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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
A Poor Relation.

T"A Poor Relation the play that
has caused laughter and tears 20
chase each ether acros thousands of
sympathetic c~ountenances, was the
attraction at the opera house last
night. Horace Lewis took the part
of Noah Vale, made famous by the
late Sol Smith Russell, it's creator,
and to those who had never seen that
inimitable comedian portray the char
acter of the poverty stricken, but
large hearted and happy inventor the
performance was pleasing and salts
factory.
Mr.. Lewis must be credited with
attempting a faithful reproduction of
Russell's portrayal of the part, and
he succeeds as we'll as an imitatcr
may be expected to succeed, but af-
ter all the personality Of the man
who gave Noah Vale a being, an eX-
istence and a real place in the crea-
tions of the dramatist is lacking.
Painstaking and conscientious to a
degree as Mr.. Lewis is, his production
is only an imitation and as such it
must always appear to those who
have had the are good fortune OF
seeing the creator in the role. Still.
it should not be taken that Mr.. Lewis
is not a good and deserving actor and
were he not laboring under the dis
advantage CT being what may be des'
ignated as an understudy his perform
ance would no doubt bring him much
Of the credit now withheld, for it can
not be denied that the performance
Of the successful creator of a greet
part always obtrusively presents it
self to view when witnessing that CT
an imitator. Mr.. Lewis Noah Vale
is but a reproduction of Russells
even to the gestures, walk and tricks
of the voice.
The support vas good, particularly
that of Miss Marie Harriott as Dolly
Faye.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
NEW PARK LINE.
Union Pacific Will Tap Wonderland
on the West.

The Union Pacific and. it's allied
lines are determined to get a larger
share of the constantly growing Vel
lowstone park traffic than they have
been getting in the past because CT
the long distance passengers entering
the park from the west have been
compelled to travel by stage.
From Salt Lake, the headquarters
of the Oregon Short Line, comes the
official statement that that company
has definitely decided upon extending
it's st. Anthony branch to the bound
airy of the park. Several OF the head
officials of the company recently COM
pleted a trip owe the proposed ex-
tension and upon their return to Salt
Lake gave cut the information that
they had found the route entirely
feasible and that preliminary work
would begin at once. 1t is expected
that construction will be well under
way next spring.
A route is said to have been found
that will make the necessary extern
sion about GO miles long and will take
the terminus to the very gate OF the
park. The road will pass through a
beautiful mountain country, said to
abound in game and fish and to be
we'll supplied with wood and water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Will Solve a Problem.

A company has been organized in
London which is expected to solve once
and for all the eating problem as it
faces the bachelor and the servantless
household. This company guarantees
to send a hot meal anywhere, at any
time, at a moderate cost, the dinner 60
be as good as can be got in any OF the
first class restaurants. Not only is the
dinner sent, but with it goes a complete
table service--silver, glass and napery.
The idea in itself is not particularly
new. but the price for which it is done
is surprisingly small. A dinner for
one, comprising soup, entree, roast and
sweet. is sent out for 2 shillings. Break
fast costs a shilling and lunch a shil-
ling and sixpence. The company I'M
dertakes to supply all the meals OF Il
household at a guinea per week for
each one. 1t has a central kitchen,
where the GOD is prepared, and spe-
cially constructed baskets, so arranged
that the hot dishes will stay hot and
the cold dishes cold.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Where Newspapers Are Scarce.

In Paraguay there is a little COM
mun:stic colony known as the Cosmo
colony, which was founded several
years ago by an enthusiastic band OF
Australian socialists. After many
hariships and p%rivations the colony is
now in such a fl%ourishing. condition
as to boast a newspaper of it's Own
called the Cosmo Monthly. The man
ner in which news is dispensed to the
colonists is interesting. A horn is
blown. generally twice, with half an
hours gathering time between. The
colon.sts assemble and the reader for
the occasion gives out his news, which
consists of interesting items selected
from the latest weekly papers and dis
patches from the Asuncion daily pa
per, which the colonists receive twice
a week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
VENTRICLE OF HUMAN HEART
sEWED TOGETHER.
SIX STITCHES ARE TAKEN
Patient Rallies Rapidly and Surgeons
Believe That Complete Re-
covery Is Assured.

New York, Oct. 21.-One of the rar-
est operations known to surgery-the
sewing up Of a severed ventricle of a
human heart-has been performed at
Bellevue hospital.
The patient was Annie Kingsley,
who was stabbed by her husband, dur
ing a quarrel on the street.
She was thought to be dying when
the ambulance reached the hospital.
The blood was pouring from a long
wound in the left ventricle, which
supplies the body with blood, while
the right pumps to the lungs. The
surgeons knew the flow of blow must
be checked at once if the woman was
to be saved. The operation vas de-
cided upon. 1t was performed by two
surgeons, with Is more looking on.
The heart was laid bare and the sur
geons saw that the wound was very
severe. 1t would require six stitches.
During intervals between the beats Of
the heart the needle was inserted six
times and the flow of blood stopped.
The wound was carefully dressed
and the surgeons waited to see the
result. The patient rallied rapidly
and the surgeons expressed the be-
lief that she will recover.
Mrs. Kingsley left her husband
three months ago When her husband
met her for the first time he appealed
to her to return to their home. She
says it was her intention to do SO,
but she did not reply at once and her
husband stabbed her. She was car
ried to the hospital, and the husband
ran away. He was captured a few
hours later.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
EnthuSfnStjc Cha,nDiOn.

"My friend" said the gentleman from
the Hub who was doing the Bowery.
Il trust that you are al exponent Of the
higher ideals in the perpetuation of
pure English"
"Dat's me ticket, guv." said Bleary
Bob. ''If l spots any fresh guy chuck
in de posies ort'n de howlin' lingo, it's
nell slug i'm Il poke in de Stats. Seer
Baltimore News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
SOMEBODY'S BAD BLUNDER.
British SomaIiland Forces Caught in
a Trap.

London, Oct. 21.-A letter from an
officer belonging to the Somaliland
expedition received here shows that
the British force is in even a more
p%recarious condition than shown in
the official dispatches. The writer
says:
mo che will APPRECIATE this be.
cause it is too late. We are in a reg
ular trap, and how are we going to
get out?.
"We do not know. We have had
stiffish fights and have lost many
men. The worst is that our blacks
are iunking and u camels have
nearly all been killed CT captured.
We have next to 70 water and we are
miles from any wells. We have no
supplies and nearly no ammunition.
They have captured two of. our
Maxims. | do not suppose they care
at home what happens to u.s.. 1t is a
brutal shame to- send us blind into an
ambush like this. l hear fresh troops
are coming up and only hope that
they will come from India"
The writer refers incidentally to
some brisk fighting which he appar-
emily presumes was already known Of
here, and adds:
"Thirty-three of us escaped. By
,Jove, that vas a pretty affair. We
whites stood out, but-oh, well, we
have too many blacks"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
9 MISCELLANY
stor,. of an Army Mule.

story OF an army Muies
There is Or was an army mule a pen.
sioner Of the United States-tradition
says that army mules are mortal,
hence the doubt as to tense. But this
mule, Mexique, was ordered to be sold
at Mount Vernon barracks. Alabama, in
1888. He had been at the post a long
time and had grown gray in the serv-
ice, having an honorable record in
the Mexican war, and the officers at
Mount Vernon asked the quartermas-
ter general to retain him till the end
Of his days. This application, signed
by William A. Kobbe, then an artil-
lery lieutenant, and Endorsed by a
dozen proper military authorities, in
GLIDING General Hancock and Gener-
al Sherman, is on record at Washing
ton. How the white mules record
grew in honor with successive indorse-
ment may be seen from the command
ing generals letter:
nave seen that mule, and, whether
true or false, the soldiers believe it was
left at the Big spring, where Mount Yer
non DaFFdCkS now are, d. Tie llluc 1cI.
eral Jackson's army camped there, about
1890. Tradition says 1t was once a sor-
rel, but now it is white from age.
The Quartermaster's department will be
c~hargeable with ingratitude If that mule
is sold or the care and maintenance of 1t
thrown on the charitable officers of the
post. I advise that it be kept In the de-
| partment. fed and maintained till death.
w. T. SHERMAN.
P. 81 think that mule was at Fort
| Moran. Mobile point, when I was there
in 1912. w. I. s.
The secretary Of war finally direct
ed "that this mule be kept and well
cared for at public expense as long as
he lives" :.
This great scoreboard, the largest in
the world, is on the cricket grounds in
Sydney, Australia, which will hold
without elbow touching $4,000 specta-
tors and upon which up to the present
time $73O,OOO has been expended.
When the grounds are packed with
visitors, and they usually are, $4,000
being the average number that usually
gather when a good cricket game is
scheduled in Sydney, the figures on the
great board can be easily read by ev-
cry spectator that skirts the huge circle
where the game is played.
The board is something like 25 feet
in height and over 10 in length.
The numbers are huge. They are
painted on thick calico and worked on
rollers. The James are also on calico,
fitted on frames and let into openings
sized to hold them. 1t takes three men
to operate this largest scoring board
in the world, but so perfect Is it's con-
struction it takes but two minutes to
change it's entire score.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Novel Life Saving Apparatus.

If all that is claimed for the new life
saying apparatus constructed by a Ge-
neya citizen be tue, we may expect
that iii the near future no wrecks,
however disastrous, will have a fatal
issue. The novel apparatus is con-
structed after the manner OF a diving
suit, Of which the legs are weighted.
1t is rendered so buoyant with air
chambers hat half the body remains
above water. and outside pockets are
provided to hold a lamp, matches, food.
a trumpet and a weapon to ward OF
the attacks Of large fish.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Pat. AnyhOW.

Her Chum-Your heart must have
gone pitapat when Mr.. Steeltrust pro-
posed.
Penelope (contidentially) Pitapat?
1t went pingpohg!-Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Most Ancient.

Grandpa-My father used to tell me
that all play and nc work made Jack
a lazy boy.
Harry-Did he? Is that chestnut as
old as that?-Puck.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
What TO Do.

Belle-Ae has money. you know.
Emma-Yes; | appreciate that fact,
but how I'm I to live happily with a
man who is my inferior?
"Don't let him know it."-Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-24
Ab.entminded Begrar,

"Have you really no affection for any
other girl, dear?" she asked Of her
fiance.
NO" replied the drug clerk absent
mindedly. 'but have something just
as good."-Tbiiadelphia Press.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
INSURANCE CHANGES
POPULAR INSURANCE MEN
HAVE FORMED A PART
NERSHIP.

Mr.. Frank May and @. W. Collie,
the insurance men, have formed part
nership and accepted the agency for
Western Kentucky of the National
Life Insurance Co, of Vermont
Mr.. May has been with the Fidelity
Mutual Co., of Philadelphis, and Mr..
Collie has been with the Mutual Life
Co, of Kentucky. Both are exper-
fenced men in the insurance business
and will make success of tine new
company with which they have signed.
They will keep their headquarters on
Legal row, where Mr.. Collie has been
since in Paducah. No successors have
yet been appointed to the positions
vacaed by their designations.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
ADVOCATES OF CHEAP HOSE.

The advocates of cheap hose can
now see some of the results Of their
work. One-fifth Of the new hose
bought by the city recently at 81
cents burst at the test yesterday. show
ing conclusively what city can ex-
pect Of cheap hose. The Day Rubber
company sold the city some hose few
years ago, which was never tested,
or the result would doubtless have
been similar to that at yesterdays
test. Although the other hose
sold Paducah by that company was
guaranteed for four or five years, it
proved worthless in less than three,
and when the city attempted to find
the bond containing the guarantee, it
was missing. If the bond had been
found, il would have been discovered
that the hose were guaranteed only on
delivery, and was not even tested
then. 1t Is beginning to dawn on the
minds of some Of the counoilmen that
il 81 cent hose will not stand four
hundred pounds pressure on delivery,
hose guaranteed to stand four hundred
pounds pressure for five years after de-
livery must be worth s1.05. The city
will never have a chance to get such
bargain as she turned down when
she refu sed the sI.o5 hose.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
Mr. ROBERT TREADWAY.
MAY BECOME A LIEUTENANT
OR CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY.

Mr.. Robert Treadwsy, OF Briens-
burg, Marshall county, was in the
city today en- route 20 Lexington, Ky.
ON business. Mr.. Treadwsy only re-
Gently returned from Fl. Crook. Neb. ,
where he served in the regular army,
after having seen service in both the
Philippines and in China. He is &
well known Marshall county boy. and
his many friends will be pleased to
learn that he now has some strong in
dorse msnts, and excellent prospects,
OF securing lieutenancy or captain
cy in the regular army.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
nrother plcksy os Adam.

81 sees" said Brother Dickey, dat
one or de preachers is in trouble bout
de sarpint what tempted Eve. Nov.
OATS mighty fur back ter 90 huntin'
fer t-0uble. but reckon Adam mus
feel LAX reachin' over en- shakin' hans
wild i'm. De preacher ! talkin' bout
don't bleve in de snake story, but ley
all de blame on de M. Adam can't
hep hisse'f now, en- hit looks onfair
ter be naggin' at i'm dataway. feels
so sorry fer I'm sometimes dat ! al
mos wish | wuznt related ter 'iml
But IN bet you on one propersition."
whats that?T
"Ef Adam had ter be made over. en-
wuz Twin In dis day en- time. he
wouldn't be so free wild spareribs!"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
TELEPHONE COMPANY
CHANGES HANDS
THE CUMBERLAND PAYS sl2, 900
IN ALL FOR THE TWO
EXCHANGES.

The Mayfield papers. which a few
days ago denied the reported deal by
which the Cumberland Telephone Go.
absorbed the West Kentupky Tele-
phone Exchange, are out in statements
that the deal has been contaminated
aud the price paid was si2. 900, q, 900
for the Galloway county exchange and
s35, 900 for the Msyheld anu Fulton
lines, more than was at first reported.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

The chances for Republicans in Pa
ducah this fall and next year could
not be more favorable. The Democrats
are divided, and there is little hope of
a reconciliation. There are now two
elements in the party at work, one to
remain in office and the other to get
into office. The breach is so wide that
it can hardly be closed, for whoever
one faction puts up win be knitted by
the other faction. The men in Office
are good citizens and nice gentlemen,
but they are not what Paducah needs.
Their actions since their induction in
to office will amply verify this asser-
tion. 1t will be long time before the
people forget the s1.s5 tax rate, espe-
cially when another levy will be made
the first Of the year. Men are holding
office illegally and their salaries have
been raised contrary to law, and all
this is felt by those who foot the bills,
the taxpayers. II is certain that an
election of a board of aldermen will
have to be held this fall and the Dem
ocrats who know IL and are insisting
that it be done are the ones who will
incur the lasting enmity Of the clique.
The latter will hold on as long as
they can, and when they see that they
must 90 they will concentrate their
energies towards keeping the other
fellows out. This insures an endless
cham Of hostilities, for nearly all the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
FRIDAY. AUGUST, 8. 1909.
SENATOR HANNA's GOOD WORK

Perhaps no man in the United
States has been more misjudged, "a bus
ed. ridicuIed and cartooned than Sen
ator Marx Hanna, yet his worth as
citizen, his ability as sta tesman and
his sincerity as benefactor of man
kind are rapidly being forcibly i'm
pressed on the minds of the people.
Senator Hanna is notable example
of the successful business man, and
it can truthfully be said Of him tina tin
all his dealings with the hundreds of
men he has in past years employed,
there was never a strike.
senator Hanna is a member Of the
national civic federation, which has
as an object the settlement Of strikes
by arbitration. When he was ap-
pointed on that board q howl went up
from the Democratic press, Just as 1t
does from that quarter about every
thing that Senator Hanna does, and
his sincerity was questioned and in
some instances denied. Yet he has
proven in every instance faithful to
every trust, and he is the friend Of
the laborer as we'll as the man Of cap
ital. A spirit of fairness has perVaded
his every action. Only day or two
ago he made speech at Urbana, o.,
in which he told of his experience
with strikes. He said that thirty years
ago he went through one Of the worst
strikes in history a miners strike in
Ohio. After the destruction Of much
property and the shedding Of much
blood, the strike came to an end with
no one any better off and every body
concerned much worse of. There
was nothing gained, and he decided
then and there that there was bet
ter and more reasonable way to settle
strikes, and since then he has tried to
do 1t.
He also declared in his speech that
during the ten months of the national
civic federation's life every strike that
had come to it had been settled by ar
bitration except one, and that was
the anthracite strike, which could
have been settled long ago, had the
miners been disposed to be fair.
Senator Hanna thinks that the
working men as rule will be willing
to arbitrste their differences and says
that any insinuation that they are
not honorable and intent on keeping
their agreements with their employees
is an injustice, for the men as whole
will be found to have as great
sense of honor and as high a regard Tor
their contracts. as any one, as evidenc-
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
BACK TO KENTUCKY.
MR.. QUINCY b. LOVE Is DOING
WELL IN CLEBURN, TEXAS.

Mr.. Quincy b. Love, of Cleburne.
Texas, is in the city today en- route
to his old home in Smithland on =
brief visit to relatives. MIR. Love was
formerly well known travelling man,
and often came TO Paducah. He mas
been in Cleburn about two years, and
manages the Hotel Cleburne, which
is one Of the best there, and is being
increased by the addition Of 25 new
rooms.
Mr.. Love will be in Kentucky for
several days before returning home.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

ed by tire recent refusal Of the bit
luminous coal miners to strike through
sympathy with the others, when
they were bound only by their honor
to keep their four year contract.
Senator Hanna Is not a politician
90 far as ambition is concerned, and
has amply, to the satisfaction of all
sensible persons, demonstrated his de-
sire to retire from political life, in
stead of seeking additional honors. His
sincerity will no doubt be proven in the
future by his actions as it has been in
the past. He said in his last speech;
81 say l feel encouraged that il nv
mission in life is to do good in this di-
rection in which I have enlisted, it
gives me more hope and more courage
to go on. The only difficulty is that l
am afraid the Republicans Of Ohio
will have to find some other fellow
for the senate, because l don't want to
go back there. l think would rather
do this kind Of work.
at is not a political question, but an
economic one. It is that and more. 1t
is a moral one. The best way to reach
mems minds and mems hearts is to
appeal first to the heart and then rea.
son with the mind. Who knows bet
ter the great good that can be accom-
plished through education. And II is
that work that / am devoted to per-
sonslly."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
NOT THE NAN.
MISSOURI OFFICERS ARE COM
PEELED TO RETURN DIS
APPOINTED.

Sheriff Wyatt, Constable Chandler
and young man named Bannor ar
rived on the Dick Fowler last night
from Bonnie Terre, Mo-, 20 identify
the negro in Jail here suspected of be-
ing Andy O'Fsrron, wanted for the
murder of Bannor's brother with n
knife some time ago. The murderer
was a railroad caller and IL seems had
a fight with the other.
This morning the officers went to
the county Jail and at once said that
the negro there is not the one they
want. II appears that after all he is
Lee Able, wanted at Elizabethtown,
Ill, for malicious assault, and the H.
linois officers have been notifed to
come after him.
Mr.. H. II. Watson. agent for the
state OF Illinois, OF Elizabethtown,
Ill, arrived in the city his morning to
take back Lee Able, colored, charged
with malicious assault many months
ago.
Able was arrested here about one
week ago and was being held for iden-
tiucation from Missouri officers who
arrived and failed to identify him.
Watson had been wanted in Illinois
for some time for assaulting = man in
Elizabethtown. and had eluded the
officers since the crime. A requisition
was secured for him soon after the
crime was committed as he was then
in the city and within reach Of the
law. He escaped, however, and the
requisition was sent anyway. Agent
Watson will take his man back this AZ
ternoon on the boat.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

Albert Bigelow Paine. the poet, who
wrote you Ought TO BE In Kansas
When the Sunhowers Blow" has been
called the champion long-dlstanee
stammerer OF the earth. One day. when
he had spent the greater part OF a min
ute in asking a friend what time II
was. the friend after telling him, re-
marked:
IF you ever Intend to become IA
nous by your last words you would
better write them out"
w-w-w-w-w-h-h-h-h-y7" asked
Paine.
Because" replled'his friend, ~ you
were to attempt to say them you'd new
or live long enough to finish the SEN
tence"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

"Steeple Jack" who has chung to
the highest spires in the world like a
fly to the wall, and took a keen de-
light in Ginning himself over the
edge of steeples 500 feet high, is dead
at last. He met his fate by fsll of
90 feet inside tower, a very prosaic
end for one who has had so many
thrilling escapes.