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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Christmas Trade.

Christmas trade Is very active this week." said a merchant yesterday. We had a brisk business last year but 1t is even more brisk now. Hundreds of eoun- try visitors are in town for the purpose of making their holiday purchases. The people of the state were never so flush with money as now and Birmingham is feeling the good effects of the prosperous conditions.
 Birmingham is the great shopping cen ter of the south and every years finds here larger number of people from Mississippi and the various sections of Alabama. Before the end of next week a big majority of the well-to-do persons of Mississippi will have visited Birming- ham,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
LENIENCY.

From the Washington Capital
 What did you do with that fellow who stole the horse?' asked the tenderfoot.
 "Nothin much" answered Broncho Bill, "jist took the hoss away from him."
 "Is that all?"
 Yep. He war settin' in the saddle with rope around his neck tied to a tree when we took the hoss away, though"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
NATURAL INFERENCE.

From Youth.
 Mrs. Gridley had not been we'll enough to go to church; nevertheless, her son Bobby was required to attend as usual.
 Now said she. when he came in what was the sermon about, Robert?''
 The sermon?" replied the boy. 'Well l don't know; it was sort of rambling like. But judging from the text I guess 1t was about cash boys"
 "Nonsense' she remarked. What put that into your head. Pray, what was the text?''
 All the days of my appointed time will I wait. till my change come.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
To Keep the Peace.

From the Memphis Scimitar.
 The Emperor of China is reported to have answered threats of Russia with the polite intimation that it was none of Russia's business what Korea did with its territory. That's rather strong talk, but then if the Emperor is going to get mad about it, Russia will probably let him have his own way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It would be just as sensible if women wore open work rubbers.
 A wife can forgive husband anything except never having to be forgiven.
 Beauty doesn't have to be more than skin deep to do its business, nor ugliness either.
 Women play whist and men go into pol itics chiefly because they've got no busi- ness doing it.
 Nothing makes a man feel more creepy than to think of false hair. when he is thinking about woman he likes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

A Confederate Veteran was carried to the poorhouse yesterday from Wood lawn, although that prosperous suburb holds many well-to-do veterans as well as an organized camp of the soldiers of the Confederacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Mrs. Reed Smoot dropped in among the women who were demanding her husbands expulsion from the senate. She evidently desired to know what ailed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
HE IS SAFER NOW.

From the Washington Star.
 So long as MT. Cleveland does not de- sire to be placed in nomination there are numerous democrats who see no reason why he should be drugged and kidnapped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Senator Platt of New York must now fall back on senatorial courtesy, for the boss-ship of New York has been transferred to a younger man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

President Roosevelt's message is chiefly remarkable for what it does not contain. It does not refer to the Ding. ley tariff, the greatest evil of the age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

An unanimous appeal to MT. Cleve- land to come to the rescue of the democratic party is a dream of Mont gomery on a busy day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Commissioner Poole says no trust can monopolize the name of the state. All can rest and do business here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Congress unkindly cut General Wood out by failing to provide a recess in which he could be reappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
MUCH WISDOM IN FEW WORDS.

From the Chicago Daily News.
 What children need is more models and fewer critics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
Side Lights on History.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Having a few moments of leisure, Na- poleon dumped another European king into the waste basket and put one of his relatives on the vacant throne.
 "A fair exchange" he observed, sen- cautiously, lis no robbery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
AGREED AT LAST,

From the Chicago Tribune.
 For once William Jennings Bryan and Grover Cleveland agree. Neither of them favor Clevelands possible nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

John Wanamaker says this country is sound and prosperous in all it's parts, Wall Street alone excepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Mr Bryan wears, we regret to say, in England a top hat, and no one has ever seen him brush it with his coat tail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Birmingham's god of ire and metals is as good as cast and placed before all corners at St Louis. It is assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
LAND OF PROMISE.

From the New York Herald
 Judging by the suits entered, 1t seems that Dowies Zion was in truth "a land of promise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Santa Claus has only fifteen more days in which to get ready for his superb task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
A BIT OF A LAUGH
All Serene.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. I'm sure to get my turkey
 With good things grouped about; The prospect isn't murky-
 For I'm invited outl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

John Alexander Dowie wants mill lion dollars, and so do a good many other men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

The captains ot finance feel like re- cess appointees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

MT. Dowies treasures are laid up in Australia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Calico begins to aspire to a place alongside silk and ahead of tow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

St Louis is endeavoring to get it's grafters in the pen before it opens it's big show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Cotton Is more popular than stocks in speculative circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

The hen has become so indolent that she is affecting the egg-nog output
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Even scrip from Zion is subject to discount rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
Supplying the Dust.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
 The other day small boy, aged 1, was alternately beating a rug with all his might and looking up at the sky with rapt attention.
 What are you doing, Charles?" his mother said.
 "Oh, I'm just sending up some dust to God, so He can make some new peo- ple" was the reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Dr. Bassett has all the notoriety qualifications of a Chicago professor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

That grafted ear is growing fast, and it may need clipping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

To die rich is to have all of ones peculiarities brought out and laughed at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Don't write book if you desire to preserve the forests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

One.eighth of our immigrants go back, and this is the season when they do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

MT. Cleveland is now leader emeri tus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
Feminine Finance,

From the Chicago Post
 q made $50 this morning"
 'How did you make it?"
 T saw something I wanted that cost that much, and I didn't buy it.'' Why didn't you buy it?''
 q didn't have the money, so I am that much ahead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09

Birmingham's god of ire and metals is as good as cast and placed before all corners at St Louis. It is assured.
 -s- Commissioner Poole says no trust can monopolize the name of the state. All can rest and do business here.
  Congress unkindly cut General Wood out by failing to provide a recess in which he could be reappointed.
  John Wanamaker says this country is sound and prosperous in all it's parts, Wall Street alone excepted
  Santa Claus has only fifteen more days in which to get ready for his superb task. John Alexander Dowie wants a mill lion dollars. and so do a good many other men. St. Louis is endeavoring to get it's grafters in the pen before it opens it's big show.
 One-eighth of our immigrants go back, and this is the season when they do it.
 ~------->------------ To 6iQ rich ic tn houn all of onn'c peculiarities brought out and laughed at.
 Dr. Bassett has all the notoriety The hen has become so indolent that she is affecting the egg-nog output.
 
 Calico begins to aspire to a place alongside silk and ahead of tow.
  Cotton Is more popular than stocks in speculative circles. That grafted ear is growing fast, and it may need clipping Don't write book if you desire to preserve the forests.
  Even scrip from Zion is subject to discount rates.
  The captains of finance feel like re- cess appointees. MT. Dowie's treasures are laid up in Australia.
 MT. Cleveland is now leader emeri- tus.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-09
Same Old Story.

"A New erF1. From Town Topics. Gertrude-Poor Madeline She outmar- ried herself. Blanche-Indeed? Gertrude-Yes; she married a duke, you know, and didn't have enough money to pay his bills.
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Look how the floor of heaven Is thick lnIaid with patnes of bright
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.

The Democratic papers that have
been exulting over the superstition
that Senator Hanps was fighting Pres
ident Roosevelt in the Ohio conven-
tion should read this, which Senator
Hanna offered in that same Ohio con.
vention "a tribute to the president:
II have nothing but commentator
for the record of the president, who,
from that awful day in Buffalo, when
in the presence of his cabinet, he reg
istered vow and called as witnesses
the whole American people that ID
would be his duty as we'll as his pleas
ure to carry out the policies of will
lam Mckinley.
"Thst utterance gave him a high
place in the hearts Of the American
people. and to the best of his ability
be has labored honestly to carry lout
that pledge"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

The state militia will have to do
better than that. Killing one lone
COW out OF "seversl hundred Shots
as the dispatches have it, indicates
that they need target practice. One
is constrained to believe that tine bold,
bad people of jackson didn't do much
shooting at the little rookus the other
night, or there would have been bet
ter material for an inquest than bo-
vine. When they shoot they usually
uecessitste letters of coincidence, flow
ers and slow music.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
NOT TOO LATE TO MEND.

The board of education appears "a
have committed a grievous error. II il
is DESTROYS of making amends it should
at once rescind the action by which il
was decided to retire efficient and de-
serving teachers, who are bound, il
present intentions are carried out, to
suffer financially and professionally.
Public sentiment is against importing
teachers of which comparatively
nothing is known to supplant teachers
who have been tried and found equal
to every demand. There are good
teachers at home. Parents of children
who attend school perhaps have better
opportunity to judge Of the efficiency
Of the teachers to whom they send
their children than school trustees,
and the fact that during their years of
faithful service in the schools these
teachers have given them satisfaction
ought to be sufficient justification fo-
keeping them Most sssuredly the
people, whose interests the board
was elected to serve, will be satisfied |
Ii the teachers are retained, and will |
not be if they are dropped in such
manner, and at a time when it will be
difficult. If not impossible, to obtain
other positions, and at a period in
their careers when such blow to
their professional regulations will be
severest. The action heretofore taken |
by the board in this matter is not |
binding. No matter what prompted |
it, now that it is evident how unjust
it is considered by the public the
board can easily revoke it and thus
settle the whole thing, while the gen
tlemen from distance selected to fill
the places will doubtless appreciate |
the situation and feel no resentment. |
They may suffer inconvenience and
even financial loss, but no more so
than the home teachers selected to be |
released. We owe more to the latter
than to the former. They have lived
and labored among us. have dedicated
their lives to the education of the
young, and certainly deserve better
treatment. 1t is never too late to
mend. The board of education meets
Tuesday night. and apparently, in the
opinion! Of at least large majority,
would do its duty by rectifying in
whatever manner it deems proper what
is generally believed to be serious
mistake. ~.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
WON HIS CLAIM.
COUNTY LOSES FIRST OF THE
SMALLPOX CLAIMS PROS
ECUTED.

A judgment was today rendered in
circuit court in favor of Mr.. James
Mckinney, formerly city hospital
keeper, against McOracken county ifs
cal court, for $3.50. When there was
q smallpox epidemic at Tyler q few
months ago, the county health author
tiles employed Mr.. Mckinney as a
guard. He put in his claim for $3.50
when fiscal court met and was offered
800. He declined to make any re.
duction and the claim was then re.
fused.
He brought suit. and the county
claimed, among other things. that the
county health authorities had no pow.
err to appoint Mr.. Mckinney guard,
and he accordingly had no legal claim
against the county for services.
The court held that the county
health board did have authority to
make the appointment, that the claim
was just. and allowed the whole
amount, $3.50. and orders fiscal court
to pay the bill. The Judgment will
be filed Monday.
The motion for newtrial in the
case against DR.. Elmer r. Davis Of the
county, the young doctor who was
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary during the last term of circuit
court for forgery, was again contin-
ued this morning and set for next Fri
day.
A judgment for sale was filed in the
case of +. W. Katterjohn against Fan
ME Hinson.
Bette DemInick and others have
filed a suit against Birdie Demmick
and otherhtp secure ttsfrle of pro,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
CIVICLEAGUE
Meeting Held Last Night and
Much Discussion Resulted.
The Membership will at Once Be In.
creased to Five Hundred Members.

A meeting was held last night in
the lecture room OF the Broadway
Methodist church by so or more gen.
tlemen who desire to improve civil
government and the moral condition
of Paducsh. Rev. @. W. Perryman
presided, and present were many prom.
inent citizens and workers in the cause.
Among them were DR.. ]. ID. Smith.
Captain ]. r. Puryear, Mr.O. W. Nor
rison, Mr.. W. ]. Hills, Captain G. W.
Crumbsugh, Messrs. Stuart Hanna,
George O. Wallace, r. ]. Settle, VIM.
Flowers, J. V. Powell and Charles Q.
q. Leigh.
A resolution was adopted to increase
the membership of the league to 800
and another meeting is called for next
Friday night.
The addresses were all in favor Of
the moral tone Of our gov
eminent, and while Sunday baseball
was not extensively discussed, it was
and opposed. The baseball
men, it is claimed, did not have any
representation present as they say the
question was settled in advance by
hose who were in charge of the meet
ng, and there was no use in taking up
With them matter in which a decis-
on had already been rendered.
Sunday performances ct theaters
we're also opposed, but no definite out
inc was made as to the course that
will be pursued. It is probable this
will come later.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

expenses, and trying to beat those 10
whom she is indebted out CT the re-
mainder. The county now owes the
city hundreds OF dollars, it is claimed,
as fair share of smallpox expenses,
but fiscal court will not allow them.
Men who do the disagreeable and Of
tentimes dangerous work of caring for
smallpox patients, vaocinating the ex-
posed or guarding those in danger of
spreading the disease, send in their
claims only to see them shaved down
or refused outright. Some of the
claims are pretty steep. it is true, but
the work is very Objectionable, and
few can or want to do it. One man
was appointed guard by the county
health authorities some time ago and
his claim of $3.50 was refused by fiscal
court. First he was ASKED to take
500, and when he refused his claim
was thrown out. He brought suit and
the county claimed the health author-
titles had no legal power to appoint him
a guard and that he was not entitled
to the pay. The court decided differ
emily and the entire claim of $3.50 was
allowed. This is victory for the
county health authorities, and also
shows what will be done to fiscal
court on some of the other claims IL
has pigeonholed or refused. The coun-
ty should learn to pay its honest debts.
The city learned 1t when she tried to
repudiate 500, 900 worth of bonds a
lew years ago.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
F0RESAW FAR AHEAD
oLr-TimE WRITERS ANTIcIPAT.
ED RECENT INVENTIONS.
Rsbelsis Told OF Frozen Words That
Thawed Cut, and Of Roads That
Traveled-Friar Roger Baeon's
Predictions Of Leng Ago.

OF Rabelais' story concerning the
frozen words" which startled Panta-
cruel and his happy crew on the
voyage to the oracle OF the Holy Bot
tie the world has long bsen familiar.
Students of the great humorist main
tain that the narrative Of the frozen
words" must be taken to imply that
their author had something akin 20
a prophetic vision Of the modern phon-
ograph.
In another direction II now appears
that Rabelais played the seer and
still nearer approached to a recent in
vention of unique creation. This re-
lates TO the moving platform" a
leading attraction at the Paris exhi-
bition In 1900, by which a passenger
stepped on TO travelling road or
path, and was carried to his destina-
ton without any further effort
II some features of this may be
traced, by anticipation. to the mind of
the old sage who defined rivers as
roads that travel" the real prece-
dent Is discoverable In the fifth book
of Rabelais' series Of masterpieces.
Rabelais, in the exuberance of his
imagination concerning the isle OF
odes. where the roads travel of them
selves. depicts Pantagruel and his
gray marinsrs voyaging to the oracle
Of the Dive Bouteille. on the island of
Odes. The term "odes," In spite of
its associations, has nothing to do
with poetry.
On this pleasant isle, where the
roads travel Of themselves, and thus
according to Aristotles dehnition)
must be classed as animals OF loco
motion, the traveller had simply to In
quire his way of the road which. was
going to his destination, to get upon
It. and so be carried. without further
trouble, to the place he desired, Just
as happens to those who take pas
sage from Lyons down the Rhone to
Avignon and Aries.
Who forgets that Mark Twain,
some years back, amusingly pro
pounded a similar fancy when he
took passage (by slow freighD on Q
Swiss glacier7
At the present hour the travelling
road or path is under experiment in
the suburbs Of Paris, and is possibly
destined some day to supersede ON
rnibuses and tramways. "7h ~
In the light OF these facts II seems
hard that Friar Roger Bacon. the
student of science before the scien-
tife period. who predicted that one
day carriages would move without
horses, and ships cross the ocean
without sails, should be laughed TO
scorn as an addle-brained monk,
whom much learning had made mad.
-Cassiers Magazine.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

The superstitious should learn q
valuable lesson from the recent occur
rences at Pine Bluff, Ark. An ignor.
ant, demented negress predicted that
the city would be destroyed on . Ger
tain date, aud there were between g.
600 and 5000 people foolish enough to
believe her. The superstitious left in
droves until many, industries were
closed on account of the lack of labor.
Business came to standstill and a
reign of fear and stagnation resulted.
Yesterday was the day for the destruc-
ton of the city, and, as any sensible
person might have expected, Pine
Bluff stands intact today. The people
IRE rushing back, but the affair serves
20 show what the rawlings of de-
anged mind may cause, even in a civ.
lized community.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
Theatrical Notes.

Last night fair size audience was
present to hear the second presenta.
tion of the tuneful opera Chimes of
Normandy" despite the Indictment
weather. This opera is one Of the
best Of the lighter class and is well
presented by the Boston Ideal Cs. The
leads are all far above the average and
the chorus shows great strength. To-
night the same opera will again be
sung, matinee also, and on Sunday
night the "Chimes of Normandy will
be heard for the last time unless pre-.
sented by special request. On Mon.
day night Said Pssha will be present
ed for series of three nights. The
company has worked up well in this
piece and will give most creditable
presentation.
Mr.. Montjoy Walker, the leading
comedian, has not had good chance
to show his powers Of comedy yet but
will give the public a sample next
week. He is an excellent comedian.
having played for more than go years
with some Of the best companies He
appears ss "Gaspard, the miser, in
the Normandy production. f.
Mr.. Ed McOummish, the tenor. is
becoming quite popular with the mu-
sic loving public here. His voice is ex-
cellent and last night he was enoored
several times.
Miss Alma Hays, the local singer,
is singing in the chorus and also has a
speaking part. She has agreed to sing
with the Boston Ideal Co. during this
engagement but has not signed perma.
nently. oi
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
DAILY THOUGHT.

The only real, lasting pleasure in
life comes from doing something
worth while, and doing it as well as
you know how.-Sucoess.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

The county health authorities have
won their first victory in circuit court
over smallpox claims. The o. pity has
been in the habit ~ pskins % city
defrsy 1 great ~ y the han non
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

Some of the Democrats, after abus-
ing Chairman Allie Young Tor several
months, have changed their tactics and
are now complimenting him by accus-
ing him of supporting men with Re-
publican proclivities.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

The concert by Deals band tomor-
row afternoon at Wallace psrK will be
free, and the usual large Sunday
crowd is expected.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
LYON COUNTY FAIR.

~ LYON COUNTY FAIR. ,b
a Eddyvifle, May ao-7The Lyep
County Fair association has decided to
hold the annual fair at Eddyville
from October 2 to ~, and has begun
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30
LIGHTNING DE.
STROYED REASON.

Cadiz, May S0-Miss Annie Sholar,
daughter Of Wiley Sholar, living west
of here, has been adjudged Of unsound
agnd and Sent to the asylum at Hop
Notwithstanding striking near her
some tifhshgo caused her to lose her
mind.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

Miss Flora May Ularx was out today
for the first time since her long i'll
ness. She is still quite weak, but is re-
cuperating rapidly.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-30

ROAST CHICKEN FOR LUNCH
AT THE RICHMOND Z HOUSE
BAR TONIGHT. edo