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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
A DISAPPOINTED MAN.
The Prisoner Hoped for a Reprieve
to the Last MO1nSnt and Wha9
He Received.

"The most disappointed man 1 ever
saw" said William j. Casey, a Balti-
more fnancier, to correspondent of
the Chicago Inter Ocean, twas a poor
wretch who was about to be hanged
in one of the northeastern counties
of Maryland. 1 happened to be there
about the time and accepted an invita-
ton to witness the execution.
1.-The fellows lawyers had been
working hard to save his neck, and
there seemed to be some possibility
that he might be reprieved. The time
set for the execution arrived, how
ever, and the sheriff made plans to
carry out the execution. The march
to the scaffold had begun and the
prisoner was about to mount the steps
when messenger arrived, banged
frantically a the gate of the Jail yard,
and was admitted, waving a Telegram
in his hand.
''The procession was at once stopped
and the sheriff took the telegram. but
saw that it was addressed to the con
demned man. He handed it TO The
fellow, who, trembling with hope, tore
open the envelope. He cast his eager
glance at the message, paied, anG let
it drop from his hand. The Sheriff
picked up pthe paper, read it, ana the
march to the scaffold vas resumed
In few minutes the man NO had
hoped for a reprieve was in eternity.
.sThe message was from some min
lister WHO had become inter- sted in
his case. It told him to trust in the
Lord and he would be savedl'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
His Mistake

He had worked for many years in a dry
goods store, hut fate placed him behind the
counter in a coal office, and that was the
cause Of his undoing A lady entered the
coal office, one day, and said she needed two
tons of coal at once
All right" said the clerk, tipping the
ashes from a cigarette in dreamy fashion;
will you take it with you or have it sent,
madam ?'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
WOMEN OF THE
UNITED STATES
Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh
Coughs Colds and Catarrhal Diseases.

Catarrh is an old cold. Even the
strongest and most robust are liable
to colds during the winter months.
A cold, if neglected, is almost certain
to cause catarrh of the head, which
rapidly spreads through the system,
setting up catarrh of the throat, lungs,
stomach or pelvic organs. What a
host of winter ailments would be pre-
vented by a preventive is welIas a cure
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

for colds.
Peruna is such a remedy. If taken
at the first symptom of catching cold
it heals the catarrhal condition before
it becomes established and makes inn
possible a spread of the disease.
Should the cold be neglected and re-
suit in catarrh, Peruna vii, cure, but
it will take much longer and will result
in much unnecessary suffering.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once 10 Dr. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case,
and he will be Pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

as my hat on-?" began Mrs. COL
ingwood, when her husband interr,,yt
ed:
Yes, your hats on straight. Come
along, or we shall be late"
IF it's straight, it won't do. Wait .
minute till ] go back into the bonsa
and tilt il a little. "-Detroif E,eo
Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
The Handsomest Calendar

of the season lin ten colors) six beautiful
heads Ton six sheets, l0xl2 inches), repro
auctions of paintings by Moran, issued by
General Passenger Department, Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, will be sent
on receipt Of twenty-five cents. Address f.
A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cago.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
AEy .LOU CET1HZW'.

Miss Lou Cetchum, No. 1855 Bass av.,
Memphis, Tenn, writes:- "PERUNA
brought me relief and health, and l
firmly believe in its efficacy. 1 had la
grippe last winter and suffered for
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
Haznrdinr a GneSs

Delia-Phwat is this copper company that
the man O the house does be talkin' about
so much?
Brdget-Shure, Oh suppose It's poliss-
mans union, no less.-Philadelphi Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

Miss Beatrice Brown, No. 500 Walnut
st, Memphis, Tenn, writes:-"This
fall l became very much run down. be-
ing overtaxed with social and domes-
tic duties. l caught hard cold. and,
my system being in weakened condi-
ton, l found it impossible TO shake
off the cold. was advised by a neigh
Dor to try PERUNA and bought a bot
tie, and am only sorry now that did
not know of it before, as it would have
saved me so much suffering. I shall
not be without it again, as it effected
a speedy cure"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

We do not believe that people are
half as well satisfied with fbemsa1,,ae
as they Observation-Disclosures Go3
Democrat. W.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

Sweat or fruit acids will not discolor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. Sold by druggists. 1Oc package.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

several weeks without obtaining renef
until took PERUNA. Three bottles
not only cured me completely, but it
left my system in a fine condition, and
feel better than l have for years.
You have a host of friends in Memphis.
Miss Lou Cetchum."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

Miss Lizzie Brady, No. Al Hoyt ST.,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:-''I desire to
speak in the highest terms of PERU
Ma, the medicine which / believe is
entitled to more praise than any other
and to the confidence and good will
of every woman in America. Last win
ter caught a severe cold, which set
tied all over me, and as 1 at first paid
but little attention to it l soon found
that it had strong grip on me which
no medicine could cast off. l became
weak and irritable. 1 felt nervous
and mentally and physically exhaust
ed. l relished nothing I ate, and med
icine only nauseated me. In my trou-
BILE 1 read in the paper of PERUNA.
1 sent for bottle, audit proved a god
send to me. I improved slowly but
surely. and in less than two months
perfect health was restored to me-"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

WRITING TO ADVENTUROUS
please state that you saw The Advertise
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03
WON FROM
THE FLAMES
by T. s. BRHEN.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rdtdpbur
Copyright 1901. by Authors syndicate)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-03

Loss of Vessels.
Nearly 1900 vessels are ioSannusuy'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

for | was ready to bar his flight,
wherefore his shoulders became round
ed and his head hung down and his
knees trembled. Samuel Semple was
caught in trap. Some young fellows
would have made fight Of it, but not
Samuel. All he thought about was
submission and nonreSistance, which
might provoke pity.
Three times. jackanapes, hast thou
presumed to send stuff to my ward.
Here they are" He took from me the
last sheet of doggerel verse and drew
from his pocket two more. Here they
are-one, two. three-all addressed to
the matchless Molly. Why, thou i'm
pudent villain, what devil prompted
thee to call her matchless Molly?
Matchless to such as you! Take that,
sirrah. and that" They were laid On
with q will. The poet groaned, but
made no reply, again looking vainly to
right and left for some way Of escape.
The basting which followed was real
ly worthy OF the days when Captain
Crowle with his own hand quelled q
mutiny and drove the whole crew un-
der matches.
1t was a poor, shrinking, trembling
figure full of bruises and aches and
pains that presently arose and skunk
away. l should have felt sorry for
him had he taken punishment like
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
nan. Why, I would maroon any of my

man. Why, I would maroon any Of my
crew who would cry and grovel and
snivel when tied up for his three dozen.
It made one sick and ashamed to see
him and to hear him, with his Mercy,
captain! Oh, enough, good captain!
Oh, captain, confess! deserve it all.
Never again, captain. Oh, forgiveness,
forgiveness" and so on. say it made
me sick and ashamed. When all was
over, l followed him to the garden
gate. "Oh, Jack" he groaned, you
stood by and saw it all! l am a dead
man. He shall be hanged for 1t. You
are the witness. l am nothing but a
bag Of broken bones, ribs and collar
bones and skull. am poor, unfortu-
nate, murdered man. I am done to
death with cudgel."
go home,T said. "You q man?
You cry like whipped cur. Murder
ed? Not you. Cudgeled you are, and
we'll you deserved 1t. Go home and
get brown paper and vinegar and tell
all the town how you have been cudg-
eled for writing verses to matchless
maid. They will laugh, Sam Semple.
They will laugh"
The captain went back to the parlor
somewhat flushed with the exercise.
Justice" he said, "has been done
without the cart and the cat. My pipe,
Jennifer, and the home brewed. Mol
ly, my dear, your very good health"
A day or two afterward we heard
that Sam Semple had gone to London
to make his fortune. He was carried
thither by the wagon that once a week
makes the journey to London, return
ing the following week. But when
Sam Semple came back 1t was in q
chalse, with much splendor. as in due
course you shall hear. You shall also
hear Of the singular gratitude with
which he repaid the captain for that
wholesome correction.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

tons Of 1000 pounds each. Packed away
as Uncle Sam packs away his gold In
the treasury at Washington and in the
various subtreasuries, 1t would fill $500
strong boxes, each 21 by Is by "a inch
es in size, inside measurement, and con-
tanning six cubic feet. Piled up, the
gold coin thus accumulated would make
a heap containing $1,000 cubic feet.
A bar Of gold containing $1,25O, 900, 900
worth Of precious metal would be feet
square and 300 feet long; erected into
a monument it would be highly i'm
posing sight, and would make no mean
showing beside the Washington mon
ument itself, albeit of 200 feet less al
titude.
At two tons to the million. 1t would
take $500 double teams or 5000 horses
to haul this mass of coined treasure
over the average roads Of the country.
Fixing fifty pounds as the proper load
for. the average man to carry any dis
tance, it would require an army Of 100,-
900 to carry the stuff. In ranks of
twelve, moving in fairly open order,
this army Of gold bearers would stretch
over eleven or twelve miles, or about
the length of Broadway on the island
of Manhattan.
A few weeks ago before 1t was known
that the coronation Of King Edward
VII would be postponed by royal Ill
ness, it was estimated that the total
cost Of the ceremonies would be not far
from s7,0OO,0OO. At that rate Uncle
Sans stock of, coined gold would foot
the bill for 179 coronations and leave
some millions over.
A billion and a quarter dollars would
build eighty Brooklyn bridges. 1t
would build, equip and put in commits
sion more than 400 great battleships.
1t would probably suffice to buy the
whole British navy, provided it could
be purchased at anything like a fair
valuation. At a million dollars day
the approximate cost Of the Civil war,
the coined gold now in the country
would wage war for more than three
years and four months.
Comparison Of the quantity of gold
in the country with the value Of some
Of the country's staple products is Of
interest. For instance, in round num-
bers, the output Of coal, both soft and
hard, in 1901, was $322,00O,OO0; Of pig
iron more than $3.50, 900; Of silver
more than sS6,OOO.OO Of crude petro-
leum more than s75,00O,O00; Of corn,
wheat and oats nearly 5000, 100000 of
butter and cheese more than 1884, ,000,-
600.
Yet the billion and a quarter of COIN
ed gold now in the United States would
buy all these products and leave trif-
ling matter of $2i,S75,S57 as nest egg
around which to accumulate another
S, 200, ,OOO, 900 or so. 1t would build g.
500 miles of railroad at 100000 mile,
nearly a third of all the railroad mile
age now in the United States.
Yet all this gold could be packed into
very small space, relatively speak
ing. Its weight Of 100000 pounds
would not furnish a full cargo for any
one of several Of the great ocean liners
now ploughing the Atlantic ocean,
though it would puild hundreds Of
them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
FISHING IN THE YELLOWSTONE.
Trout Caught and Boiled In the Same
Stream.

People returning from the west fire.
quently have some wonderful stories to
relate of how they caught trout in the
Yellowstone Park, and, without chang
ing their seat, lifted the fish out Of the
stream Of cold water over into boil
ing spring, and cooked it without re-
moving it from the nook. These stories
are all very we'll in their way, but when
told in the manner above outlined, one
can safely put them down as yarns
without the slightest foundation in fact.
To catch a fish in a stream Of cold
water, and lift it over into spring Of
boiling water is one Of the many curl
Gus things that are possible only In the
Yellowstone Park, but, should the per-
son so doing attempt to draw the fish
out of the boiling spring, the head would
pull off the thoroughly boiled and per-
fectly soft body, and he would thus
lose the fish.
The most wonderful phenomena Of
this sort in the Yellowstone Park Is one
that has thus far escaped those who are
fond of telling big fish yarns, mainly
for the reason that the locality lies out
side the beaten track Of travel and Wis
itors, and can only be reached after
considerable difficulty. At the point In
question, q stream of clear, cold water
flows through the park receiving In Its
course the scalding hot waters Of one
Of the numerous boiling springs Of that
region. This boiling water, as 1t reach
es the cold stream, flows for a consid-
erable distance, along one bank before
the waters finally mingle and become
one in temperature.
Into this spring of boiling water, in
sects, bugs. toads, grasshoppers. and
the like are continually dropping, and
thus losing their lives, and all such in
sects are, as a matter Of course, swept
into the cold water stream. Now In the
cold water Of this stream a number OF
hungry trout are continually skirmish-
ing along the edge Of the hot water
taking good care not to venture too
close, for the purpose of swapping up
and devouring the insects brought down
by the hot water, and which happen
to float over into the cold water, or
near enough the border for the trout to
pick them up, so that it Is possible for
fisherman sitting on the bank, to
catch a trout, with hook and line, draw
him two feet from where he took the
hook, and boil him good and dore. all
in the same stream. and without ever
lifting the fish from the water. The
fisherman would, Of course, have to
have a scoop ret to remove the boiled
trout from the water, for otherwise the
head would pull off, leaving the body
in the water. But, barring this, 1t Is
within the bounds Of truth for one to
say that the Yellowstone is the only
place on earth where it is possible to
catch and cook a flsh in the same
Washington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

WHOLESALE SUIcIDEs.-Oriental ad-
vices describe an appalling epidemic or
suicides of young women In southern
China.
The usual method is for six or eight
girls to tie themselves together and de-
liberately walk into a deep river. Six
hundred girls have committed suicide
in this manner.
The wholesale suicides have caused
much alarm and the authorities are ex-
erting strict measures to prevent them.
They are most numerous In kWang
Tung, around Canton, and on the is
land OF Hainan, in Kwang Tung. There
was dearth of rain for months despite
daily prayers. Many Of the girls be-
lieved the gods had forsaken them and
therefore ended their existence.
The famine in Hainan has caused
girls to be sold into slavery. Many
sought death in the manner described
rather than become slaves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06

N What is your opinion of oratory
in modern politics?"
1T may be made very useful, an
swered Senator Sorghum. Very fire.
ouently, for instance, good strong
speech against monopolies in general
may divert suspicion from you and
enable you to do a good turn for a
corporation without risk or embarrass-
ment."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
Copyright, 1900. by Sir Walter Beasant
CHAPTER l.

THE HEIRESs AND THE POET.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-31
JAMES R. GARFIELD
WILL ACCEPT POSITION AS CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
To Succeed Mr.. Rodenberg-His Record
for Reform in the Ohio
State Senate.

President Roosevelt has been notified that
James r. Garfield, a son Of the late Presi-
dent Garfield, has accepted his appointment
as member Of the civil service commission
and will report for duty to succeed William
A. Rodenberg some time in April Both Mr..
Proctor and Mr.. Foulke. the other members
of the commission, this morning expressed
much qualification at the Presidents selec-
ton.
The offer of the post was made to Mr..
Garfield about ten days ago. The son Of
the late President had drawn attention to
himself as a pronounced civil service man
by many speeches delivered in Ohio and
by his record while a member Of the Ohio
state senate for two terms During his
stay at Columbus Mr.. Garfield introduced
and fought through to enactment the cor
rupt practices act. measure like the cleo
ton laws Of England and New York, and
which compels candidates for Office to SUBJ
NIT sworn statements Of their campaign ex-
penditures. The law has since been re-
pealed
Mr.. Garfield is comparatively young. He
lives at Mentor, suburb of Cleveland, and
has his fathers old home, 'Lawnfield."
The building has been much enlarged since
President Garfe1ds death and is now
handsome residence. But the little frame
building adjoining it, which was President
Garfield's study, has remained unaltered
and all his books and papers are kept there
in the same position as when James A. Gar
field left Lawnfield to enter the Wine
House. Mrs. James r. Garfield is daugh-
ter of the late.~John Newell, who was for
many years president OF the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railroad. She Is
said to have inherited more than 81, 600, GOO
from her fathers estate. Both she and her
husband are described as charming nosts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-31
THE GREAT HUXLEY.

nish good blood, strong muscles and steady
these come only from wholesome food, thoroughly
digested. A ffty-cent box of Stuart's Tablets
taken after meals for few weeks will do you
more real good than drugs, stimulants and dieting
combined.
Men and women whose occupation precludes an
active outdoor life should make 1t daily practice
to use Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets after meals
have done so myself, and know positively that
owe my present health and vgor to their daily
From the time 1 o. when graduated from
school with broken health from overwork until
was "a l scarcely knew what 1t was to be free
from stomach weakness. i had appetite what
ever for breakfast, and very little for any other
meal
Il had acidity and heartburn nearly every day. and
sometimes alarmed by irregularity and palpita-
ton Of the heart; but all this gradually disap-
peared litter I began using stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets and can eat my meals with relish and
satisfaction, which had not known since was a
growing boy
Mrs. Jas. Barton of Toronto. Canada writes:
For eighteen months suffered from what sup
posed was bladder and kidney trouble, and took
medicine from three different doctors without any
sign of cure. felt II at last was hardly able
to do my work
''I thought I would try box Of Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets and see if they would make me feel
better, never really thinking l had dyspepsia; but
after only three four tablets had been taken all
the acid trouble disappeared and then / discovered
/ had had acid dyspepsia, while the doctors had
been treating for kidney and bladder trouble,
and one Of them treated me for rheumatism.
my digestion is fine, my complexion clear and
I am able to do my work, and low spirits IN
known to me.
II am so thankful for finding cure so good and
so pleasant to take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
1 am surprised at the change they have made in
me-
Mr.. Thomas Scale. Mayfeld, Cal. says: Have
used and recommended Stuart's Tablets because
there is nothing Ike them to keep the stomach
right
Mr.. E. II. Davis Of Hampton. Va, says: 81 doc
tored five years for dyspepsia, but in two months
got more benefit from Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
than in five years Of the doctors treatment
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets is probably the
safest, most popular and successful digestive on
the market, and sold by druggists everywhere in
the United States, Canada and Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-31

There are thousands OF people in this world who
Fat meat from one years end TO another. and
certain savage tribes in Africa and Polynesia are
almost exclusively meat caters; but while there are
thousands OF these there are millions who live
upon mixed diet OF meat vegetables and grains,
and If numbers is a criterion it would seem that a
mixed diet is the best for the human family.
The fact that you will find many vegetarians
who appear healthy and vigorous and meat eaters
equally so, and any number of robust specimens
who eat both meat and vegetables, and anything
else that comes their way, all goes to show that
the old saw Is the true One-that every man must
be a law TO himself to what he shall eat and
drink.
To repair the waste OF tissue in brain workers, as
well to replace the muscle and sinew Of the
digestion.
Every nerve, muscle, sinew, every drop of blood
is extracted from the food eat and digest.
In these days OF hustle and worry and artificial
habits OF life scarcely one person in a thousand
lay claim TO perfect digestion; dyspepsia is a
national sfiictiOn and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
a national blessing.
Most cases Of poor digestion are caused by fail
ure OF the stomach to secrete sufficient gastric
Juice or too little hydrochloric acid and lack of
peptones and all OF these important essentials to
perfect digestion found in Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets in convenient, palatable FORM
The great English scientist Huxley said the best
-NO---N-~
fail TO digest food properly because they lack the
proper quantity of digestive acids Qsctic and ny
drochloric) and peptogenic products. The most
sensible remedy in all cases of indigestion is to
take after each meal one or two Of Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets because they supply, In pleasant,
harmless form, all the elements that weak stom-
schs lack.
One two OF these tablets taken after meals
insure perfect digestion and assimilation of the food
Cathartic pills and laxative medicines have no
effect whatever In digesting food, and to call such
remedies for dyspepsia Is far fetched and
absurd
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain pepsin free
from animal matter, diastase and other digestives
and not only digest all wholesome food. but tend
TO increase the flow Of gastric juices and by giving
the weak stomach a much-needed rest bring about
q healthy condition Of the digestive organs and a
normal appetite.
Nervous. thin-blooded. rundown people should
bear in mind that drugs and simulants cannot fur