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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
COUNT B0NPS CAMPAIGN.
CASTELLANE MAKING CANVASS
ON HoRsEBA CK.

Paris, Jan. 19-Count Castellane is
making a whirlwind political cam
paign in his district along the Lever
Alps, on horseback. The bitter cold
and the heavy SHOWS in the mountains
do not dsmpen the counts strenuous
equestrian campaign for reelection.
His constituents call him 1.-THE man
on horseback. The counts oppo-
nent, Jean Siegfried, son of a form.
or minister of commerce, Is making a
vigorous opposition, and the ex-minis-
ter is assisting his son, so that Mar
quis de Castellane has gone to assist
Count Boni in the contest. As ii
now stands, it is Castellane and son
versus Siegfried and son. The latter
combination possesses influence with
the government.
The count sails for New York i'm
mediately after election. He interds
to deliver lecture in New York upon
the necessities for Franco-American
alliance. The count lectures in En-
glish fluently.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
FIRST DIVIDEND
SUN LIFE STOCKHOLDERS ARE
PAID 1T.

Louisville, Jan. 1.-THE distribu.
tion of the first dividend declared
by the directors of the Sun Life In.
surance company since the sale &c
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com.
pany of New York, has begun, s20C
being paid TO holders Of each sl0O
share. The first disbursement will
amount to about 100000. The ex-
act amount that the stockholders will
receive cannot be calculated exactly
at present. but it is confidently ex.
pected that between $3.50 and 5000
will be received for each share.
A second dividend will hardly be
declared for several months, as some
Of the assets cannot be disposed Of
to advantage at present. The COM
pany holds about $500, 900 worth of
Louisville city bonds.
The liquidation Of the company
will proceed with all possible haste,
but it is not desired to sacrifice the
interests of the stockholders by
dumping the assets on the market
and selling them at prices below the
real value.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
COMMISSIONS EXPENSES.
SENATOR MORGAN LEARNS
WHAT THE ISTHMIAN
CANAL HAS COST
US.

Washington, Jan. 19-The secretary
of state has supplied Senator Morgan,
chairman of the senate committee on
inter-ooeanio canals 9 statement Of
the expenditures made on account Of
the isthmisn canal commission. IL
shows that each member Of the com
mittee has been allowed compensation
at the rate of o., 200 a month, with
travelling and incidental expenses add
ed. These salaries were fixed in 1899
when the commission was created at
the suggestion OF the president. In
the cases Of Col Peter O. Haines and
Lieut.. Col. o. II. Ernst of the army
the allowance was equal to the differ.
ence between their regular salaries
and $1,000. Under this arrangement
the aggregate amount paid to the
nine commissioners as salaries up to
February 2s, 1909, amounted to s225,.
2s9. The travelling expenses Of the
commissioners at that time had aver
aged about 81, 500 each.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
SUDDEN DEATH
FORMER MAYFIELD BOY SUC-
CUMBS AT VICKSBURG.

News has reached the city Of the
death at vicksburg, Miss, of Mr.. Ne
Vile Hester. formerly of Msyfield,
KY. from malignant typhoid fever.
The deceased was "a years old and
travelled for the Globe Refining Go.
of Louisville. He was i'll only two
days. and his mother, who W as travel
ing in Texas, reached him before
death. The young man was a nephew
of Attorney W. N. Smith, formerly of
Mayfield, but now of Louisville. The
funeral took place IN whitesboro, Tex
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
PITCHED BATTLE
Illinois Central and Wabash Begin
Their Contest,
It Is Alleged That the 1. O. Is Trying
to Shut Out the Other Near Golconda.

A very important legal conflict be-
gan Saturday in the Msssac county
circuit court at Metropolis.
Ii is a suit to dissolve On injunction
recently granted in Pope county re-
straining the st. Louis and Ohio river
railroad company from further road
building through what is known as
the Mitchell pass above Golconds, the
injunction having been granted the
Toledo, st. Louis and New Orleans
company.
In reality the former is nothing
more than the Illinois Central and
the latter nothing more than the Wa
bash system. The substance of the
whole story is that the Wabash is
thought to want to build down through
Pope county through Golconds,
and to the Ohio river, and the Illinois
Central is determined that they shall
not IL il can prevent. Accordingly the
l. o. attempted to shut them out from
the Mitchell pass which is the only
route TO Golconds.
A number of prominent l. O. and
Wabash officials were at Metropolis to
look after the interests of their respec-
tive roads, Attorney John brennan,
OF Chicago, Judge Green, of Mt. Car
mel, Judge Stephens, Of McLeansboro,
Judge Thompson and ". H. Moore, Of
Goloonda, and Judge Courtney, of Me-
tropolis, were interested in the case.
By agreement of both parties the ar
gument of the case was postponed uD-
til one day next week when it will be
heard at Golconds.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
ONE TICKET AROUND WORLD.
TRAVELLER PAID $632.70 IN
WASHINGTON FOR A JOUR-
NEY LIMITED TO SIX
MONTHS.

New Orleans, Jan. 19-The South
ern railway issued q ticket in Wash.
ington last week to an agent of the
Congressional Library for a trip
around the world, says the Times.
Democrat.
The ticket reads: Southern rail.
way via New Orleans; Southern Pa.
cifio to San Francisco; Pacific Mail
Steamship company to Hong Kong, via
Port Said and Suez canal to Naples,
and thence to London, via Strait of
Gibraltar; London to New York, via
direct steamship line, thence via
Pennsylvania railroad to Washington
Southern railway ticket issued to COW
err the entire distance, limited six
months-rate s632.7O TO-"
The passenger insisted on coming
via New Orleans, and to have the priv
ilege of stopping over here. He is ex-
pected to arrive within the next day
or two.
There was q time, said S. II. Hard
wick at the st. Charles yesterday,
"when that ticket could not have been
issued at it has been, and the trip,
which is a very extensive one, could
not have been made in the specified
time, and IL shows to what an extent
the American railway systems have
been developed within the last few
years. Just to think that the Illinois
Central, Louisville and Nashville,
Queen and Crescent, Southern Pacific
or Texas and Pacific can sell ticket
from New Orleans to almost any point
in the world, and for . trip around
the world, the same as the Southern
railway, is something wonderful"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
COAL CORPORATION
A NEW ONE REPORTED ORGAN
lied AT sTURGIs.

SturRis, KY, Jan. l9-The Union
Coal Co., q new corporation and profit
sharing enterprise. is organized here
to exploit a rich mountain OF Nos. H.,
9 and Bell coal, in this territory, on
which the company holds an option.
There has been so great a demand for
the sturgis coal that the local col
lieries cannot fill half the orders,
much Of il being wanted for export
The new company proposed to dispose
of a limited amount of the treasury
stock, which has a par value of 81, at
20 cents per share, to induce invest
meDts from union mine workers. wage
earners, citizens and farmers, many Of
whom throughout the district have
ordered shares to be reserved for
them. The company thinks, by get
ting union labor in as investors, it
will dispose of all labor troubles and
can run throughout the year, making
big profits for all concerned. They
have a coal field that can be, for
the most part, drift-mined, which
will enable them to get out the pro-
duct at the minimum cost. The new
company will issue the stock immedi-
ately on arrival OF the charter, and
begin shipments to Chicago, where the
full output will be taken at good
prices.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
LIVED HERE
LUM MYERS, IN JAIL AT BARD
WELL, HAD TO LEAVE
MASSAC

Lum Myers, the man arrested at
Bardwell one day last week for an I'M
mentionable crime, formerly lived
near Massac, this county, and accord
ing to some Of the residents was com
pelled to leave because he was suspect
ed Of stealing meat. His arrest at
Bardwell created quite a sensation,
and il is said that but for the fact that
his wife's story is not be lieved, he
might have been roughly handled.
When arrested he wanted to be
brought to Paducah for ssfe-beeping.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
INCREASED SALARIES.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan lS-It is
learned at the headquarters of the Sou.
thern Express company that the wages
of all employees will be increased on a
fiat scale, giving those receiving I'M
der 800 per month an advance Of So
per month and those receiving more
than 500 per mouth corresponding
increase. IL will affect 5000 men.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
RAILROAD WON
Several Big Suits Considered al
Bolivar.
The Victims Were Killed By Con
federate Veteran Special Train.

A case of interest to u number Of
local Confederate veterans who went
to the Dallas reunioa last year and
remember when the special train
killed several in Tennessee, has beer
decided in the circuit court at Boil
var, Tenn. It will be rememered
that on the s0th of last April the SEQ.
ond section of the Confederate reun.
ion train for Dallas, Tex, struck a
wagon in which were five occupants,
q father, mother, two sisters and bro
ther-in-lsw. Four were killed instant
ly and the fifth was unconscious for
several hours from hurts received, but
finally recovered. The plaintiff, Miss
Sarah Irwin, brought suit against the
Illinois Central railroad for damages.
About eighty witnesses were exam
ined and the jury returned a verdict
in favor Of the defendant. The plain.
tiff entered a motion for a new trial,
which was overruled by the court and
the case was appealed TO the supreme
court. There are four other suits
now pending in court, brought by the
of the deceased par.
ties.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
ASKING FOR IMPORTATION.
CHIEF OF POLICE WANTS TO
KNOW NAMES OF VICTIMS.

Chief Of Police James Collins this
morning received letter from Chief
of Police Charles, of Hillsboro, Ill,
asking the names Of the victims Of
the Dawson disaster last August. 1t
seems he has relatives living near
Hickory Grove, Graves county, where
some of the victims resided. Lieuten.
ant Moore furnished the desired infor.
nation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
SAID HE WAS BOOTH.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. I'D. e.
George, an old man, reputed to be
wealthy, committed suicide at Enid,
Okla, by taking poison. He owned
land in Indian Territory and Okla
homa and at Dallas, Tex. Before his
death he declared that he was John
Wilkes Booth.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
ICE COMING OUT.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. l9-The ice
in the Wabash river has broken and
navigation below the mouth of this
stream has been greatly interfered
with. Navigation on tho lower Ohio
and Wabash will be resumed by Tues
day or Wednesday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
MURRAY LEDGER SOLD.

The Murray Ledger has been sold 10
Mr.. John Keys, according to reports
and will hereafter be BecRham pa.
per. II was until a few years ago
owned by Mr.. ]. NJ. Melo IN, who Is
now a candidate for commissioner Of
agriculture.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
BEST EMINENT ON EARTH.

Henry d. Baldwin, superintendent
city water works. Shullsburg, Wis.
writes: ~ have tried many kinds Of
liniment, but have never received much
benefit until used Billiards. Snow
Liniment for rheumatism and pains. l
think il the best liniment on earth. -
25c, SOC and 81 bottle.
Siold by Dubois, Kolb and 90.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19


or. Temperature 22 Pell, Observer
The Bonanza passed up Saturday
from Memphis to Cincinnati.
The Joe Fowler left this morning at
10 O'Clock for Evansville with q good
trip.
The Dick Fowler cleared for Cairo
on time this morning with good
trip.
The l.. II. Buhrman. the Cinoinna ii
Cooperage company boat, will leave to-
day for Tennessee for tow Of stsve
timber.
The Pavonia Ia 10 Cumberland river
loading ties and will be out TINS week
some time.
The Margaret will arrive today out
OF Tennessee river with tow of Al
600 ties for the Aver and Lord 90.
The Mary Michsel is still due from
the Mississippi river with tow of
lumber for the Ferguson and Palmer
mills here.
The Thomas Parker arrived yester-
day out of the Cumberland with big
tow Of ties. She had keen gone near
ly one month.
The Clyde is due tonight or tomor-
row from Tennessee river and will de.
part on her return trip Wednesday
night at O'Clock.
Oaptsin Jack Leonard. formerly
captain Of the John X. Speed, has been
appointed captain Of the Sunshine.
He is q popular and experienced river
man.
The Inverness and Russell Lord, of
the Aver and LORD fleet. are laying up
on account Of the shortage in bsrges
and GERS. The ties have TO be left ON
the bsrges until they can be unloaded
into the cars.
The Pittsburg and Morgantown
Packet company, which owned the
Columbia, damaged by fire TO the ex-
tent OF $50, 900. will rebuild her at
once. as the hull was saved. and II is
possible that the machinery can be
used again.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
sAwMILL OWNER
AssAssINATED.

ASSASSIN AIED.
Cairo. ILL.,, Jan l9--J. W. Bowser,
n wealthy sawmill man Of Admission,
40, was shot and instantly killed by
an unknown assassin who fired through
a window.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
NE us OF
THE RIVERS.
THE STAGES.

Cairo, go. 5-2.2 fall.
Chattanooga, 8. 1-0.7 fall.
Cincinnati, 16. $50 fail.
Evansville, IL. 5-1.7 fall.
Florence, 4.7-09 fall.
Jacksonville, s.7-1.2 fall.
Louisville, $500 fall.
Mt. Carmel, 6.2-O.4 fall.
Nashville, 17.8-l.2 fall.
Pittsburg, 43-0.1 fall.
Davis Island Dam, 6.4-0.2 fall.
St. Louis, 6.S-l.S rise.
Paducsh, l7.9.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
ANOTHER GOLD WAVE.

The temperature became decidedly
colder yesterday, and last night went
to 90 above zero. The day has been
clear and cold.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
SIMPLE COLDS.

Cease to be simple, if at all pro.
longed. The safest way is to put
them aside at the very beginning. Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup stops cold
and removes the cause of colds. 25c,
Doc ~ 4 bottle.
u 'aBois. Kolb and %.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

Tonight Rev. W. II. Pinkerton will
speak on tine Essentials of Success in
Any Career" This will be the Sec
ond ADDRESS of a series of addresses ar.
ranged by the management. supt.
Hills. of the N, O. and st. L. road,
spoke last week on railroading ~ a
career. This was the first address.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

The program committee will suR-
gest to the debating club that . city
council be elected in the club. This
will be voted on Thursday night. II
established this will be a feature Of
the debating club that bids fair to be-
come the most populsr of all features.
Every subject of Importance brought
before the regular city council, will
be discussed by the club coucniL
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

The II. W Buttorff is due today
from Nashville and will leave jmme-
diately on her arrival for Clarksville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
Y. N. c. A. NOTES.
A PLEASING ADDRESS YEsTER
DAY AND ANOTHER FOR
TONIGHT.

Rev. Williams spoke to the men
yesterday at the association and the
attendance was large. His address
was highly appreciated. At 2 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon the boys Chemis.
try Bible class met with 3 good atten.
dance. This was followed by Rev.
williams address aud later the social
hour was held. This was followed by
tine social luncheon which ended the
day for the association.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

Observations taken at am. River
i7.9 on the gauge, fall Of go in
last as hours. Wind southeast. a
light breeze. Weather clear and cold.
or. Temperature 22 Pell, Observer
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-21

them and rub off all the bits of flesh and
get the lime out of them, we would place
them on log with one end elevated and
With an old sack tied around our StomachS
we had to hug, and embrace those "sheets
OF coming leather" till all had been passed
over. How often we did this do you en-
qulref Whysthat depended on the weather,
FOR every time it rained and the ground
was too wet to plough we had to meet
this sleok skin convention, for you must
know that thesGeneralis' 'semo of confed-
crate forces would see to it that boy had
something to do, and he had it, when he
hung uD dead COW skin soaked in lime
We'll after this terrible 9 days of calamity
passed over we would hall the nasty,
Wrlgglng, crawling slipping things to the
Stan log" or vat. Our vats were made
by Durylng the heart out Of a big pine log
or heW square timber and put them to
gether by elamping, next was the "tan
bark, which was proceeded by sllurfing
and betting red oaks in March and April,
when dry was ready for use. We would
then put layer of hide and bark alter
natey till2 all were in and then cover
with water. The hides would tan in
about one year. Then our leadership"
would have then ressurrected from their
oozy grave, dry, grease, beat, stretched
and hammered, finally cut out ''shoe pat
terms, and sew together Withlhog brlssels,
and make show CD of ali shapes and sizes,
heavy and cruil when you had once
taken refuge in a pair of those confederate
brogans you were like the lrishman who
set duck eggs for game'chickens, and that
his fleat footed rooSterS did not have.much
OF spurs but his bill was shouting, and as
forfeet all hades could not. ''thrip" him up.
Yes, your shoe tracks looked more like
the face of a shop anvil turned face
down on the sand we would sole, sole,
half-Sole, Vamp, re-Vamp and do all kinds
of repairs on our southern foot wear.
owned two flddles in my life, sWapped
one for a rooster, and gave the other to
fellow to re-vamp my shoes. Hence am
not much of fiddler or any other musical
instrument except Jewsharp, and Ethat
is nothing better than choir of grass
hoppers with a bad cold, or, chimney
crickets. Just before an election my
father would get my good old uncle Che
is still turning of great age, God bless
hlm) to make our shoes, and he being a
nice hand we always looked for a treat,
and would leap for very joy when we saw
him coming with his saddle pockets, we
knew new shoes were coming, and then
we knew he would read, sing and pray
for the children, and the good impression
made then will never be forgotten, we
would put-on the new shoes and walk the
yard till nearly bed time, to hear them
crack, trick rack" rick rack; ct. Not
Withstanding we hated the tanning bust
ness on general principles, we thought it
as well to be hung for our old sheep as
lamb, and it would not be much worse
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-21
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: CLAIMING AND SHOEMAKING," Letter No. 8. 3
: Written by "virgiI, for The Brandon News.


Der of weather witches nowadays, all
sorts of star gaZers, moon prophets, and
monthly prognosticators, who are dipping
the bull tail of their prediction into the
skull tubs of the simple, switching away at
the weather flies faithfully. Our old
friend DeVoe has made quite "Rep." !"
as a weather cock and can tell as much
about rain as the next feller, especially
when it is laundering all round and pour
ing down in the middle. Ny good friend
at Langford, says, ''the nearest you can
come to rain is the last end of dry
spell" and he is good authority, having
had experience in such things Jas lightning
rods, thunder and brim stone, and weather
disturbances in general. 1t is said that
the great King Cyrus made his shields OF
bull hide 7ply, which proved to ward off
the heaviest darts.l heard of good preach
er who once on time, went far into the
interior of a backwoods country, looking
for new field of usefulness and after
riding for some days he finally came upon
cabin in nook of nowhere and upon
haiing was greeted by the good woman
of sthe "Wig-wam," little frightened :.
At once the good man asked her if there
were any Theological missionaries" in
that community. The gentle dame replied
in friendly way, "alight sir, and look
under that back shed and see if you can
find ne'sshide, my husband told me last
night that he had killed and skinned every
kind of varmint and animal in these
WOO S." A word to the wise is sufficient
and he pulled his freight for higher planes
of safety.
In ancient days they made bottles of
skin. The bottles mentioned in the Bible
are of two kinds: CD an earthen ware
vessel, as in Jer. 1871, (2.) The
skin bottle, which is obtained from the
goat. The skin is drawn off the body
without splitting it, then tanned with
aromatic bark, and when intended for
wine is hung up by the fire to dry. The
Bible ailudes to this kind of bottle in the
following languages and places: "For |
am become like bottle in the smoke" !"
Psalm IIo:S5. abraham rose up early
in the morning, and took bread and bot
tie of water and gave it unto Hagar,"
Gen. 2I:I4. "Then Abigail made haste
and took two hundred loaves and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready
dressed David said, "Put thou my
tears into thy bottle, and they not in thy
book" Also, shoes, among the ancients
were made kof hides and skins. "The
shoe or sandal consisted of sole fastened
to the foot by means of a strong throng
throng called a 'shoe-Iatchet." Various
materials were used in making the soles,
such as wood, leather, papyrus stalks, ,and
palm leaves. The throng, or shoe latchet in
ordinary use was so common that from