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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

dig trenches in Paducab and leave
them open for weeks at time, a. Is
often done with hardly murmur from
the city authorities until the press
takes up the cudgels in behalf Of the
people, shows a crying lack of some
thing on part Of the city officials. To
pile up brick or other material on a
public street or sidewalk when there
is no intention of using it at least for
two or three months is An imposition
that the people will never stand for,
no matter how much persons feel.
ings may be hurt by having to move
il. All the people want is their rights.
They are patient and considerate
enough when public work is in pro.
gress. For the PAST six or seven years,
ever since the sanitary sewerage was
started, it has been nothing but tear
up the streets and sidewalks in some
part of Paducah for some purpose.
There has not been year that the peo.
pie have not had to contend with it in
some form, and taking it all in all,
they have been commercially forbear-
ing. All necessary inconvenience
they are, and have always been, will.
ing 10 tolerate, but when contractors
begin imposing ON them by leaving
trer ches and holes for them to tumble
into in the dark, or piling up bricks
they do not intend to use perhaps for
months, for hundreds Of feet on public
sidewalks, il is time for the authori-
ties to call q halt; and they must dc
their duty. II it is true that certain
CLIQUE has the town by the ears and
does IS 1t pleases without fear Of pros
ecution from its friends in Office, then
it is time for the people to AJAX them
selves where they stand. Men with
pulls will some Of these days find
themselves mp against public wrath to
such an extent that they will wish
they had been little more oonsiderate
in exercising the privileges they en-
Joy at the hands Of the peoples ser.
wants in office.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
SCHOOL BOARD
THE TEACHERS ARE DESTINED
TO A DISAPPOINTMENT,
IT SEEMS.

The adjourned meeting Of the board
OF education Wednesday night has
aroused more or less interest. cs-
pecially among the public school teach
ers. A trustee who is in favor of al
lowing the teachers their salaries for
the holidays, which the board has for
several years past refused, states that
those who are counting on IL are des-
tined to disappointment, as the rules
now in force, he has learned on inves-
tigation. are against it, and from
what ne learns a majority of the board
will refuse the petition. The meet
ing will be the last of the present
board, and there will be very little
busint ~ to transact.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
IGNORING THE PUBLIC.

The frequent accidents two last
night-resulting from the condition in
which streets and sidewalks are left
with impunity by Paducah contrac'
tors, shows how little regard city Off
cials who permit it have for the well
fare of the general public. The streets
and sidewalks are both created and
maintained solely for the benefit of
the public. Men engaged in work
that necessitates it, are allowed for a
reasonable length Of time to use either
the streets or sidewalks. ana even to
dig them up-but that is all. The
leniency of the law makers in this re-
gard did not bestow on any clique or
contractor, however, a title deed to
either streets or sidewalks and the
sooner they find it ont the better. To
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
THAT "UNwRITTEN LAW. >

Something to be handed down to
posterity in the annals Of Jurisprudence
= tine "unwritten law" Of Marshall
county, KY, the uniqueness Of which
makes it worthy of the consideration
a. jurists the country over. This IN
written law seems to be peculiar ia
tie good people Of Marshall alone.
Tia rest of the country may we'll look
- with undated interest while the
,mills Of justice in Marshall grind ont
their startling grist, and there should
! - . great deal of pleasurable antioi-
patton in what will come next.
II appears that few days ago q wo-
man went to the home OF another wo-
man, and finding her unsuspectingly
nursing a new born babe, shot her
down. The act, however, was not re-
tribution for merely nursing the babe,
bat obviously to vindicate the honor
u the poor, innocent husband of the
woman who did the shooting. Some
of the best people Of the place, we are
told. applauded the murder, or rather
tho Unsuitable homicide" and when
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
DRY" TOMORROW
THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION
AND SALOONS MUST CLOSE.

The SPECIAL election to choose . state
sepator to succeed Senate or Nc ID. Fer.
gusop, now q railroad commissioner,
will be held in this district tomorrow
and the vote polled will be very light
As there is only one candidate, Hon.
]. Wheeler Campbell Of Paducah.
On special elections the same as on
regular elections and primaries, all sa.
looms must close, and tomorrow will
as q consequence be rather dry
throughout the city, unless the saloons
remain open contrary to law.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

DAILY AVERAGE, 2739.
October average 72oI.
Personally appeared before me this
day 4. J. Paxton, general manager OF
The Sun, who affirms that the above
statement of the circulation Of The
Sun for the month of Nov, 1908, is tue
70 the best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURyEAR,
Notary Public McCracken County.
Ny commission expires at the end Of
she next session OF the senate.
Dec. I, 1903.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

The spectacle Of such experienced
public men as Senator Morgan declar-
ing in congress that President Roose-
velt's action in officially recognizing
Panama was in effect "a declaration
Of war ''and wasting time with such rot
is enough to disgust people with the
buncombe for which congress is get
ting to be SO noted. Owing to the d.
latory tactics so often practiced by the
minority in congress to the detriment
of public welfare, it now seems that
the best thing to do would be to adopt
rules that will enable the majority to
go ahead with public business and com
pletely ignore the wind TANNERS. If
the people didn't like it they could
make a change when the next election
was pulled off, which they probably
wouldn't want TO do
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

the unfortunate victim died Of her
wounds, secured the release of the
murderess on nominal bond. This
was because the people" sympathized"
with heri OF course it would have
been entirely out of the question to
sympathize with the poor woman who
lost her life, or with the motherless
babe she left. So, her hands stained
with the blood of defenseless moth
or, the murderess was restored to free
dom as a conspicuous example of hero
ism for the young people of the COM
munity to observe, admire and pattern
after, If young people are as easily in
fluenced as we are told they are .
The wanton slayer of unprotected
mothers was turned loose on the
grounds of insanity, but evidently libe
q lot Of others who take human life,
she is not quite crazy enough yet to be
sent to the asylum. OF course a wise,
charitable and sympathetic court could
do nothing else but turn her loose, be-
cause she had done nothing but shoot
down another woman with q babe in
her arms
But perhaps there was something
back of the tragedy. Yes, to be sure
there VIZ, According to report-and
that is a.. we have to 90 by-tho hus-
band Of the murderess had been cru
ely wronged by the woman who was
killed, and lie said to have been parent
to the babe as . result Of bis betrayal.
OF course he was entirely innocent in
the matter. The poor man, in his
guileless purity, vas no doubt taken
advantage of by the woman, who for
feised her life to q sympathizing oom-
munity when she beguiled him into
becoming the parent Of her babe. He
was no doubt inveigled into becoming
unfaithful to his wife, whom he had
sworn to love and honor, and the ruth.
less wrong done him had to be fully
avenged by his dishonored wife.
As the earthly career Of the mother
Is ended and her slayer is free again,
he should now be presented with reso-
lusions of coincidence, and lauded to
the skies for being the proud possessor
of Q wife who is not afraid to shoot
down in cold blood a woman with .
new born babe in her arms!
This should be q warning to young
women who lead astray by their siren
Establishments poor, innocent hus-
bands! II should be lesson to guile.
less husbands not to allow themselves
to be led from the paths of reotitude
and virtue. for some time when an in
dignant wife is out with a six shooter
vindicating the wrong that has been
done him, she may prove to be bad
shot and accidentally hit him instead
of the perfdious woman, and then the
community-if il happened to be in
Marshall county, might prosecute the
wife for murder, and thus the commu-
nifty would be deprived Of two valua.
BILE members, One who rids it of mo-
theirs with new born babes, and an in.
nocent husband whose only fault is be-
ing too SUSCEPTIBLE
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

act on several Of his appointments, and
as q good mayor should do, he got
mad. He says he will call them to
meet every night until he goes out OF
office, January I. ana il they don't
meet he will have them arrested and
force them to meet. In Paducah we
often feel like they ought to be arrest
ed because they do meet.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

The fact that a 81 week clerk stole
5000 day from his employer at Chi
caeo is not q very powerful argument
in favor Of better wages for clerks.
This one doesn't seem to have been
worth even 80 week. In fact the
proprietor would have saved money
by paying him SO week to stay al
home,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

Sir Thomas Upton has received the
silver service sent him by the people
Of the United States In token Of their
love, and says he will always "cherish
it as his most valued treasure. D." Thus
is Sir Thomas thankful for small IA
vors. We are willing &c give him any
thing he wants-exoept Americas cup.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

Freak verdicts are rendered quite
often, but one of the latest was in
Lake county, when . widow was Civ
en- $500 damages against a saloon
keeper because her husband was q sot
and drank himself to death on the So
loonkeeper's whiskey. The evidence
may have shown that the quality of
whiskey justified such verdict, or it
may have been proven that the free
lunch was not up to the standard. But
the technical grounds were that the
saloon keeper sold intoxicants to an
"habitusl drunkard." The court OF
appeals will now be asked to pass on
the question. "how many DRINKS in q
given time does it require to make an
habitual drunkard ?" Whether one a
day one a week, or one whenever a
fellow gets chance. The decision
will be awaited with interest.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

1t must be nice to have a strenuous
mayor like Mayor Duncan, of Lexing-
ton, Ky. The councilmen and alder
men for some reason have declined to
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21
DAILY THOUGHT.

Do not dare to live without some
clear intention toward which your
living shall be beIs.-Phillips BROOKS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-21

Miss Effie Murray will leave tomor-
row for Huntsville, Mo-, to visit rela-
tives for few weeks.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
A Surgical! Operation.

is always dangerous-do not submit to the
surgeons knife until you have tried Dewitt S
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t will cure when every
thing else fails-it has done this in thous-
ands of cases. Here is one of them: 1 suf-
fered from bleeding ard protrut ing piles for
twenty years. Was treated by different
specialists and used many remedies. but OBJ
tanned no relief until 1 used DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Two boxes of this salve cured
me eighteen months and have not had a
touch of the piles since.-H. A. Tisdale, Sum-
merton, S. c. For Blind, Bleeding, Itching
and Protruding Piles no remedy equals De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

section of the city known as Chicago's
of light in the form of one who has
risen above and conquered the sordid
conditions which surround his race in
the city and placed him on pedestal
as an example of what is possible"
Such case is that of Charles Winter
Wood, one of this years graduates Of
Columbia university, from which he
carried his class honors. He now goes
to Tuskegee institute as head Of the
English department of that school.
In Chicago Prof. Wood is known,
and probably will always be known, as
''the Bootblack Hamlet" His story is
rather romantic and shows the energy
that at times lies behind a black skin
and is exerted in the effort to rise in
the world. Wood was, as a boy but a
city hall bootblack, a street urchin
picking up a precarious living by shin
ing the shoes of the frequenters Of the
city court rooms. 1t was one Of the
city lawyers who discovered in him a
literary prodigy and offered him what
he needed-oppOrtunity He heard
Wood recite sections of Shakespeare.
He was amused at the urchin's ability
and paid him to amuse a number Of
his friends by reciting portions Of
Hamlet. His amusement in time be-
came interest. He found employment
for the colored boy, and later opened
way for him to attend school, anil
has helped him through college
course. He was graduated from Beloit
college Later he entered the McCor-
mick Theological seminary. from
which he also graduated. Since 1888
he has filled the chair Of English lit
erature at Tuskegee, and 1t was from
there that he secured the John Crosby
scholarship at Columbia
There are other "Bootblack Ham
let's in the black belt of Chicago
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

lS6S W DC ouENIHef lOuIlSlS ffutISs
hunts, with picnics ing Diamonds.
and country outings thrown in If the
geological expert Is right, and he says
he Is, and declares, further, that In the
last 90 years II gems have been found
within the limits defined, the fair fan
Gee Of the Chicago youth is likely to
spurn his offer OF diamond engage
ment ring as being too common for her
dainty hand, and the supercilious hotel
clerk sees his finish as far as the flash.
ing headlight in his Immaculate shirt
bosom is concerned. for the bellboys and
the porter Will soon be sporting stones
which will make his gem has been.
The professor says people have
through ignorance been kicking these
stones about as common pebbles. and
then he goes on to tell how to identify
the gems. If small, round, trans
parent, CLASSY or adamantine mineral
of light color is found, it would be well
erything available, and If it weighs
three and half times heavier than it's
bulk in water, 1t may be pronounced
diamond"
Ali the gems already found were To-
Gated either In the sand and gravel OF
kettle moraines or in the beds of
streams, and directly in the pathway
of the glacier which in ages past pushed
its way between the two cities ut is
possible" the professor adds, that a
common mother lode of diamonds in
this vicinity might be found II the lines
were drawn through the finding places
Of the various specimens. This pocket
or mine is undoubtedly somewhere be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee" And
both cities are expectant, and hot
rivalry may spring up to see which city
will first discover the mine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

SApeCl d raise Ill
prices. The commission man knows
this, and bull" letter will bring five
orders to where a bear letter will
bring one.
The professional operator on the
board, the man who makes the buying
and selling of grain margins life bust
ness, who thoroughly understands the
game, is more often bear" than
bull He makes more money in sell
ing short" than he does IN buying for
a raise. He makes his pessimism prof
table at the expense of the other mans
optimism
The bull" side of the market Is the
spectacular side. 1t savors of corners,
but there has been more money lost
in attempted corners than was ever
made in successful ones. In fact, the
big commission houses attempt to re-
pudiate every effort made to connect
them with a corner. To have known
to have been concerned In the oper-
alton Of a corner hurts them with their
big customers, the men who play the
game Understandings. at one time
had occasion to ask the head of one
of the biggest commission houses in the
city about corner on corn of which
he was supposed to know something. Il
know absolutely nothing about it" he
said. "This company is not interested
In corners, and we have nothing to do
with them"
1t is the plunger who attempts cor
ners, and it is the plunger who usually
comes to bad end financially. Hutch
inson, the elder, who operated the most
spectacular corner ever known on the
Chicago board. would have died in the
poorhouse but for his sons assistance.
The bear" side of the market is the
surer, though slower side If you UNDER
stand the game. 1t is the bear" that
lands on top In the end.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
Advantages Of Thinning Fruit.

Advantages Of Thinning Fruit.
Among advantages claimed for thin
ling fruit are the following:
Thinning lessons the loss occasioned
by rot and other fungous diseases Of
the fruit by eliminating the danger Of
infection by contact. 1t also in meas
ure prevents the appearance and the
spread Of disease by permitting better
ventilation and drying of the fruit IN
side of the trees.
Thinning will produce a better col
ored fruit by admitting more sunlight
into the tree.
Thinning tends to ripen up the fruit
more uniformly.
Thinning will produce more sala-
BILE and higher priced fruit by reason
Of the increase in size, higher color and
general appearance.
Thinning will preserve the shape Of
the tree and prevents the breaking Of
overloaded branches.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

a science as the teaching of how
to work and study. Not that
children must play by rule, but
they must be afforded opportunity for
play that is healthful both bodily and
mentally.
There are now in the city eight NUM-
cipal Fairgrounds, maintained at the
expense of the city in just the same way
the public schools are maintained. The
equipment of these grounds vary with
the size of the space occupied. At some
of them the children must be content
with swings, teeters, horizontal and
parallel bars, swinging ropes, and such
other implements of play as may be
crowded into a mparatively small
space. At other grounds there are run
ming tracks, pole vaults, high jumping,
shot putting and similar field sports
Over each of these eight Fairgrounds
there presides physical director and
an assistant. The first is usually man,
who looks after the bodily welfare of the
children, while the second is, in most
cases. a woman, whose work is along
sociological lines. During the summer
season thousands Of children patronize
the Fairgrounds, and in this way are
kept off the streets, and away from the
influence of the hoodlum element.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

were a Chicago experiment, and other
men and other places were satisfied
to let Chicago pay for the experiment
The Wizard of or" has travelled
from, coast to coast, and the genius of
Baum has been landed by children
both old and young in every state and
city Now follows 'Babes in Toy
land" even more gorgeous than it's
predecessor, and which passed the ex-
perimental stage on the opening night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

trade commission
men advise GUS
toners to bull the
market. w b e n
the commiss | o n
man takes a hand
in the market on his
own account h e
usually is found on
the bear" side.
The majority of
the people, and es-
pecially Of the peo-
pie of the country,
are optim | s t | c.
They hope for and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

city aWakens to q
realization Of the
treasures VIII I c b
lie spread at her
feet. A professor
at the Northwest
ern university has
declared that there
is a diamond mine
somewh ere b e.
tween Chicago and
Milwaukee, a n d
the most popular
summer diversion
Of all classes prom
iSes to be diamond
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22


from beaten paths.
Comparatively few places on this
continent can point to more successes,
within the past couple of years, in the
field Of comic opera than can Chicago
Every city In America Is importing
from Chicago. George AIDE has given
US two prime favorites in "The Sultan
of Sulu" and Peggy From Paris"
New York and other eastern centers
first questioned then approved of these.
Both of these were good, but they were
along recognized lines. The first was
timely, but it was not an experiment
But something out of the usual was
"The Wizard OF o." first, and now
Babes in Toyland." They were made
for children, and the theatrical world
looked rather askance at them and
questioned their drawing power. They
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

OCA VI 1 lac I IL
grim, attempted to
show that Chicago
had a race prob
lem to solve that
presented quite as
many difficulties
as the race prob
lens of the south.
This is quite
true, and the solu-
ton of the prob
lem seems to get
harder each day
rather than easier,
L,,t frO,,, ONT Of hn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

boy there has
grown up in Chi
cago a demand for
play places for the
children.
To the kinder
garten teacher
probably more
than to any other
one influence must
be credited the
philosophy of the
necessity or teach
ing children how
to play. The doing
of this has become
quite aS nouch Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
Farm for Sale.

12O acres in section so, near creamery
in town of HonnerA9O acres in crop
and balance pasture and timber. All
fenced. Apply to w. J. johnson, box
275, Redwood Falls. 44-4t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

I'm proved farm seven miles south
west of Redwood Falls for sale. House,
barn, grove and orchard. Apply to
Eben NJ Martin. 42-4.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

OF theatrical pro-
duction.
But Chicago Is
not coming, 1t has
come. Out Of this
city of pigs and
quantity there has
been given to the
world stage art
that has proven
r e C ord breaking
attractions, a n d
" h y? - because,
like many another
Chicago success In
other lines, they
have d e ar t e d
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
Agitation in Diamonds.

There is slump in diamonds at Chi
cago, or there is likely to be when the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
The Comic Onera.

Some time ago I referred to Chicago
as coming theatrical center, center
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
THE DOlNGS
OF CHICAGO.
A Budget of Gossip and Comment
from the Western Metropolis.
An Example of What the Cfty's Black
Belt COntains-The "BulI" and
the s.Bear" on the Board
of Trade.

Chicago-Paul Laurence Dunbar, the
gifted colored writer, in a recent num-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22
TO CURE A,coLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund the money if it fails to cur e
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

The "Bull" and the "Benr."
Ninety per cent. of the so-called "red
letters" sent out by Chicago board of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22

summer Play Grounds.

Out of the kindergarten idea of "all
work and no play makes Jack dull
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-22


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