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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
DEVICE FOR LUNCH CARDS.
Considerable Ingenuity Displayed I'm
Arranging for Fashionable Coun-
try House Affair In the East.

AT luncheon recently given at a
fashionable country house the place
cards were prettily suggestive of the
various nationalities of the young
women guests, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Each card was an oblong
OF white drawing paper and painted In
water colors with bar of music from
a song characteristic of the particular
country, an appropriate bit of land
scape being combined with it. Thus
the young woman of English descent
had a bar of God Save the King" on
her card, and above it a tiny hedge
with wild roses painted at the edge of
a meadow. The German young woman
had the Watch on the Rhine" for her
bar of music, and a miniature view of
the famous river and one of it's IA
nous castles.
The girl who had a noted French
ancestor received a card having a bar
Of the ''Marseillaise" painted on it and
bit of bridge over the Seine. The
Scotch lassie had Here's a Health
to Prince Charlie for her song, and
tiny figure of highlander crossing
moor on her card. The girl of Irish
extraction had bar of the Wearing
of the Green" and a border of sham
rocks. The American girls received
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," and
a sketch of the Reliance at anchor as
a card decoration. Several Of the
girls were of New York Knickerbocker
stock, and bar of an old Dutch song,
with sketch of a historical New,
York locality, were cleverly put to-
gether to make up their cards. A bow
of orange ribbon tied them.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
Dnncer. Have queer AiIment.

There is a painful complaint, de-
clares the Family Doctor, that makes
the lives of hundreds miserable, and
that is yet never heard of outside the
walls Of theaters and doctors con-
sulting rooms. This is dancers
catarrh." for which no wholly efica-
cious remedy has been discovered, and
through which 'as many as a score
of members of great ballet are laid
up at one time" The disease is de-
scribed as sort of persistent in
fiammation Of the nostrils. The
paroxysms begin directly dance is
commenced, causing the nostrils to
ache acutely.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
PHOTOS OF FREAKS.
Speciality Has Proved Lucrative to
PHOTOGRAPHER I'm GOtham-s'Takes"
Only Living CuriOsities.

Not far from the Cooper Union is a
photograph gallery devoted almost en-
tirely to freaks, says the New York
Times. Sometimes a few pugilists
get in there, but as a general thing
they patronize shop kept by an ex-
pugilist a little further down the
street
In the freaks shop you will find at
almost any hour of the day giants and
dwarfs, skeletons and fat men, hui
man pincushions and sword swallow
ers-in fact anything that is included
in the museum and circus line, on ex-
hibition from ten cents to one dollar.
Nothing in the way of a legitimate
freak escapes. But once let an out
sider-that is, a man whom the
patrons of the show do not consider a
genuine freak, like the sole Mar
Unique survivor, at Barnum's-get in
there, and he gets no picture.
The photographer began with pick
ing up chance freaks in the circus
about ten years ago. He personally
sought out freaks and took commits
sion on the number of photographs
sold in the shows. The freak photog-
rapher doesn't do that now. He
knows that he has facility for photo
graphing freaks better than anybody
else, just as others excel in sporting
scenes and some in handsomely.
gowned women. Every man, of any
good, in every profession has his
strong point; and this mans is in
posing freaks to the best advantage.
His name is on pictures sold in
freak shows in New York or any
where else this side of San Francisco.
His bank account would compare
favorably with the bank accounts of
many fashionable photographers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
SMALLEST STATE IN EUROPE.
Recently Lost It's Identity by Being
Annexed to Belgium-Had Only
1000 Inhabitants.

Few people are aware that the
smallest state in Europe has Just
ceased to exist, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. The minute country
in question was neither Monaco, nor
San Marine, nor Andorra, nor yet
Leichtenstein, but Moresnet-a small
scrap of territory between Belgium
and Prussia, not far from Aix-la-Cha-
pelle. The independence of Moresnet
dates from 1915, and it was only few
days ago that the two neighboring
states at last arrived at any agree
ment fer its absorption.
Moresnet has now been annexed by
Belgium, while Prussia receives a Pc
cuniary indemnity. The amount of
the latter should be large, for neutral
Moresnet contained the most valuable
deposits of zinc in the world. The
decision was fastened by the estab-
lishment of a gambling hell there,
which was stopped by the Belgium
government.
The inhabitants, who paid no taxes
and were free from military service,
will be the losers By their compulsory
incorporation in the Belgian kingdom.
But as there are only 1000 Of them
they could not resist the act of annex
alton. Had they, like San Marine, de-
clined the dangerous gift of casino
they might have remained neutral and
obscure.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20

A hundred pounds of ambergris has
been seized at Seattle as stolen property
The appraised value is $50 an ounce, or
900 for the hundred pounds A hun
dred pounds of pure gold would not be
worth as much by $4,000. Ambergris is
scarcer than gold. 1t is more of an un-
certain quantity. 1t is harder to find and
harder to transport. 1t is found floating
in Jumps in the ocean, and occasionally
in the intestines of the spermaceti whale.
There are, however, few sperm whales
available, and the Jumps of ambergris
have been growing scarcer as the whales
have decreased in number.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
Dog Dies of Rrnl.en Heart.

A few weeks ago Elliott Henry, the IA
year-old son of Chris Henry. of Pillar
Rock, Ore, was accidentally shot and
killed, and with him at the time was his
collie dog. His dog began to act queer
ly Immediately after the boys death, and
followed the funeral to the grave, and
he would not leave it after it had been
covered up. remaining till he died.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
A SCIENTISTS BELIEF.
Hindu Investigator Maintains That
Metals Have Life as Well as AMI
mails and Vegetables.

"a remarkable discovery" A. Sarath
Kumar Ghosh asserts in Pearson's, in
his article on Life in Metals, that has
recently been made will mark a new
era in the progress of science, for it
sweeps away many pet theory we
have hitherto fondly cherished. From
time immemOrial scientists have vain
ly asked: What is the quintessence of
life? What is the fundamental differ
ence between that which is living and
that which is not? BY what final test
shall we determine that a certain OBJ
ject is animate and another mani
mater
"A suggestion is now made, which,
to say the least Of it, is astounding and
revolutionary In book recently pub
lished distinguished Hindu scien-
tist-Jagadis Chunder Bose, professor
Of science in the Calcutta University
maintains that the true test of life
in an object is its capacity to respond
to external stimulus; in other words,
it's irritability, its sensitiveness. And
according to this test he proves con-
clusively that no essential difference
exists between animals and metals; in
fine, that bar of iron is as irritable
and sensitive as the human bedyi More
than that; he proves that a bar of
metal can be killed-that is, deprived
of its sensitiveness forever-just as
the human body can be killed. He
even shows how our present mistake
has arisen; we have called objects non.
living that are merely dead-that is,
which once were sensitive but are so
no longer"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
voIuminous Letter Writer.

Few people, the London Athenoeum
thinks, can have beaten Goethe as a
correspondent The Weimar edition Of
his works will include, according to
recent computation, some As volumes,
containing about L. 900 letters.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
FOR SHERIFF.

We are authorized to announce E. P.
Clarke as a candidate for Sheriff Of
Bourbon County, with Albert S. Thomp-
son and Vim F. Talbot as deputies, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic party
Hibler as candidate for Sheriff of
Bourbon County, with Brutus J. Clay,
Jr., and James Burke as deputies, subject
10 the action of the Democratic party.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
Automobile TriaIs.

During the recent automobile trials
in Holland 40 autos of different makes
competed. One of the racing machines
ran into the canal not far from Am
sterdam. Others could not be started
up at all. At the finish of the race only
five cars remained.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20

According to one Of the scientific jour-
nails more than 5000 900 Of the il, 500 600
people of Mexico do not work says the
Chicago Record-Herald No wonder
some Of the Mexfcans are opposed to hay
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR ASSESSOR.

We are authorized to announce Henry
s. Caywood as a candidate for Assessor
of Bourbon County, with J. I. Board
man as Deputy, subject to the action OF
the Democratic party.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20
value OF InoculatIon.

Of 400 natives belonging to the
American mission at Rahuri. Bombay.
India, who were inoculated against
plague, only one girl caught the dis
ease and she recovered
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20

GAINESVILLE authorities have officially
decided that young people may make
love on the schoolhouse steps. Perhaps
the older men look back aud consider
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-20

Experiments in Hydrophobia Cure.
The German government is about to
establish an institute on the lines Of the
Pasteur institute Of Paris, its object be-
ing to manufacture different sera at so
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
Long Mile. Of cineham.

Some conception Of the rate of pro-
ducticn of the ginghams, sheetings and
other textiles for which Manchester,
N. H.. is famous may perhaps be gain
ed by an illustration, says Albert s.
Clough in the National Magazine, IL
the output of its factories were sewed
together as produced into a single o n
tinuous piece and its end We're attach
ed to the stern of a departing ten day
transatlantic liner. Manchester's busy
looms and spindles and its $1,000
skilled operatives could pay out" the
cloth as fast as called for.
Manchester could make a cotton Cir
die to encircle the earth at the equator
in over a week less than the eighty
days which Jules Verne imagined as
requisite for his traveller to circumnav-
igate 1t. Its daily output is $50 miles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
Too Many Doctors.

In his opening address at the recent
convention in New Orleans of the
American Medical association DR.. Bill
lings of Chicago, its president, advo-
Gated restriction i'll the output of ply
sicians. There are too many doctors,
he thought. and ascribed the oversup-
ply to the excess of medical colleges.
About $500 medical graduates a year
are enough. he considered, to supply
the country, but we are getting 10000
or 10000. He would have the medical
schools reduced to twenty-five O. thir-
ty. Possibly that would be expedient
If it were practicable, for anything less
than a first rate medical school must
have abundant sourc and certain
advantages Of situation which can new
er be common. But that the supply of
new doctors should be SO much restrict
ed is at least debatable. Harper's
Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
How island. Acquire Vegetation.

nOVV AbASAuU1 ACQUIRE VG1cudlAOIs 4,
Nature in her slow, leisurely way Is
making a highly instructive expert
ment for us to show how islands may
acquire their vegetation. Just twenty
years ago the most stupendous volcan-
ic eruption of modern times destroyed
all life, animal and vegetable, in the
island Of Krakatoa. Three years later
DR.. Treub visited the place and found
bwly microscopic algmM settling
on the pumice and lava. These, it
seemed, acted as decomposing agencies
and prepared the way for ferns, which
soon began to appear. Then followed
a few Towering plants. probably from
drift seeds. Five years ago there had
settled sixty-two species of vascular
plants. fifty Of these being Towering
species and representing twenty-one
natural orders. All these Mr.. Bottling
Hemsley of the Kew gardens thinks
reached the islands independently of
man. He computes that about 8 per
cent were carried by birds, 80 per cent
borne by the wind and over GO per cent
cast up by the sea waves. In time
without mans aid the island. twenty
miles from it's nearest neighbor, will be
again covered with vegetation.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

Kaiser wilhelm Fighting Neptune.
Helgoland, which passed from Brit
fish to German sovereignty in 1890, is
to be repaired, says the London Chron-
icle. One last effort is to be made to
save it from disintegration. During the
recent gales large masses Of saline rock
have fallen on the western side owing
to the wash Of the e and the 1nflu-
ence Of rains. 1t is now proposed to be-
gin work on a large scale. with the
object Of endeavoring to check further
ruin. The large caves are to be filed
with cement. and in one threatened
spot a thick wall fifteen meters high
is to be raised against the sea. These
operations. which have been ordered
by the kaiser. will occupy two years.
There is a widespread opinion in Ger
man naval circles that the island must
be preserved Mt all costs to protect the
mouths of the Elbe and Weser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
6 COSTLY WHlM.

House F~inanc1eF Owns In few York
Gone to Ruin Through Neglect.
J sBetweens two modern apartment
houses, s West Ninety-third street. a
four story and basement red brick
house in New York, owned by Russell
Sage, has been devastated by vandals.
says the New York World. The house
II an eyesore to the street. For years
It has been unoccupied. Not a window
in the house is whole. The woodwork
on the outside lacks paint and is chalk
marked by children who romp about
the abandoned house. On the panel Of
the once fine grained oak doors is
marked in great chalk letters the word
'Silence."
For years this house has been known
as Russell Sage's whim."
Liberal offers have been made for
the purchase of the property. but he
has refused them all. He set a price
which real estate dealers will not meet.
and rather than black down" Mr.. Sage
permits the house TO be dismantled by
thieves. There Is a great lock and
chain on the basement door. and the
front door is locked and barred. Ad-
Joining the house Is a n story extern
sion. over which an agile person could
climb and gain access to the house.
Mr.. Sage bought the property in 1898
under Il foreclosure sale from q DR..
Hayward. who occupied it. 1t was
| used for q short time as a residence
and again as a kindergarten school.
For months it has been ~untenanted.
The Sage house was built ten years
ago and was fitted with all the i'm
| provements of that time and was kept
up to date in improvements. Now it is
a wreck. The nickel plumbing has been
removed, the marble mantels taken
away and even a valuable parquet
floor was carried off in sections. The
silver plated faucets and water piping
has been removed and sold as junk. A
grand chandelier in the parlor. from
which hung hundreds Of prisms. is
gone. Nothing is left but the walls and
the roof.
There never has been a caretaker In
the house since it was abandoned. Mr.
Sage preferred to take chances. Wher
the vandals began to attack the house
an offer was made to Mr.. Sage fol
rental providing that he would put thu
house in good condition. 1t would havs
cost $1,000 TO do 1t, and MI. Sage re
fused.
Not content with removing stun o.
value. the vandals destroyed the fins
satin faced wall paper and knocked th'
plaster full of holes. The boys Of thu
neighborhood have made the Windows
targets for stone throwing At times
epersonal remarks about Mr.. Sage ar
chalked on the walls.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
FREAK OF NATURE.
Thunder M~nuntain's MonumentReas
ed without Mans Aid.

ed Without Mans AID.
One OF t4e most remarkable natural
c,iriositics on the eurtiI. is to be seen III
y rugged and almost inaccessible part
of the newly opened but already fa-
nous Thunder mountain gold region
in Idaho. This strange freak Of ma
ture is called Sheep Eaters nonu-
ment and Is snid to have derived its
name from a tribe OF Indians formerly
inhabiting the district.
The monument is seventy feet high,
and consists Of a rough shaft composed
Of powders and gravel, tapering slight
~ upward and capped by q huge ir-
regular rock whose weight IL. estimat-
ed at not less than fifty tons. The cap
rests OH slender projections from the
shaft that are gradually being worn
away by the elements, threatening the
eventual fall Of the. great stone. The
ridge which rises 1000 feet and de
sends 500 feet from the site. 1t was
undoubtedly formed by erosion. The
surface. of the declivity has been for
centuries and is yet being washed
away by water. the result Of melting
SHOWS and r%ainfalls.
Originally the capstone. was station
ed on the ground. but gradually the
soil surrounding 1t was carried away,
a narrow vertical section just under 1t
being left intact owing probably to
some hard cementing substance in the
conglomerate and possibly also to the
direction in which the eroding. torrents
| expended their force: How long a time
was required to form the shaft may be
only partly realized when it is stated
that there are trees not far away taller
than the monument. AS, the erosive
process continues the shaft is likely tc
increase in length unless q soft spot
should be reached under the present
surface. in which case the curious for
nation might topple W. and break
into pieces.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
Theater Dininx Rooms,

The fashion introduced by the king
and queen of dining at the opera in the
intervals of the music and at the thea
ter when the play begins early will
certainly spread among the aristocracy,
and a dining room will soon come to
be an Indispensable adjunct Of some Of
our theaters. One lady has applied for
a private dining room which she WISH
es to furnish herself, but her request
has been found impossible to comply
with-for the present. There Is no say
ing what developments may arise.
Some of them are likely to be both In
~teresting and amuslng.-London Truth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

An Uncivil One.
Hes horribly gruff, isn't he?"
"Frightfully So"
Regular old pirate, l guess"
"No: he's a civil engineer."-Phila-
,delphia. Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
A Convict's Carvine.

Among the many presents received
by the a last Easter the Offering of
a Siberian convict attracted special at
tention, and the car is said to have
derived extraordinary pleasure from
1t. It consisted Of a hazelnut, the hol-
low Of which contained a c~hessboard.
with all the men artistically carved in
bone. The convict had worked on it
for many months.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

An admirable suggestion has been
made at New Bedford. Mass. that a
statue of a whaleman be erected in
City Hall square to commemorate. says
the Springfield Republican. past but
heroic days and the men who contrib
.uted SO much to the Whale City's pow
and prosperity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

Saved.
Hero-villain! l shall force you to
seat your own words! aa
Villain--Thank heaven! Thought he
was going to make me eat breakfast
bod!-Brooklyn Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
The q

W. W. Black. head critic of the Chi
scago Normal school, is in trouble be-
cause he has never been known to
smile, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser. Several young teachers
have requested the school board to re-
move him. and the sole reason given is
that he never smiles and therefore is
-unsympathetic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

The Way With Bills.
I Husband-You must try to keep our
bills down.
Wife-I do, but they're always run.
ming up.-Baltimore American.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
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THAT
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work than any other printing
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We are prepared to do any
class of printing on short
notice.
We employ only frst-class
workmen, and consequently
can guarantee
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26

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hus watering large part Of the PROV

thus watering large part of the PROV
ince.
The fertile district known as the Fayum
was originally covered by a vast lake,
but was redeemed and converted by 10 !.
seph into valuable province. Oddly
enough, popular tradition connects Jo-
seph's name chiefly with two or three
Thrilling incidents of his early life-such
as his adventure with Potiphars wife.
the relative importance of which is about
the same as that of the story of the
little Ratchet to the career of George
Washington. The rest of Joseph's history
was written literally by water ON sand
yet in such permanent form that in
the land of his adoption it can never he
forgotten. The canal he dug is still called
by his name.
CORNERED GRAIN MARKET.
Joscph's foresight in the matter of crops
cost the ancient Egyptian peasantry their
liberty. Possessing advance information
OF famine that was to come. he took
advantage of series of fat years to put
away every bushel OF grain that he couli
collect. Then, when the time of scarcity
arrived, the people were obliged to come
to him to buy food. They paid for the
grain in money, SO long as they had any
and Joseph turned the cash over to Pha.
raoh. When their money was gone, 10
seph took cattle In payment, and, the
femme continuing, In about year Joseph
owned all the cattle. Finally the peasants
had nothing left except their land and
their own bodies, so. as related in the B.
BILE, Joseph bought all the land in Egypt
for Pharaoh! for the Egyptians sold every
man his field. because The famine prevail
ed everywhere. So the land became Pha
raoh's.''