ran
out to the kitchen. GloriannA Tow
ner was sitting by the stove. She was
holding in her hand a spoon, with
which she occasionally stirred some.
thing which was heating in a pan.
'What are you doing, Glorianna?"
asked I.
"A-stirring the posset," said she.
without looking up.
$50 1 see. What were you doing
in my room just now?"
Declare to God 1 hain't-"
Stop said I, 1--WE don't use such
language here. Answer me without
prevarication. What were you doing
in my roOm?"
"Only come jess as you left the
gate-come across the back pasture"
said Glorianna. "Hain't done thing
but set here an stir as she told me
to. She was coming downstairs as
I come in the back-hal door,"
"Who?"
'That stranger. Said she'd ben
up to see your aunt. She got the
things outen the clauset an set me to
stir this mess"
"Have you seen Baldwin ?" 1 asked.
"Should think SOL said Glorianna,
a smile breaking out over her sharp
features. She glanced towards the
corner. There across a chair hung
d COWAAuO' II AOOhCu uSC1CSS SuOuSuI
at present, but I could imagine its
possibilities in the hands of the why
little woman.
"How long are you going to re
main?"
"'Tell Badly comes home long el
me-"
1 sank down into a chair, hopeless
Then 1 must either harbor this little
fiend of person or lose Badly Tow
ner, my prop and stay.
ITO Be Continued.l
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
WANTS A SETTLEMENT.
Peruvian Government Presented With
Bill For $16,071 $40.

Lima, Peru, Dec. 1S.-The French
legation here presented to the Peru.
wan government on November 8, of
this year, claim for $16O71, $40 in ia
vor of the Dreyfus Bros, of Paris, in
accordance with the finding of the
Lausanne court of arbitration. Up to
the present time the government has
made no reply to the presentation of
this claim, and it is probable that the
French legation Thursday will reiter-
ate its request for a settlement.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
Will Pay in silver.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Unofiicial ad-
vices have reached here that China in
tends to pay the next installment of
the Boxer indemnity i'll silver. The re-
ports indicate that China is driven to
this course by the fact that all of her
revenues are payable in silver and the
great internal financial strain makes
it impossible to obtain gold
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
Rivers at Flood Tide.

Huntington, w. Va, Dec 18.-The
Twelve Pole and Guyandotte rivers are
now at flood tide, and putting out mil
lions of cross-ties and thousands of
logs daily. No loss has occurred. the
rise being so gradual that the booms
have proved secure. Crane & Co., OF
Cincinnati, have control of the largest
portion of the output.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19

O~NOA - VI II Az AL49 A<OO1A~
with a pair of old slippers for me.
Well, I'll go and pack, and when I'm
ready I'll whistle up the STAIRS
"Oh, mol" exclaimed I, mot for
worlds! My aunt would be horri-
fed. Please just sit quietly here in
the hall while 1 go and get it,"
intended asking Aunt Jane Mary
for the extra five dollars. Shame
compels me to confess that 1 intend
ed to let my boarder lose the money
paid in advance for the room. /
could do nothing else. Such are the
pleasures of adversely.
81 may as well be packing" said
she. ''The truth of the matter is, /
thought the money would be safer
with you than with me sleeping on
the lower floor, and ALL
1 was upstairs before she finished
her sentence and in my room. took
the keys from my pocket and fitted
them in the lock. 1t stuck for a mo-
ment-it never had beforehand I
pushed it rather roughly. I turned
the key with such force that it broke
off in the lock.
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall
1 do?' 1 cried.
Whats the matter, Sophronia ?''
It was Aunt J.2e Mary's voice. NV
door was open and so was hers.
I've broken the key off in the lock
of my desk"
1 ran across the hall as I said these
words.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
Cornelius vanderbiIt's Condition.

Newport, R. l., Dec. 1S.-A message
received here from New York We'd
nesday stated that the condition of
Cornelius Vanderbilt was serious ow-
ing to weakness of his heart. His
brother. Reginald. Mrs. Alfred G. Van
derbilt and Miss Kathleen Nelson,
who is betrOthed to Reginald Wander
bilt, will return to New York Thurs
day morning.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
British Columbia Quarantine Officer
Warned.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 1S.-Dr. Pagan
secretary of the British Columbia
board of health, has sent the following
letter to all officials of the province
board of health:
81 enclose regulations regard plague
do so because of the increase OF
plague in San Francisco. From
March, 1900, to November &, 1902
there have been SO deaths from plague
in San Francisco. Sixteen of these
have occurred since September 8, OF
this year."
Or. Pagan has also warned all quar-
antine officers to be on active guard
A close inspection will be made on
steamers arriving from San Fran
cisco.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19

"It is very wrong to tell false
hood" said his mother to little Jim
mic, who had caught him in one.
''Then we're both Offul sinners
amt we maw?" queried Jimmie.
Both! What do you mean?"
"Why, you told Missus Smith yes.
terday that you hoped she'd call
again, an after she was gone you
said you wished she'd never come
again. Ohio State Journal.
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Raptlst Minister killed.

Decatur. Ala, Dec. 1S.-Rev. S. A,
Archer. Baptist minister. was killed
by Casey Holland, young farmer liv.
ing near here. The two quarreled
over a load of wood and Holland
struck Archer over the head with a
stick of wood, breaking his skull and
causing death in a few hours. Hol,
land made his escape.
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Plain.

Parke-After all, sir, the extreme
simplicity of our American institu-
tiOns must commend itself to eBary
one.
Lane-I know it. Half che time
were without cook.-Harper's Be.
EAR
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Bill Amending 1t introduced in the
House of Representatives.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator
Sinett CIV. Va,) Tuesday introduced a
bill for an amendment of the civil serv-
ice law. 1t provides that all persons
employed in the classified service shall
serve for a term of six years, and that
after the expiration of their term
they shall be eligible to another term
of six years only. Railroad mail clerks
are exempted, and provision is made
for their permanent employment.
The bill also provides that the
classified service shall include only
persons whose salaries range from 5000
to $500.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
DO suppress the Boil Weevli.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 1S.-The conven-
ton which was called by the Dallas
Commercial club for the discussion Of
means of Kidding the south of the boil
weevil pest was convened here Wed
nesday.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19
Largest Locomotives in the World.

Topeka. Kan, Dec. 18.-The Santa
Fe has made arrangements to sell to
the Northern Pacific it's three enor-
nous Decapod locomotives-the larg-
est in the world. The locomotives did
not prove satisfactory for mountain
service
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The BurlingtOn's New Fast Den
YER Train.


Its Northumberland Express"
now leaves st. Louis 2:I6 p. m, arrived
1t Denver 8;1S p. m. next day-thrOS
hours quicker.
Travellers arriving at st. Louis in the
morning have q half day Tor business or
visiting In the Worlds Fair City; at
S:15 p. m next day they are In Denver
with the afternoon in the city, befors
leaving for tbs Coast via Scenic Colo
RADIO. No other through train to Dem
YER offers such q remarkably cOnvenient
schedule.
The Burlsngton's other Denver train
leaves ST. Louis at Q D. m.
Personally conducted California Elk.
Dursions from st. Louis every Wednes.
day night in thyough tourist sleeperR
Via Scenic Colorado.
TO THE NoRTHwKsT.
The MISREPRESENTATION Pacific
Express" ID the great daily through;
train to Sc. Louis and Kansas City tGI
Montana, Washington. Tacoma, Seattle.
Portland.
TO TEE WEST.
The Burlington runs the best equipped,
rsains to KAnsas City, St. Joseph.
Omaha, st. Paul. Minneapolis, Denver.
Write uS Of your prcT5sed trip ana
let us advise you the least cost, send yonl
printed matter, free, etc.
W. n. Shaw, D. P. A., 400 Vine
street, Cincinnati. o.
L. w. WakOley, Genl Pass'r Agent
st. Louis, No.
H oward Elliott General Manager,
st. Louis. No.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19

SEND 80 cents and get q full. fre0I
trial Of Wilson's Morphine CurO.
Tested for IL years and always success.
full. Send to Corr. WILSON, Calvert,
Texas iS1jan-tf)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-19

Take Laxative BromO Qninine Tablets
All druggists refund the money IL Il.
Iails to cure. E. w. Grows signature
on each box. CSC. (j26-lyr)
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WHERE TO SToP When In Lexthg.
Ion, the place to stop IL at the Reed
Hotel. 1t Is headquarters for Paris and
boufpon county people, and is undeB-
the management OF genial James Con.
nors, formerly Of the Fordham Hotel.
IN this city. The house Is heated by.
steam. and the table IL at ell times sup.
piled with the best the market aRordn
Make It your home. IIjsn-tf
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FoS - contS A Sts.nlps, you can get q
rec trial Of Wilson's Tobacco Cure.
Has cured thousands.
CoRP. WuSoN.
tSI- 1Sn-0) Calvert, Texas.
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TALE to t. ROr.- s~IsA sssus ~
usuganoss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-22
SECRET vow WIN IN OPEN FOE.
How Kiplins Refers. In Verse. TO the
Alliance With Germany.


Special CdNe Despatch TO THE sun
LONDON, Dec 22--The Times, which
strenuously opposes the British alliance
with Germany in the Venezuelan trouble,
prints a poem by Rudysrd kipling crystal
li2ing the popular anti-Gcrman sentiment.
Under the title of THE Rowers' kiplng
pictures the men-of-warsmen grumblng
at being compelled to join hands with such
allies. who were the bittereSt haters of the
British during the South African war. The
poem contains the following:
Last night ye swore our voyage was done,
But seward stu We 20.
And yc tell us now OF a secret vow.
We have made with an open foe.
That we must lie OF llghilcss coast.
And haul. and back ana veer.
At the VIII OF the breed that have wronged US most
For year and n year and year.
Having enumerated some of the enormi-
ties ascribcd to the Germans. the poet con-
tnues:
The dead they Knocked ere scarcely cold,
Our wounds are bleeding yet,
And ye tell us now that our strength Is sold,
To help them press for a debt.
Meath all the fags of all mankind,
That use upon the seas.
Was there no other feet to md,
That ye strike hands with theser
OF owl times that men could choose.
ON evil fate to fall.
What broodlns judgment let ye loose.
TO pick the worst OF all.
In sight OF peace from the narrow seas.
DOR half the world TO run,
With q cheated crew to leagues anew,
with tho Goth and the shameless HUM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-22
TWO BIG SCHOONERS MISSING.
We're Near Boston on Wetin esday-Nlay
Have COllided and Conc Down.

BosroN. Dec. 2l.-Many Inquiries are
being made concerning the whereabouts
Of the five -masted schooner Louise B.
Crazy and the big four-mastcd Frank A.
Palmer, which came over the shoals on
Wednesday with the fleet of coa-laden
schooners and should have reached the
harbor on Thursday. or Friday at the
latest
The captains OF many Of the vessels
which reached port sighted the Crazy
and tho Palmer and II was supposed they
arrived with the others Of the feet until
the captains failed 70 report to their owners
and consignees. The vessels had not
entered the upper or lower harbor, and as
nothing was heard from them yesterday or
to-day, all kinds of rumors were In circula-
ton az to their probable fate.
The Louise b. Crary, n comparatively
now craft and ono Of tho finest iive-niasicr.
on the coast, is command" by Capt. VIII
liam II Potter of Orient. l.. ] =. and carries
a crew OF about twelve men all told She
loaded 3.2O7 tons OF bituminous coal at
Newport News. sailing thence on Dec. s.
On Wednesday last she was reported OF
Chatham.
Tho Frank A. Palmer, tho largest four
master ever constructed. Is commanded
bv Capt, Rawdr a and carries \ crew of
about eleven men She loaded about g. 100
tons OF coal at Newport News and sailed
for here on Doc. T.
Shipmen fear that the two vessels have
been In collision and foundered.