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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. X. Hussy Of Eddy
vile, were in the city OH q shopping
tour yesterday.
Mrs. Minnie Herndon has arrived
home from a visit of several months
to Dallas, Texas.
Prof Harry Gilbert left this morn
ing for Berlin, Germany to finish his
education in music.
Miss Kate White arrived home this
week from Hutchinson, Kansas, where
she spent the summer.
Misses Sallie and Starr Kenneth, OF
Huntington, W. Va, are visiting their
sister, Mrs. n. p. Gardner.
Mrs. Matt Piles and daughter, Ag.
mes, and Miss Ruby Piles left the past
week for Seattle, Wash, to reside.
Miss Halle Thompson Of Lo uisville,
returned home this morning after .
visit to Misses Ella and Anne Settle.
Miss Mary Bits Of Alton, Ill. will
return home Monday after visiting
Miss Teresa Yopp for several weeks.
Mrs. F. al. Ferriman is expected
home this evening from New York,
where she has been tor several weeks
Miss Mary Lee Clarke will arrive
home Wednesday from Savannah, Ga.
where she has been for several months,
Miss Virginia johnson, who has
spent the summer in Hutchinson,
Kan. will arrive home Monday. She
stopped in st. Louis for a short visit.
Mrs. Frank Murray will return
Monday from Pine Blnff, Ark, where
she went q few days ago. She will re.
main here until October Is when she
will join her husband in Colorado to
reside.
Miss Elizabeth Mulvihill Of Cincin.
natl, who has been the guest Of Miss
Anne Bradshaw for several weeks re-
turned home Friday morning. Miss
Mulvihill won many friends in Padu.
nh both by her musical skill and her
sweetness of manner.
Mrs. JEFF Gish OF st. Louis, and
Mrs. II. II. Mcclure Of Neodesxa,
Kan, were in the city this morning
en- route home from visit to Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Ky. Miss Ruby Gish OF
the county, accompanied Mrs. Gish to
s.. Louis for a visit.
Misses Mary and Evelyn Walker
will return home next week from
Dyersburg, Tenn, where they spent
the summer. IT will pc pleasant for
their friends to have their fat on
Broadway, which has been closed for
the past few months open again.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12
SPECIAL ATTENTION.

The Smith Business College, a prac-
tical school of fifteen years established
reputation. will reopen Monday, Sept.
18th. Students admitted at any time.
No class system. Individual instruc-
ton. Call on or address, John ID.
Smith, Jr. No. 40s North Third
street. Telephone No. 800.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12
NEW STREET CAR SCHEDULE

Night schedule for the street cars
hereafter is as follows: Cars will
leave Broadway and First streets for
Dossett's station on the Broadway line
and for the Trimble street division at
10. 1890 and II p. m, and Fourth
and Broadway for Union station at
the same hours. The jackson street
and north end division Of the Row
| midtown line cars will stop howev'
or. promptly at 10.
Patrons please note.
PAD. CITY RY. co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12

in dentistry. Mr.. Cecil Lacy will leave
shortly for the University of Virginia
and Mr.. Roscoe Reed will spend the
coming winter in an Oxford, Ohio
school
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12

old Woman found Empty Cask, from which choice
old wine had lately been drawn off.
She applied the bung hole and shifted long and eagerly
at the delicious which fingered the dark interior OF the
Empty Cask
oh good this wine have bcenl she exclaimed when
the very drcgs delicious.
Alt . dmcuum mat 10
Nllh me ast
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12

NEW POSTMASTER IN MAR
SHRLL-William M. Anderson has
been appointed postmaster at Glade,
Marshall county. 70 succeed N. l..
Cope, who died recently.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12

invited to meet Miss Bite.
The recital given by Miss Anne
Bradshaw of this city and Miss Eliza
beth Mulvihill Of Cincinnati at The
Kentucky Wednesday evening assisted
by Miss Blanch Buckper of Louisville,
was marked success.
A dance wss given Wednesday even
ing at the X. p. hall by crowd CT
young people.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-12

Yopp After dinner few guests were
invited to meet Miss Bite.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

store. but it has been arranged that
they should have the trustfulness of
little children in those in authority, and
especially in the "bauss," to the end
that they may be good workmen, good
followers, and pliable tools in the hands
Of the all-pogerfuI railroad.
The Letter Writer.
Here is Mario writing letter home
He has picked out a pile Of clean rail =
road ties. arranged them in the form
of a rude desk and seat and is writing
away. taking as much pains with each
word as II II we're an entire letter IN
itself. He Is using pen and ink as If he
we're accustomed TO them AID had had
some practice in their manipulation.
His writing master had taught him that
It was bad form to attempt to make a
letter. in fact that the great penmen be-
lieve II quite impossible TO do 50. unless
the writer reclined his head on his left
arm while his right is at work. This.
il IS said. imparts great ease and depth
Of meaning 10 tie style, and It Is an
clared If he had known the advantages
OF this method he would have used It in
the composition Of the ''Divlna Com
edia."
The best artists OF the pen arc not
satisfied with resting the head on the
left arm 50 as to keep the eyes at the
level Of the right hand. but they go a
step further. They employ a certain
twist Of the Ii2 and even a motion Of the
eye for every letter Mario follows
these maestros OF the pen very closely.
and his letter, when completed. is a work
OF art. But whatever method he en-
ploys you may be sure that what he
is saying comes straight from the heart
You can read that much on his face. He
is telling the folks at home. his sweet
heart. mayhap. what he thinks Of the
new country. God knows what he ex-
pected 70 find here-money and place
and pleasure for the asking. like the poor
Irish colleens who thought 20 pick up
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These little fellows are good work
men, they can stand the trying work
they are doing hour after hour. The
heat they are accustomed to, and they
have patience inexhaustibie. Strong.
biddable men they are, and II is said that
they Will put a railroad down as quick as
any other gang you can hire. As a rule
they have not borne the best Of reputa-
uons. and the average citizen thinks OF
them as holding their own and other
mems lives extremely cheap. Of being
disorderly and not desirable citizens.
You Will be surprised if you 90 10 this
camp to find such quiet, pleasant-spcak-
ing men, They have not exactly parIor
manners. but then what would YOU ex-
pect of their surroundings and manner
Of life?
II has been said that some Italian Ia
bcrers, IL caught by the noon whistle
with their picks aIoft, will drop them
over their backs, instead OF sinking
them IN the earth. That IS as il NAV
De. but the men in the camp are
not Of the type. They have reputa-
ton for industry, and they ably sustain
short and sturdy, SiciIians to a man.
We rarely see the Piedmontese in this
country. the tall. athletic northerners
who compose the King OF ItaIy's giant
bodyguard.
Theirs is different civilization from
ours, and We are unable 10 take II IN
Progress in the money-getting 1rt does
not necessarily mean progress in the
real sense of the word It is hard 10
understand how a million dollars ana
nine tailors cannot make a man. but r.
Is none the less fact. Not that these
little Sardinians and siciIians. with
their Malta and Camorra, are the best
citizens that ever crossed the water to
This country, but that there is az least
some good in them. more than the aver
age OF prejudice IS always willing to
acmit- These are threadbare truths.
Tut IL you viii look abroad you will see
that they have not yet been learned by
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

gold in the streets. Mario has found
by this time that the primal curse Is
working on this side of the water as
well as on tother. that we have to
earn our bread with labor and suffer
ing.
Suddenly giant passenger locomotive
whips by with a glIttering string OF
Pullrnans behind. AS you look. the red
flag and the flashing nickel hand-raiI
have already become indistinct. Who
knows whether Mario tells his folks
that he is writing within twenty feet
OF such prodigies as this?
The Card Players.
From the top of this pile Of lumber
come shouts Of laughter and sputtering
and crash Of words like Hotchkiss rap
id-fire in action, ending with a single ex-
plosive which sounds horrible until the
'bauss" at your elbow says that Il means
sword Of fame" They are playing the
odd Italian card game, which is a night
mare of undigested and misunderstood
euchre, whist, and draw poker. The
RA@1N o4N uAA AnElT rect IKE so rmanv
taiiors. holding long-stemmed corncobs
between their teeth and talking and
shouting as II their lives were at stake.
Each player has a following Of hench-
men, who add 'halloo'' In shriu Italian
every time he makes a good play. There
are no stakes. but they play, like good
men and true. for the pleasure of the
game. for the excitement Of the contest.
and the keen joy Of being opposed to one
another.
In the crowd about the card table IS
the fellow who plays an accordion. The
stranger who comes 20 the camp with
prejudice will be surprised to hear an
aria Of Verdi eoaxed out Of this battered
old instrument. II has decided leak
somewhere. but such is the skill of the
performer that 1t is seldom apparent
Suddenly the accordion player sweeps
into a familiar waltz, and the volatile
little men take up the air in their shriU
voices
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satisfied with his bed He has shell
tered place to rest at night. his house,
hold gods-letters from home. pictures
and kcepsakes-are In the box under his
bunk. and what more could heart desire?
This old box car is a veteran tramp.
Dusty Rhodes" OF many years stand
ing He has the fever of the wanderer
in his blood and he must travel on and
on until he dies. He belongs far south.
somewhere near the Mississippi River.
and he has been sway from home for
long while. still this Dusty Rhodes is
not at all homesick. for he prefers this
rowing life to any other He would
rather stop where the scenery Is pretty
and where there is running water than
live the hustling, rustling life OF
his brothers who are In the
regular freight business. They car
ry nothing more valuable than
soap. sewing machines. and possibly an
occasional plow; ''perishable and imme-
diate" il is true, but not as important
as his cargo He is a pioneer. n ship OF
the desert, as Il were, and he carries
living freight, which always gives q car
standing. 90 matter what yard he may
be shunted into.
A Corner Grocery in a Corner.
There Is a well-equipped corner gro
cery store in one of the cars. II has 4
liberal supply OF candies. soap, spa
ghctti, -four, coTncob pipes, and what
the storel1eeper calls "1aislsulanies."
There is elbow room in plenty for him
and he can use HIS scales without being
disturbed. but one buyer has TO come out
Of the little shop before another can
get In. Whether this arrangement was
suggested by the strategy OF the store
keeper or was made necessary by the
size Of the car ii is hard 70 say At any
rate, the shop does a rushing business.
and can provide 'Tista with almost any
thing his simple needs nav require. II
is very seldom that the men question
any price; IL is not necessary IN this
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

paper lnclOSe magic glass. Through II
you can watch. darkly. II is true. but
with a certain degree OF clearness. short
scenes from the mighty drama OF His
Tory some famous actors appear
thrown into relief bV the smaller ones
As is proper IN plays. there is the NOV
ing undercurrent of action. OF war on
land and sea. Of the passing OF great
man. and just a dash OF clumsy humor
10 keep the rest sweet and pure.
30 II you look intently at this mirror
under "LateSt Foreign" YOU Will SEQ
that the army of the Rhine has con-
qoered all before II. retaken MarzheIm
and Frankfort end killed 900 of the en-
emy- Ten thousand peasants who rose
IN a mass have thrown down their arms
among the prisoners Is a whole company
OF Cossacks- The army OF the Rhine Is
now In possession Of the whole line OF
hentz, Markheim and Frankfort"
1ou can see gorgeous general in q
gold-laced coat and cooked hat ride up
ana down the ranks OF the surrenderiug
peasants, twisting his fierce little mus
tacit the while. ArtiIIcrymcn I'm red
coats and tail hats. a bright buckle on
the band. stand unmoved beside their
smoking guns. erect aud soidierIy. hold
Ing their ramrods ready IN their left
bands. Think Of loading and firing a
gun In a high hat. Here are the Cos
sacks In astrakhan caps and canes
closely guarded by two companies Of
troopers mounted on dappled- gray horses
and wearing great iaclI-boot with broad
laps across the instep. Powder-morIxed
pistols peep from their holsters and the
long black tail Of their hair escapes
from under the small hree-cornered bat
The next scene Is laid i'm Paris Roma
parte and Berthier have disembarkcd M
Frejus. The fame Of their conquest has
preceded them and the volatile poopla
crowd around tho horse which the First
Consul rides. The conquerer Of the pvra-
mids sits immovable HIS dark eyes NOV
ing constantly over the faces around
him He looks pale and thin. more like
a divinity student than soldier. and
the hot sun OF Egypt had but little ef
feet uDon his skin. Bcrthier rides he
hind' and the tri-color is everywhere.
You can see the British packet Fnl
mouth bobbing sullenly NJ tho New York
wharf. II IS a wonder she has been able
10 make the trip across. she seems so
deep In the water and there is so little
life 10 her rise. Her captain has letter
from the Archduke Charles OF Austria.
which is printed In the Gazette" His
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

highness writes with many flourish un-
der tie signature:
Field Ma~-Hol Sw2rrow has defeated
the enemy . Glarus and taken 900
prisoners. I.e enemys loss in Killed
and wounded was very considerable"
old Swarrow Is again victorious and will
add another decoration TO the string
across hts coat
This Is another notice:
"A quantity OF Scholarly peas for sale.
or will be exchanged for wheat
JOHN TEMPER.
December 2S. 1893"
This is another, with q suggestion of
a comedy or a tragedy behind It. may
hap:
Jacob ElmendorG, Of the town Of
Marbletown, in the county Of Ulster. In
the State Of New York. Is dead ana
Gerritie Van Keuren and Gerrnt Van
Keuren ore named as admin'stratrix ana
adm'e e'strator.''
What has become Of the Van Keurcns
now Did they hasten old Jacobs death
by carelessly pluCking q pillow from
under hts head at an opportune time?
Van Keuren-the name sounds a bit rs
II they might be somewhat close. watch
ing every pfennig Vrow Van Kcurcn
might have been buxom lass when she
was young. but she is probably stout
end wears a double chin now
Luther Andres. a genius in the line
OF drawing attention 70 his store. II
there ever was one. advertises I'm verse
He says;
Luther Andres has been opening GOODS both
lie has received near every kind that YOU can
find in any store.
md rs he purchases bv the bale.
lie is determined 20 retail
For READY PAY and a little lower
Than ever have been had before
would not live 20 rouse vo1lr passions
For CREDIT here Is out of fashion
You always NAV find me hv rv sicn
few rods from the House Divine
The following articles will be received in pay
ment; Wheat. rye. buckwhcat, oats. corn,
butter FAX, ashes, and rawhides.
CASH viii not be refused.
Shopkeeper Andres muse seems TO BE-
little lame. Perhaps she could not
overcome the obstacle Of Andres writ
Ing out her verses with a hubby pen In
the back OF an old account book.
Here is another notice:
"Ceme 20 the subscriber a vounq
HlEFER one year old last sprin~. With
a piece cut of her right ear, a star IN
Ler forehead and white under the bclley.
The owner by paying charges is desired
10 take her away. SETH MOSER."
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

window so that the house was "a +4eh.
smut as safe. Latimer is a quiet vo71rV
teIlow and he didn't care to Iet tbs
neighbors see his distress. so he Grant
around the back way. turning up ais COL
lar as he went, intending to Jump the
renee and force a kitchen window.
Ihere happened TO be a particularly
Jealous copper on the beat that r,gb,
and just as Latimer had clanberea 70
the top OF the fence a hand Erspped hin,
by the leg and voice said: Herer Coma
down out O. thati'
Latimer turned round and looked ar
the end Of the policeman's big night
STICK Come down" said the copper.
savagely. I've been watching ye.' I.atI-
mer tried to explain from the tor Of the
fence, but the policeman wouldn't ac-
cept it, and finally marched him dowp
the street before all the neishobrs. Tati-
mer's collar in one hand and the cIub
In the other.
''Latimer is a quiet fellow. as said
but the idea of this outrage drove btr,
nearly frantic. When the policeman
stopped to telephone for the patrol
wagon he tore out OF his grasp and ran
Down the street they raced. Iatimer
hying on ahead and the policeman close
on his heels The neighbors cheered
and urged on each man. II was very
exciting until Latimer tripped and the
copper caught him There was a lively
fight for a moment, but the policeman
used his CLUB freely and Latimer finally
surrendered. Back to the watch box
they marched. with a gOodly following
OF jeering youngsters. Latimer's clothes
were torn and his eye was blacked
from his scufle with the officer.
OH said lady with an unneces-
sarily loud voice. He looked like q
hardened criminal before. but now 1
know he IS one
Latimer was taken 10 the station and
his collateral was cheerfully accepted
by the desk sergeant. who happened 70
know him. The officer he was told, was
a new man. Latimer was mad as g hor-
net. and he had TO go TO a friends
house 10 spend the night He forced
the front door of the house next morn
ing 70 get change OF clothing aDi
moved from that neIghborhood within a
week"
Aha" said the coionel's. friend
there's deal more to a house closed
for the summer than one would think
at first sight
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

like a handkerchief. II you hold The
venerable newspaper for a while and
read its droll advertisements. you seem
to fade away and become a stout Dutch
farmer with a long clay pipe between
your teeth. leather breeches and SQUARE
toed shoes; the old paper will begin TO
look fresh and new. and the desk broad
ems out into a huge fireplace. covered
with blue tiles and a giant backlog
blazing rnerrily on the great brass dogs
The lamentation over Washington has
the right ring. despite the stiff and SOL
emn fashion Of expressing IT,
A young lady bemoans his death IN
the following lines striking her maid
en- harp not loudly but with becoming
tenderness
Weep, kindred mortals; weepl No more youH
ind
80 tsft, 80 pure, - nrm Of mind.
Rejoicing angels hail the heavenly sacc.
Cele;trisl spirits. greet the wonder - the age
President John Adams received an ad-
eress Of coincidence from a body OF the
prominent citizens OF Washington, and
said II reply:
I receive with most refpectrul and
affectiOnate sentiments IN this impreflye
address the obliging eKpreffions OF open
regret for the loss our Country has sus-
tained IN the death OF hor mott. efteem-
ed, beloved and admired CITIZEN. "'s
His example is now complete and
1t Will teach wifdom and virtCS TO Mag
iftrates Citizens and men not only in
the prefent but in future generations as
long as our Hiftory shall be read. II
Trojan found a Pliny. Marcus
Aurelius can never want Biographers.
Eulogifts or HIftorians."
We can imagine the venerable Presi-
dent. his square -hewn face expressing
the utmost sorrow. replying TO the dele
cation OF periwigged citizens in pomp-
Gus. cumbersome phrase He must have
loosened his cravat very often when ne
was speaking.
General Washington's funeral cortege
Is described in a letter from a CORE
spondent. beginning as follows:
George Town. Dec. 20. 1898.
"On Wednesday last the mortal part
OF Washington the Great, the Father OF
His Country and the Friend of Man. was
assigned to the toomb with solemn hon
ors and funeral pomp." An accurate
plan OF the parade rs n marched +,
given and the letter closes with appro-
pirate expressions OF the popular afllc-
tion.
The grim black outlines Of this old
The Washington times., 1903-07-05
The Campfire Chef Cooking Spaghetti.

require is a level place with a bit of
shade where tables may be placed. run
ming water, and convenient spots for
setting up nrepIaces. where spaghetti Is
cooked in little tin kettles. blackened
from long exposure TO heat and smoke.
The place they occupy just now is a
good location 70 pitch camp on and
must have been chosen by an expert
fenced man. possibly the ''bauss." who
has done work of this sort before.
A deep gulley. through which little
stream runs. is near at hand. shaded
by trees and thick underground OF
bushes and long grass. This is where
the Sunday washing is done The lit
tie men come tumbling. helter- -skelter,
down the steep path, their washing un-
der their arms, and, with many shout
and exclamation, set TO work. They
choose a smooth. slopins stone; lug 81
to the edge OF the stream and begin to
scrub like so many washerwomen. They
are cleanIy to degree, and you can
watch them securing and soaking and
wringins even their vests. When they
start 10 work on the track Monday
morning everything has been given a
thorough scrubbing
A Typical Camper.
Here comes a characteristic figure.
The little fellow is short and thick-set.
looking as II his bones were small but
we'll padded with muscle. He wears a
strip OF faded red sash around his body,
and gold earrings sparkle DULY from his
black hair. He is unshaven and un-
shorn. his shoes clatter on the stones.
and as he stops for a moment 70 push
a branch aside you can see the jaunty
little brown cap on the side OF his head.
He carries bottle in his hand-a bottle
Of American beer-and he is coming
down 20 place Il in the stream IS a
sort OF natural ice box.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

ss\/oU TAXA my picks? How much
you pay?" says the first Ital-
ian you meet on the way to
the camp Of laborers who are laying one
OF the lines which will enter the new
union station.
Beware. o stranger. tenderfoot. how
you give these men money. The query
is shrewd one. They do not ask you
whether you will pay anything-that
goes without saying-but how much. that
is what they want TO know Hence, be
on your guard. and tell the smiling
picket firmly Nothing" II you should
be weak enough to give Angelo some
thing to sit for his portrait. he will ex-
pect a remembrance" before you leave
the camp.
There are eighty-four Italians in this
particular place, along the line OF the
steam road to Alexandria. They sleep in
the box cars which brought them from
Philadelphia, New York. and the great
NANAtS u NA-1 last I0CN were
gathered with great labor and expense.
1t is said that they are well paid. getting
somewhere in the neishborhood OF a
dollar and half for days work
They are smiling little men. dark and
swarthy, with thick black hair. They
wear odd foreign-made clothes, and
shoes with hob nails. These nails are
set into the sole in all sorts OF fautas-
tic patterns, and each man prides him
self on having more artistic arrange
ment of nails than his fellow. The shoes
with their inch soles clatter and clink
about the stones OF the camp as II each
little man were a French peasant and
wore wooden slippers.
Site Of the Camp.
These Italians are encamped near
their cars, like Arabs. adapting them
selves to any circumstances. All they