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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-25
NEW sTREET OAR SCHEDULE.

Night schedule for the street cars
hereafter 10 - followss Cars will
leave Broadway and Frat ssreets for.
Dosssts's station on the Broadway line
and Sos the Trimble street division ~
10. 1880 and II p H.. and Fourth
and Broadway for Usion station al
the same hours. The jackson street
and north end division OF the Row.
landtown line cars will stop kowev-
or. promptly at 10.
Patrons please note.
PAD. CITY RY. 90.
FRESH OYsTERs--At the Ideal
Market, 6l2 BROADWAY.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-25

FRESH OYSTERS-At the Ideal
5i2 Broadway.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-25
COUNTY.

For representative-Harl NJ. Hazen,
rHducah.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
I'M STORY 4 = YsTkllfS
tzK,N& Y. -
THE PATCHWORK QUILT.

Amt given much to idols, and / like the
Lords own way
or turning our eyes upward when we 60
far astray
As to dote and keep a-doting on the things
that fade and wilt,
But somehow, spite of conscience. love
patchwork quilt
pleced this one up the winter that Tom
went off to fight
could stand It through the daytime, but
as soon as II came night
All the horrid scenes OF battle right before
my eyes would fit,
30 went to setting patchwork, just to
ease my mind a bit.
When came to choose pattern l picked
out the letter
Not because it was so handsome. but 1t
stands for Tom, you see:
Ahu II was little comfort in those days
so dark and cold
TO have even that much of him which my
hand could grasp and hold.
Now see old friends and neighbors coming
through this patchwork door
Smiling at me 'bove the pieces like the
dresses that they wore;
ana their faces look familiar, but those
have brighter glow
that have come from that good country
where the heavenly flowers grow.
There Is grandma in a gngham that l loved
to see her wear
AS she sat serenely knitting in her big, old
fashioned chair;
Aunt Maria comes a-singing, and her dress
of cherry red
Is no brighter than the sunshine that her
hopeful spirit shed
Now see some little children dancing up
and down the quilt
This was one of IuCy's dresses the High
land plaid was Berte's kilt;
ana those tiny dots and figures were my
little Annie's frocks-
On. the blessed thoughts and feelings sewed
together with these blocks!
Ihere are other things we treasure that
can speak of days gone by;
Other things that set US thinking, make us
laugh and make us cry;
But OF all the dear reminders ever shaped
ever built
There's nothing beats the story of a good,
old patchwork quilt
Sara "A. Davis, in Boston Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
THEY WERE EXTRAVAGANT.
Wasted Too Much Ammunition to
Accomplish an object That
Was Easy.

There will never be war without fly
ing artillery" said an ex-member of the
famous Loomis battery of this state, re-
lates the Detroit Free Press, "but you
can take my word for it that the moral
effect is heap greater than the prac-
tical. l have seen grape and canister
used with terrible effect, but as an offset
let me tell you little story. In one
of the fights preceding the battle of
Murfresboro we were ordered to she'll
force of confederates out of a certain
piece of woods. l don't know who dis
covered them there, but our six pieces
went into action and made things hot.
We fired 20 rounds to piece, and the
shells burst beautifully. When 1t was
apparent that we had slaughtered a regi-
ment or two, the infantry advanced to
hold the position. They expected to
come across hundreds Of dead men, but
they didn't find one. A hundred trees
had been rent and riven, and hundred
tons of soil had been thrown sky-high,
but there was not even wounded man.
They did find one living one, however.
He had been left behind to keep watch
of us, and he had not deserted his post.
AS our infantry came up he crawled out
from hole under the roots of a stump
and asked:
Now, then. what do you'uns want?
"'We want to make you prisoner re-
piled an officer.
" Is that what all the shootin' has bin
fur?'
eyes
""Then let me tell yo' that yo pesky
Yankees ar so mighty extravagant that
yo' won't have drafted cent left when
this yere wah is half over"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
the census of 1900:
States
Acres. Bushels

All economic plants show a prefer
| ence for certain soil and climatic con-
| ditiOns, and none is more exacting in
this regard than the cranberry. While
1t can be easily and successfully grown
on congenial soils, it cannot be made
to return paying crops under adverse
conditions.
The conditions necessary for sue
cess in cranberry culture are soils of a
peaty or alluvial nature, located at
high attitudes or in high latitudes, and
provided with an ample and easily
available water supply and an easily
accessible supply of sand. Repeated
failures have resulted from attempts
to establish cranberry plantations on
soils not congenial to the plant. The
best index to the fitness of the soil for
this crop is the occurrence of native
cranberry plants Where the cram
berry is indigenous to the soil it is
safe to undertake the commercial cul-
tivation of the crop. The commercial
cranberry bog or meadow should COM
bine as many as possible of the ele-
ments which characterize the natural
habitat of the cranberry, with all pos
sible appliances for controlling ad-
verse conditions. While the cranberry
is not water plant, it thrives best on
soils IN which the water level is with
in few inches of the surface of the
soil, 1t is desirable that the arrange
ments be such as to render it possible
to maintain constant water level
throughout the growing season. and
at the same time to hold this at the
depth of eight or ten inches below the
surface, particularly during the first
three years OF the existence of the
plantation. The supply of water
should also be sufficient and the plan
tation so provided with dlkes as to
allow of flooding the area with water
to the depth of IS inches to two feet
from November to May in localities
where it is necessary 10 protect the
plants from insects and from late
spring frosts.
At present the important CONNER
ciai cranberry areas of the United
States are situated in Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Wisconsin, with minor
fields in Connecticut, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas. Maine. Michigan,
Minnesota. Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New York. North Dakota, Ore
gon, Rhode Island, Washington and
West Virginia.
L. C. CORBETT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11

A son of the late Maj. Wade Hamp-
ton Gibbes, of Columbia, s. c., assures
the Charleston News and Courier that it
was his father, who, as lieutenant,
fired the first gun, signal gun, at the
attack on Fort Sumter, Charleston har-
Dor, on the morning of April 12, 1861.
He writes: AT Lieut.. Gibbes' battery
the signal gun was aimed to burst a
shell high in the air; another gun was
carefully aimed at the fort, and the
wires were laid ready to explode mine
near the old house in the way AS near
ly as possible these things were done ST.
multaneously, Now, which of the shots
fired at the fort from the three separate
mortar batteries by Capt. James, Mr..
Raffin or Lieut.. Gibbes' battery was the
second shot, no man may certainly
say"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11

away on a visit to a friend, very
dear friend, whom he had not seen in
many years, and before his return we
would have left the village.
1t was two years later when VIC again
visited Onanoke; but we did not now
occupy the Place cottage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Groby lived there, we were told,
and when they called upon us very
shortly after our arrival, we were sur
prised to find in the wife of our former
friend, Miss Hester Place.
She was a charming little lady, pref
ty still, with her sweet face and silvery
curls; and as for her husband, he
looked ten years younger than when
we had first seen him, and as happy as
an old gentleman of 60 can we'll look.
We all became very good friends,
and one evening, when we had been
invited to tea at the cottage and Mr..
Groby had not yet come in, his wife
spoke of their marriage.
Some people thought it ridiculous
for two such old folks to marry" she
said; "but when found how much he
SJOOu IN neeu Vi Help anu comfort, and
when | remembered how much we had
suffered"
Here she faltered and tears sprang to
her eyes; but she resumed frankly:
You must know that we were en-
gagged in our youth-Arthur and |. But
we quarreled-it was my fault-and
when | broke off the engagement he
went away and | was too proud to let
him know how l felt it. Besides, was
sure that he would either return or
write to me, when we would make 1t
up. | waited for him more than 20
years" Here her voice broke entirely
and for a moment there was silence.
Il know" said Louise, softly. "You
never got his letter-that letter which
slipped behind the mantelpiece.
And just here Mr.. Groby came In,
bright and cheerful; and his wife well
coined him with smile as she rose to
summon the servant with the tea.--
Farm and Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
MORESNET REPUBLIC
European Gamblers Have Finally
Accomplished Its Downfall.
Ono of the Tiniest Countries OF the
World nnd Has n Remarkable
History in Which Napoleon Fig
ured--Pnsses to BeIrIum.

According to a Berlin news dispatch
gamblers have accomplished the undo
ing of the little republic" of Mores.
net. Prussia has sold it's interests 20
Belgium for cash consideration. This
agreement was quickly reached when
it was learned that the little triangu-
lar bit of neutral territory which for
years has belonged to both govern.
ments and has practically governed
itself, was to shelter second Monte
Carlo. The German and Belgium pa
pers declare that the new gaming re,
sort was already beginning to attract
distinguished persons, especially ricl,
young men from Cologne. 1t was as.
serted that gamblers from Liege had
secured the councilmen's consent to
erect gambling pavilion by promising
to build electric railways to neighbor.
ing towns and to maintain variousl
parks and public institutions.
In a word, the omcials OF Moresnet
have purchased a gold brick. They
have lost all they had. Moresnet will
hereafter be ruled by Belgian laws
alone without special privilege and thk
gamblers will doubtless go elsewhere.
Moresnet, or rather Moresnet Neu'
trial, or the forgotten territory" haf
a very unique history and is itself very
curious. Its area is 1000 acres; its
population about $500, and it's one and
only city is Kelmis 1t is located in
one OF the richest and most importan,
mining valleys of Europe. 1t Is
reached by branch from the railway
which connects Cologne and 'Verviers,
and is two miles only from another i'm,
portant road. so that it cannot quito
be referred to as an out-of-the-way
nook. The name Kelmis was derived
from the metal calamine, called by the
inhabitants "kelme." This name is
mentioned in documents as early as
1414. For long time the territory
was a part of the duchy of Limburg
Called Galmerberg in 143S, it's name
was again changed to Alten Galmei
Berg upon the discovery of another
mine. This was contracted to Alien
Berg.
Under French rule. 1895 to 1914,
the territory was known as Vielle
Montague, the name of the French
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
l FISHED THEM OUT.

rived at headquarters he was standing
in front of his tent, looking as innocent
as spring lamb. In the blandest man
ner possible he said:
Lieutenant, the next time you go for
oysters. take one of your own mess. l
think it is the best joke ever played
on anyone. How nicely you did bite!
Try one on me some time"
/ could not see the joke, but an
swered him l would follow his advice
II the opportunity ever presented itself
Yes said he, 81 got the oysters and
you got the cahoots."
The nine days siege of Spanish Fort
was over, Fort Blakeley had fallen
peace once more reigned, and the fol-
lowing July found us in camp in one of
the most beautiful villages in central
Alabama.
One Sunday, while passing the chap
lain's door, l saw him lying on the
floor. He was intoxicated, almost stu
pid. Lieut.. - was with me, and l
turned and asked him if we had not
better put the chaplain on his bed
mo" said he, "the old cuss turned
HE OuI vi his SldJeTOIu WUlle we were
going up the Tennessee river, when
was yet sergeant, and just because
would not steal horse for him. Let's
chuck him through the window"
I thought of my oysters, and the old
man went out of his window.
He had more life in him than we had
looked for He raised partly to his
feet then fell full length into a mud
hole. We jumped through the window,
pulled him out, got him into the build
ing and put him into his bed, mud and
all.
When we reached Madison, Wis, and
were being paid off, he came to me for
favor. After had complied with his
request he took me by the hand and
said:
81 had hardly expected this of you. I
supposed you had never forgiven me
for taking those oysters"
Then for the first time he learned
how he came to fall in the mud hole
and why l owed him no i'll will.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
A TALE OF REVENGE.
ChRplain's Joke on Union Soldier and
the Latter's Way of Getting
Square with Him.

For some days before the siege of
Spanish Fort, Ala, the union army was
camped on Dauphin's Island, Mobile
bay. We enjoyed the privilege of the
island, as oysters were quite plentiful
along the inland shore, and could be had
by wading out into the water, writes
an old soldier in American Tribune.
l had made a number of trips, bring
ing back about a pailful each time,
when one day, while was in my tent
writing home to my best girl, the chap
lain of my regiment called on me and
proposed that we go cahoots in cof-
fee sack of oysters. When COM
menced to remove my outer garments,
preparatory to wading out into the wa
ter, he said the water caused his legs
to cramp. and he would remain on shore
and watch the oysters, while l f1shed
them out. 1t took number of trips to
fill the coffee sack, and when there were
as many in it as thought l could carry
he proposed that l make one more trip
and fill the pail. When my pail was
about half full, happened to look in
his direction, and saw the old fellow
trudging off for camp with the sack of
oysters on his back. l forgot all about
the pail or the oysters in it. was mad.
His mess was the field and mine the
line officers, and knew that my oysters
were gone if l could not intercept him
before he reached camp. When l ar
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
LOYAL TO LOST CAUSE.
Sample Teachings in Country Schools
In the south just After
the War.

"The country school-teacher in the
south at the close of the civil war was
still loyal to the lost cause" said pro-
fessor in one of the leading universities
of the south who was guest in this
city, says the New York Sun. 1T is
little wonder that the sectional lines
disappeared so slowly when one remem-
bers some of the instructions given in
the backwoods schoolhouses the first
year after the war.
In one of the border states such In
structions as these were given by the
teacher orally, for there were no school
books for quite awhile after the war.
Who was the first president?' II
the pupil answered George Washing
ton,' the teacher replied rather sadly:
Yes; he was the first president at the
time you speak of, but the first president
of the south was Jefferson Davis
"Then he would ask: Who was the
greatest soldier in the world?' and he
would answer himself: Gen Lee
when the class in geography was
called and the question was asked:
Name the greatest cities in the coun-
try, the class was instructed to say:
New Orleans, Richmond and Charles
ton The longest river in the United
States was given as the Lower Missis-
sippi,' and the class was further instruct
ed that the capital of the country was
Richmond.
"The greatest product of the country
was, so the class was instructed, cotton,
and the teacher that knew always add
ed that sugar and New Orleans molasses
came next.
"The teacher in those days set the
texts in the old copy books for his pu-
pills. All had some connection with
some event in the south.
I'm all these instructions there was
never any reference to the north. No
harsh words were spoken of Lincoln, or
Grant, or Sherman, or of any of the
great events in which they participated.
They were simply ignored. If at that
time some one had come along with
proposition to build Chinese wall along
Mason and Dixon's line, 1 think the
people in some parts of the south would
readily have given their time and labor
to the work free.
'1t is not strange, repeat, that sec
tional feeling in some regions died out
slowly"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11

Belgian company which owned the
mines. At this time it was very
sparsely populated and was finally an.
With the fall of the French empire the
district was left undivided and became
a bone of contention between Prussia
and Holland; later between Prussia
and Belgium, as Hollands successor.
AT the time of the division of the
French empire the indefinite wording
of the articles of agreement left Mores-
net to be argued about as a boundary
dispute. Unable to agree, the commits,
sioners of two countries, in 1915, en-
tered into a provisional arrangement
by which the line of demarcatiou
should remain undetermined and by
which the territory in dispute should
be placed under a joint administration
and not be under the military iur!s-
diction of either power Until the
present sale by Prussia this provis.
ional arrangement has never been null
lifted by permanent division. BY
the terms of the arrangement the de-
scendants Of the original inhabitants.
of whom there are 400 or 500, are ex.
empt from military service. This was
enjoyed by all until 1854. when Bel.
GUM and Prussia summoned under
their respective flags those who owed
allegiance thereto.
The reason so small territory has
so long been a matter of controversy
is explained by the fact that it's zinc
mines are rich and neither government
would relinquish its sovereignty over
them. Had it not been for this the
present form of government would
long ago have been found too costly.
MILTON MARKS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11

village az nearly a miles distance from
our cottage When quite young he had
migrated to the west, where he had led
rather adventurous life, until finally
settling down as a school teacher in
an Iowa town. But he found it lonely,
he said, very lonely; and it was feel
Ing Of HON esickness which had brought
him back to his native village, only to
find his brother dead and his nephew,
who occupied the old homestead, al
most a stranger to him. He was now
thinking of going back to his western
home and his school.
Everything here is changed" he said
with sigh. II miss the old faces, and
even the old houses can scarcely rec
ognize, with their new-fashioned piaz-
zas and bow windows"
This house at least appears not to
have changed" l remarked.
You are right, madam; 1t is not
changed. Even the furniture and the
pictures"
AS he glanced around the room, his
eyes fell upon the portrait of Miss Hes
ter Place, above the mantelpiece, and
noticed an instant change in his eX-
preston. He looked at 1t for a moment;
and Louise, who had not observed what
| did, inquired if he had known Miss
Place, and if the likeness were good?
Very good, very good, madam, as
remember her; though no portrait
could do justice to face whose chief
charm was its intelligence and express
sion"
Just here sudden remembrance oc-
Cured to me, and I mentioned to our
visitor the almost forgotten incident of
my finding a letter directed to Miss
mained unbroken.
This is the letter." I said, produc-
ing it from the cabinet drawer and
handing it to him.
He put on his glasses and examined
it.; but instantly such change came
over his face as startled me. He was
quite pale and his hand trembed so
that the letter fell from his grasp.
I'VE must send this letter to Miss
Place at once. Louise" l said. at
should have been done long ago. will
write and explain how l found 1t, and
the agent will give me her address,"
and if you will permit me, madam"
said Mr.. Groby, in an agitated voice,
Il should like to send a message in
closed with it-a message which may
serve to eXplain-a message which she
will understand
l thought the request an odd one, but
placed before him pen and paper, and
he wrote with hand which trembled
so much that twice the pen fell from
his fingers. 1t was only a couple of
lines which he inscribed upon the back
of the letter, and l learned long after
ward what they were:
For five and twenty years have
waited for an answer to this letter.
Arthur Groby."
In some weeks that followed, we sew
eral times saw our new friend, but no.
ticed that either his health or strength
seemed failing, and were not surprised
to learn at length that he could no
longer undertake his long walks to tha
village. But one day. late in August.
he appeared. as he said, to pay his
parting respects to us. He was going
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
CRANBERRY CULTURE
Where the Delicious Little Red
Berry Is Crown.
Cape Cod Was It's First Home in Am err
IcR-It In Now n Product of
Many States of the
Union.

The cranberry of commerce is ma
tive to a narrow belt oil country along
the Atlantic coast from Maine to New
Jersey and in isolated areas along the
Allegheny mountains from southern
Pennsylvania to North Carolina. In
the central United States the plant is
found in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota,
The successful commercial develop
ments in the cranberry industry have
very generally been found in localities
where the cranberry occurs as a ma
tive plant. The areas from which the
crop is reported as commercial in
dustry are indicated by the black dots
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
NAP SHOWING SECTIONS IN WHICH GRAN
BERRIES ARE GROWN

on the map, a glance at which reveals
at once the regions in which the cram
berry is now grown.
The earliest paintings of the cram.
berry were made in the Cape Cod re-
gion of Massachusetts in the first quar-
ter of the nineteenth century, proba-
bly, between 1900 and 1878 From a
meagcr start the industry has grown
to one of first magnitude and mas been
extended into other states, as shown
by the accompanying table taken from
the census of 1900:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
DRAFTED A DONKEY.
Clever Joke Played Upon Enrolling
Officers by Southern Farm
er's Daughter.

During the last two years of the war,
when the draft was being enforced, the
provost marshal was not very popu-
lar person anywhere, but more partic-
ularly obnoxious in the border states
of Maryland and Kentucky, where many
of the people were in sympathy with the
south and had near relatives in the con-
federate army. One of these civil or
semi-military officers, In making up a
list of men liable to draft, called at a
farmers door in Anne Arundel county,
Maryland, and a young lady gave him
very prompt answers to the usual set
of questions, relates the American Trib-
une. Then came the last query: "Will
you make oath that you have given the
names of all males between 20 and As
residing here?" "There is one more"
she answered very demurely-"Billy
Button; he is %, but he sleeps in the
barn"
The name was enrolled The OFFICER
passed on. On the day Of the drawing
William Button was drawn as a con-
script, and, not reporting for muster,
detail was sent to the farmers place
to arrest him. The young lady, on
learning their errand, escorted them
to the barn and pointed to the venera-
BILE donkey whose name was Billy But
ton.
That squad did not wait for orders,
but retreated double-quick, their steps
hastened by shouts of laughter from
the innocent and demure guide.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
Twas Ever Thus.

Singleton say, old chap, what have
you that string around your finger for?
Wedderly-To remind me of some-
thing | am to get for my wife.
What are you to get?"
"Why-er-blamed II | haven't for
gotten what 1t was."-Chicago Daily
News.