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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
SERMONS TO THE PURlTANs.
-
Thought Themselves wroneed u the
Preaching Was Not Iona.

Preaching Was Not Long.
At Lorimer hall. fremont temple,
Monday evening. at the monthly meet
ing OF the Congregational club, Leon
II. Vincent spoke on Kings of the
Colonial Pulpit" giving a history Of
the Mather family and their habits.
He said the Puritans were always
craving for learning and wisdom, and
that they had no sooner landed In
America than they began making
books. The continual studiousness
of the Puritans, said Mr.. Vincent, is
what makes New England to-day the
great hive of books and authors. Be
sides studying the Puritans spent
their spare time In prosecuting here
tics and drinking strong drinks, but
the only habit OF the three that has
chung to their descendants is that of
reading.
The sermons were long-winded, and
in an hour the minister usually only
got started: An old record says:
Mr.. Hooker preached two hours and
seventeen minutes while not feeling
well. How long he would have talk
ed II he was In good health A Har-
ward student wrote of q minister that
preached to the students: He
preached two hours, and much TO our
regret, he had TO stop" The people
paid to hear sermons on the tacit
condition that the preacher would
speak a certain length Of time. The
audience would look at the sandglass
to see that they got their moneys
worth.
Mr.. Vincent said Cotton Mather
was probably the smartest boy in the
family, and at the age Of eighteen he
had received his degree from his
own father, Richard, President Of Har-
ward. The subject of his thesis was
Hebrew, Vowel Points are Divine in
Origin" People in those days did
not consider fasts as great hardshlps.
At one fast certain men prayed q
number Of hours, and then biscuits
were distributed and three different
kinds Of liquor were drunk. Cotton
Mather went fishing one day and
fell into SHALLOW water. Mather was
very superstitious, and as soon as
he got out Of the water he cried,
May God help me to know what Is
the meaning of all thisi" He spent
three days in his room trying to make
his peace with God.-Boston Herald.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
COKE OVENS
HHLMAN COMPANY Is WORK.
ING INTO THE BELL VEIN.

sturgis. KY, Jan. 5--The Hillman
Iron ana Goal company is gradually
working into the full four and one
half fee, thickness Of the famous Bell
coal. Tho Hillman company will util-
ize ,he coal TO make coke for their
Grand Rivers iron furnaces and will
build a hundred or more large coke
ovens.
They will alec make an opening at
the old Bells mines across Tradewater
and ship the product both by rail and
river. The finding Of first class cox
ing coal here will save the company
rs per cent or moro in cost Of pro
ducsion, coke hitherto having TO be
brought from West Virginia.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
SHORTAGE IN WnISkEY
SOME OF THE OLDER MAKES
WILL SOON BE EXHAUSTED.

Recent investigation develops the
fact that there Is q great shortage Of
whiskey Of 1928, 1895 and 1897,
there being only 1000, 900 gallons Of
the make Of these years in bond.
AS the annual consumption Of six,
seven and eight year old whiskey is
about 1000. 900 gallons, dealers fear
there will be famine and possibly a
corner.
The cause Of the shortage is that
the production Of the years mention
ed was limited to $4,000, 900, or Ia,
900, 900 gallons less than usual. In
the event Of . famine, the blenders
will suffer most, as they use whiskey
OF six, seven and eight years old.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
BEST LINIMENT ON EARTH.

Henry ID. Baldwin, superintendent
city water works. Shullsburg, Wis. /,
writes: II have tried many kinds Of
liniment, but have never received much
benefit until used Billiards. Snow
Liniment for rheumatism and pains. I
think il the best liniment on earth. "
26c, soc and 81 bottle.
:. Sold by Dubois, Kolb and %.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
RHEU MATISM
Tortures, CrippIes and Deforms.

rheumatism does not treat all alike
Some suffer torture from the very begin
ming, the attack being so sudden, sharp
and disastrous that they are made help
less cripples in a few days, while Others
feel only occasional twitehes Of pain in
the knees, ankles, elbows and wrists, OF
the muscles of the legs, arms, back or
neck but this treacherous disease is only
travelling by slower stages. The acid
poisons are all the while accommodating in
the blood, and muscles and joints are
filling with corroding, acrid matter, and
when the disease tightens its grip and
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
SMOKER TONIGHT.

The ship carpenters union will to-
night install officers and enjoy q
smoker. and a pleasant time is prom
ised. The officers are: President. O.
o. Haymen; Woe president, Harry
Lloyd; recording secretary. Thomas
Carney, sr. assistant recording score
tsry, Owen Wallace; finsncial score
tsry, Thomas Garvey, Jr. 7; treasurer
Joseph l.. Lockwood; guide, Dave
Narrowly; sergeant-st-srms, George
weisong. Tho trustees are Joseph
Taylor, NJ. II. Dunn and Harry At
wood.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

The German Emperor is reputed to
have nearly 100000 invested In
Union Pacific and other American rail-
way stocks, lately acquired; his ex-
periences In German investments I'M
der the recent collapse of speculation
and industry having proved costly to
him.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
BITTEN BY A DOG.

Mr.. Dick IsemAn, a caller at the 1.
o. round house, was bitten by a dog
Sunday morning on Huntington Row,
but fortunately not seriously injured.
The animal took . small piece out Of
his left leg.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
NEW CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
viii Disappear n You Puff on an
Empty Pine Before Retiring.

Among the recent discoveries acct
dentally made is the fact that ins
somnia may be cured If the person
afflicted will but spend few minutes
before retiring each night putting an
empty tobacco pipe. The remedy 10
therefore available to those who do
not smoke as well as TO the devotees
of the habit, for 1t is not necessary
that the pipe shall have been used BY
a tobacco smoker. To smokers the
remedy involves no cost whatever,
but Of nonsmokers the capital outlay,
of the price Of a pipe Is required. II
must be q wooden pipe, and curved,
not straight.
Having retired for the night, the
sufferer should lie perfectly fiat on his
back, discarding pillow rests, and pun
steadily at an empty pipe until he
feels thoroughly drowsy. The desired
result usually is achieved after about
sixty to 100 puffs have been made. The
prfiing should be done slowly. with .
deep inhaling movement The ex-
polling motions must be made DELHI
WIFI uhiIOWNd AhOaNhs DhiAh8
the entire operation the pipe should
not be removed, as each displacing
and replacing movement tends to
wakefulness.
Those capable Of great concentra-
ton of thought should. II smokers, i'm
agine they see volumes Of smoke
and those who eschew the burning
weed will be helped by counting the
puffs.
AS sleep Is often successfully wooed
while yet the pipe is in the mouth,
bowls of meerschaum or clay are not
recommended, since these are liable
to be broken when the coming Of
slumber allows the pipe to slide from
the mouth. Nervous people may be
treasured that there is no danger In
falling asleep with the curved pipe
caught between ones teeth. Sleep
always occasions the grip to be re-
moved. That may hold also of
straight pipes, but for other and
obvious reasons these are less suit
able than those with curved stems.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

Miss Lizzie Childress Of Lamont is
here to attend school, and is residing
ct the home Of her uncle. Coroner
Peal. ~l
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
Chloride Of MethyI a. an Anaesthstls.
Nhlnrida ~ rnathxl haa fhA aduan.

OHIOTIUo u HucNuJI HNH tHc "1'"H
tage over other anaesthetics Of being
absolutely without injurious effects
on the heart, no matter what the
dose. Chloroform affects the heart at
the same instant as the respiration or
even sooner. But chloride Of methyi
affects the respiration seven to eight
minutes before the heart is influence
ed. In surgical practice 1t has the
disadvantage that complete anaesths-
sla is difficult to reach; but, consider
ing its harmless effects, 1t deserves
experiment and trial.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

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like slkaliand potash remedies, but builds
up and invigorates the entire system, and
at the same time makes a thorough and
permanent cure of Rheumatism.
White for our free book on Rheumatism
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

circulation to pro
duce other attacks.
S. S. S. being a vege-
table remedy does
not impair the diges-
ton or general health
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
TRADES AND LABOR
COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING
AFTER LONG SUSPENSION

The Trades and Labor Council mel
last might in Reeds hall. on Pike street.
Six locals were represented by their full,
number Of delegates.
President B. w. Reynolds called the
meeting to order, and STATED THAT This
was the first meeting since last June
Quite lot of business was transacted.
.'Rhe question mt.s discussed in regards to
the "Blue label Goods, ,9.and THAT a un-
ION man ought NOT to buy non-union
goods.
These questions igwill be discussed next
meeting night. The secretary stated
that the Council was i'm good financial,
5hape-owed nothing and had money in
bank Ito their credit.
lphe council adjourned to meet next
Monday night.
The next meeting win be important
as it is THE intention then to elect of
ticers for The ensuing term. All the To-
ells are invited to meet with the council
That night.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
FIGHT i'm JAIL CAUSES
A C0llIMOTION. AIN
INCURABLE Assault TED
STRANGE FOREIGNER SAvAGDLY
ATTACKS PERRY CROSS AND
BEATS HIM UP.
Later Put in Another Cell After the
Fight.-Stranger May Be Crazy.
Perry is an Idiot.

A foreigner, n stranger in this sec
ton of country, who was umested some
two or three weeks ago on the suspicion
of being lunatic, on account of his pc.
enlflr actions and especially because of
the fact that he declined to speak to
any one and paid no attention to amy
one who addressed, and who WAS later
released, There being no charge against
him, but was shortly afberwurd arrested
and has been in jail ever since, made an
assault on Perry Croos Tuesday morning
in the Jail, and there was considerable
uprcar among 'tlle inmates for a short
while.
Cross did something that displeased
the foreigner and THE assault followed,
He attacked Cross very savagely with
his fsbs and beat him up considerably.
There WIS some difficulty in separating
the two men. Cross was immeditely
removed to laoBher cell
,Ille latter is in jail awaiting iIsgtruc-
tfons from The West Virginia asylum Ut
Huntington for his slmissionlto that in
stftntion. He has been pronounced an
ineumblc.
Much mys.ery surrounds the for
eigncr. When arrested he had steamship
papers on his person showing that he
LAD transported from London to .Nev,
York. So Eargas is known ne has not
spoken Ito amy one since, and, when ad-
dressed he merely turns his back toward
the one spelking and holds mis- hands
digidly EXTENDED down his sides. After
being released from Jail sh6ltly ;ahte.
his arrest, he went ito the St. Charles
hotel and ordered and ate several meas
at a single meal hour and did not pay
for them. He seemed bent on eating
all the food the hotel. Itwas after this
incident that he wgrs arrested and lodged
in iaiI, where he has been ever since.
His incarceration seems to be having
an effect on him and ile is growing dew
ilish.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
MICHIGAN BREAKS ITS FINANCIAL
RECORD UNDER HIS MAN
AGEMENT.
Yost Gets All the Good Work and His
Fame Extends from Ocean to Ocean.
Great Influence Over Players.

Ann Arbor, Mich, December s-Yost
is even greater y success as a money
maker at Michigan than US u eoach.
There may be some doubt ubout the 1908
championship, but the present season is
the most successful in Il financial way
,the University ever irasi. When all tlebts
have been paid, Manager Baird says
Michigan will still dlaye between $4,000
und S25,OOoO clear profit.
When the cause to which this money
is Applied is considered, there can be no
complaint obSit crlling Yost, with his
high salary, paving proposition" 10
Yost, winning coach, Michigan owes
the possibility Of an athletic field, witir
many thousand dollars already put into
It's Improvement, which will s,rrpass all
American athletic grounds except Sol
diers field ut Harvard. On all other
sports Michigan loses money Until
Yost came Michigan did not even nave
a respectable,sized @bleacher."
Only one man in the 1908 eleven is
ineligible to play next year, Captain
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
WELLS
COMING in
IN THE DEEP SAND TERRITORY IN.
HARRISON AND WETZEL
COUNTIES.
Rogers Well in Folsom Field, This coun-
ty, Is an Exception and Is Holding
Up as a Good Producer.

The wells now coming in in the deep
sand territory in Wetzcl and Harrison
counties are nearly all small and not o
few completed without finding any oil.
nj the Pine Grove district, the Soutl,
Penn Oil company has completed its te1
on tine ]. G. Poe farm and has gasser
in the Big lniun sand.
Near West Union and one mile south
Of Smithburg station, in Dotldridge coun,
ty, the Carter Oil company has eonplct-
ed test well on the w. L. Dlvis farm
and has good gasser in 'tlhe Gordon
sand.
no the west side of the Folsom dis
trict, in this county, T. S. Easton's No.
4 on the B. +. Rogers farm is holding
up at l25 barrels u day.
In the Cairo district, Ritchie county,
the Consolidated Oil company has com,
plcted test well on the n. Law farm
and has a dustcr in the salt and Big In
jun sands.
In the Carson, pool intTanc0ck county,
Murray & Go. have completed No. 5 on
the j. P, NJ. Ramsey farm and have a
show for 4.barrcl punrper in the Berea
sand.
In the Bcalls Mills district, Lewis
county, the South Penn Oil company has
drilleI lis NJ. pom the James Murphy
farm through the stray sand lsand issuow
drilling to 5tls Gordon sand.
In tilr Ritehie Mines district, Ritdhie
county the sough Penn company has
completed is No. IA on the iRtchi(
Mines tract and mas a 5-barrel pumpel
in tie stlt sand. Fl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
LIFE in WILD WEST AS
seen by WEST VIRGINIAN

Owyhee, Idaho, Dec. 7.-As we journey
through valley and over mountain, We
see, study and mediate. One that has
Travelled the rough road OF life and has
faith to press on the journey with love
for his fellow.companion, will find tlrat
by steady frmness and strict regards
for the truth, lie will always find warm
place in the hearts of lthe people. !
care not what country or cline you are
in. even The most remote points in the
United States, as Thunder alouptin is,
you find the good samaritan, as it were,
ready to administer to your wants.
Though the winter blasts come col
from the snow-covered peaks, you meet
emigrants (home seekcrs) plodtling along
the valleys in their lio,rse,like wagons,
with canvass for roof, stoyepipe ex-
tenliug above with smoke curling hack.
showing that the family Is snugly stored
away. While horses pull them onward
to where--G0d knows--thcir home some.
where in the yulley, Now journey with
the author of that old familiar song
that / hear sung in my boyhood days,
''Ife Shabby eGntedl.' Mr.. Crlig, with
a friend, started out on a buffalo hunt
in Kansas when that country was in
habited by Indians. Two hundred and
fifty Red Skins had them surrounded,
and when his boot heels turned lbowar,l
the sun, and his coat holes at the ell
bow, and pangs of hunger torched his
stomach he composed that famous song,
healded the world over. Too proud to
beg. 10 honest to stes,l, / belong to the
Shabby Genteel. With no either source
OF escape, except by bqyery, they face
up before the Indians to inform them
that they had a bunch of soldiers over
at Ninnesch, and bribed a guide with
tcibaeco, and escaped, after (which they
killed one buffalo, Is or 20 wolves, and
returned to blieir home in Missouri and
sang his song to theatrical French.
nian. When 1t was taken up and sold
by the FccnShmpn to the public Mr.,
Cmig wus second lieutenant under Col,
Joe johnson, he WIS left for dead once
on the battlefield, after waiiah he opened
his eyes, TO find dead bodies ~ around
him, This not being pleasant sight,
he scrambled up on ITO his feet and re-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
MARRIAGE
ANNOUNCED
By the Officiating Minister, in Which
Well Known clarksburget Was
the Groom.

Rev. G. W. Adams, u prominent Bap.
tist preacher stationed at Summersyiile,
Niclolas county, announces bhe mar.
riage Of MIR. Aslby Monroe, of this city,
and Miss Mamie Groves, daughter of
Washington Groves, Of that county,
Thanksgiving day at the home Of Mason
Mcclung in that county mention Of
which was made by The Ieiegram ut the
time. Rev. Adams mas the officiStipg
minister.
In speaking of bte bride, he says.
"she is a young lady Of unquestioaed
merit. Several years of her life were
devoted ito teaching in the public schools
in Nicholas county, but for the past two
years she has ben employed as book.
keeper and stenogapher for the olarks,
burg Supply company, the manager Of
which company She chose for a lifetime
panther"
g
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
.RAGEY EVIDENCE in
SLEASE DIVORCE CASE

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. s.-Ihe report Of
Commissioner John D. Evans lrrs been
flied in the divorce case OF Edward 4. c.
Slclse against Laura mogene Jacobs
Sleasc in common pleas court No. |.
The couple were married June 8, 1896.
and separated May p, 1908. Mr.. slease
testified that they were married by his
father, tile Rev. w. d. Slease, in the
Presbyterian church at Brownsville.
Since their marriage they have lived in
Philadelphia and New York and later
took up their residence at East Riverside,
Fayette county.
John w. Russell painter and deco
rltor, was called as a witness He said
he was employed at the Sleasc home
decorating and papering for several
weeks during April and May. Fle said
that he frequently met Mrs. SleRse and
when his attention was called 10 the
night Of May %, Russell stated that he
visited Mrs. Slease during The absence
of herhu5Band in New York. He said
that he and Mrs. Slease drank a cnple
of BOTTLES OF champagne together while
sitting on a swing on the porch, after
which they retired to the house. Rus
selI testified that he left the house after
having breakfast next morning.
james Sanford, painter anl deco
rator, employed by the former witness,
testified that he visited Mrs. Slease sew
eral times. The testimony continues;
''Iyere you there more THAN once 70 SEE
Mrs. Slcasc?"
81 4lmk / was there twice"
The next witness was James L. D.,
yis, a clerk for sleasc, who also did
some bell-,yiring at the SIes,se residence
He testified that he saw Russell anl
Mrs. slease in the den on the second
floor. Davis said that he could not re,
member whether he had seen Mrs. Rus.
sell hugging each other more than once
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08

turned to,his company, where lie engaged
moi battles and few skirmisies. He
is VA crack shot, and could drive center
with Jessie James for the turkey, a typ
ical Soiithener except up north here he
votes the Republican ticket. We are on
the Snake river, where the waiter Is 80
to 40 feet deep. We crossed on ferry.
The feTyman told Of the big fish in tho
river. lie said de caught one fish that
weighed 900 pounds, sturgeon. One
caught below weighed l,l00 pounds.
There is an undercurrent in this river
THAT draws the mlucky body which
goes beneath its crest to one only knows
where. They do not come back up to
tell what Is below, and the only way
they know of the underairrent is what
divers, who have gone down TO look for
dead bodies, say. Well | did not offer
myself for experiments. On the banks
of this river is beautiful farming land.
which is being taken l1lomegtead), Wen,
/ passed upo canyon where could held
my arms outshetched as the friendly
guide post and touch the walls on either
side that mature built, and look l5O feet
straight up and see the top, that looked,
from the lonely position below, as the
heavens rest on its upmost crest, but
10 hear the coyutes sporting ut me and
ito lok in the mud to see cat tracks
much larger than AieSeeHar, the silver
tongued Sunday school orator, would
wunt to meet. In deep galch, where
,poreupine sit as a squirrel nest, and wild
animsls roam the mountain, by few
dying embcrs, ! sleep.
Up, and again roam with Mr.. Burt
Allen and Air Craig, Alaska men Of gold,
l continue to 90. Worried, see great
big colsas of gold Now | am rested.
Excited, new life, for they tell me that
the streets ofhcaven are paved with gold.
i could not have been there last night
even IN my dreams, as my situation can
be experienced tif any Of my frienls
want the experienced by taking BAN
ket down tothc West Fork river when
it Is froze up, alld the stars slisten IN
the heavens roll up and lay down on
the ice. Then think of me.
MOI. much snow here IN die owykee
mountain; but cold. PILGRIM,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
THREE MEN NABBED BY coNsTA-
BIES AND TWO BROUGHT
10 JAIL.
ARRESTS WERE SURPRISES, MEN
BEING TAKEN UNAWARE AND
MUCH EXCITEMENT FOL
LOWED.
Two Give Bond Here and the Other Re.
mains in Jail, Though Failure to Sc
cure in Lawful Way His Lib
erty.-Salem Men Swore
Out Warrants.

consables visited Salem Monday night
and nnbbed several alleged speakcnsy
men. The arrests were made on war;
rants sworn out by Ernest Randolph
and stillman F. Lowther, Of that place.
nllery were issued by Squire Samuel w.
Gordon, Of this city, and placed in the
hands OF Constable Merritt and Bdgell,
who went to Salem on The evening train
and dcputized joel Randolph, Of that
town, to assist them in making the ar
rests.
The constables slipped quietly into the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-08
Head on Collision Between Passen-
senger and Freight Taains Occurs
at Chiefton, Tuesday Morning.
Shock was Slight as the Trains
Slowed UP. Engineer Gets Arm
Passengersal Escape Injury.

"A hcad.on collision between the Pitts.
burg Flyer passenger train and a freight
occurred on the Ntonongali division Of
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad about
1880 O'Clock Tuesday morning. Fortu.
nately the engineers Of both trains sue.
ceeded in slowing their engines down 50
that when the trains met the collision
was not very violent. Engineer Dtniel
Stanagban, of the freight train was
Thrown against the engine and received
n broken arm. Outside of tlis, the
train crew and all Of the passengers cs-
capped with but Slight bruises.
The accident is said to lie due to a
misunderstanding of telegraph orders anil
the freight train took the truck when ii
ought NOT to liave done 50. The collision
occurred near C,hiefton, which Is betwcel
Shinnston and Monongah, and about for
ty miles from this city.
The fronts Of the two engines were
smashed up somewhat and the shock of
tlle collision derailed two Of The freight
cars and rolled them over an emlank,
ment.
The division wrccking crew was sent
for and, after much difficulty, the wreck
was cleared. The Flyer was sent on
ahead
Passenger train No. ? from Fairmont
did not arrive at ClarksbuFg until 2:l0
in the afternoon.
The front of the freight engine was
smashed up considerably. The passen-
ger engine was not domaged to any
great extent, und after the wreck had
been cleared by the ryrecking crew, the
passenger train. with the same engine,
proceeded on its way.
Several Of the passengers received
bumps and bruises by being thrown
against the seats and dhe sides of THE
cars from the impact. The most of them
escaped mithout any injury whatever.