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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

ever, the message is for a distant part,
/ he repeats it on his gOurd, and so 1t is
carried trom village 20 village with
very little loss of time. until it reaches
! the person for whom it is intended.
( Il was granted the privilege by King
Lerothodi of using his gOurd telegraph
I system to send any messages TO our
other workers whenever i wished, and
often awaited myself Of It.
1T is not considered necessary TO re-
/ peat back the message 10 the sender.
1t is simply carried along from gourd
10 gourd. and I don't know of a single
instance where it failed to reach its
destination properly.
During the war between the British
and the Beers we who were hunGSeds
Of miles distant from the scene of hos
tilities got all the news with surprising
rapidity. We knew Of every victory
and every reverse which took place in
the Orange Free States and the Trans
wall and i have known of several In
stances where the news came by the
gourd air line hours ahead Of the mes
sage by field telegraph. You can read
lily understand how this surprised the
military officers.
"rhe same system is common 20
many of the African tribes and the Sc
cret Is always confined 10 the few
trained men in each village, who are
chosen for their fidelity TO the head
man or chief Who first devised this
system nobody seems TO know. II has
been I'm use for centuries. Among the
Pondos, the Tembis and the Bechuanas,
whose tribes ] visited in connection
with my work in Africa, ] frequently
observed the gOurd communication in
operation.
THE drummer receives the orders
from the head man 10 send a certain
message and he goes out and In a few
minutes he can be heard pounding out
on the gourd short taps, long taps and
taps I'm little groups, taps with pauses
between them and taps close together,
Ike the roll Of a drum.
There appeared 10 be no difficulty
in sending. any kind Of message by
the code, and 81 was just as easy for
the operator, comparatively, as II is
for the man who sits at the key in a
telegraph Office. have known Of mes
sages being sent nearly a thousand
miles, and which must have been re-
peated IN almost a hundred villages
before they reached the person for
whom they were intended"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
PARK CITY AND RETURN $3.50

Sunday, April 10,
via r. G. w. Ry. Train leaves SIS
a. m. Everybody invited to visit Utah's
greatest mining camp.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
TOWN B0MBARDMENT
VENEZUELAN GUEBOAT GETS
ACTIVE AND TROOPS ARE
PREPARING FOR ACTION.

Willemstad, Island OF Curacao, March
to sdvices received here
from revolutionary sources, the Ven
ezuelan gunboat Restaursdor lombard
ed the seaport town Of Carupano, state
of Bermudez.
The troops OF the Venezuelan gov
eminent, 1t is added, are holding
Cumanaua, about IS miles from Cara
pano. Finally, it is asserted, that a
decisive battle is expected to take place
very shortly in the neighborhood of
Coro, capital of the state of Falcon,
between the Venezuelan revolutionists
and the government troops.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
ENGINEERS KILLED.
TWO VICTIMS OF A PECULIAR
RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR
WASHINGTON.

Washington, March ia peculiar
collision occurred near here between q
passenger train and freight train on
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest
ern railroad, IN which Isaac Sutton,
OF Hoboken, engineer of the passenger
train, and 7. A. Convey, of Scranton,
Pa, engineer OF the freight train
were killed. The freight train was
on a siding waiting for the passenger
train to pass, but the engine Tapped
over the rails OF the main track. The
cabs Of both locomotives were wreck
ed. Engineer Sutton was thrown
from his cab, ana the passenger train
continued on the main track, not even
the fireman, who was out Of the cat
at the time, knowing Of the accident
until the train passed a station and an
investigation showed that the engineer
was missing.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
THE FUTURE GREAT
Big Excursion Went out of
Paducah Today.
226 Tickets Sold-Addition Along
the Line.

Over 225 tickets were sold out Of
Psduah for st. Louis this morning
There were six coaches, including the
baggage car. one coach being reserved
for colored passengers and these desir-
ing to smoke. Among the many who
took advantage of the cheap rate
were:
Messrs. Sara Washington. J. NJ.
Dunlap, Charles Jones, Earl johnson,
ID. r. Rudolph p. 81. Bichon, Edwin
Woods, Joe Laevison, Melville Wal
lersteiu, Maynard Allen, Gene Lachat,
O. L. Cook, Morris Nash, L. s. Levy,
Charlie Croal. Harry Allen, Vaughan
Scott, A. B. Sowell, Ed Scott, Henry
Schroat. Joe Crane, Will Scott, @. b.
Gilbert, Gay Harris, Jack Bloomfield,
Edwin Wilson, r. O. vigus, Billy Ba-
ker, Jack Williams. Captain Mike
Williams, 7. W. Dollberry, J. l. Lang
ston, q. W. Morrison, r. S. Barnett,
Rudolph Barnett, ". E. McMinimy,
Joe Gardner, 81 Bryant, Herman Kat
terjohn, Dan Simon and Dick Ash
brook Mesdames Wilmonth Rock, Ed
Shanks, W. NJ. Cornelius, Lucy Davis,
John Burnett. Jake wallerstein. James
Weille, L. L. Girardey, NJ. Cope, W.
". Powell, Mary Powell, Mary Bailey
E. A. johnson and L. J. Randall.
Misses Irma Hecht Carline sowell,
Mary Lee CLARK, Ethel Bailey, Ethel
johnson, Vera HousmaD, the latter Of
Mayfield; Elizabeth Wilson, Carrie
Ewell, Letha Puryear
The train left the depot at 11:0'
O'Clock and made a stop at the freight
depot at Sixth and Trimble streets
and then was taken across the river
where many more excursionists were
taken on. As the train proceeds
coaches are added TO accommodate the
crowd and the train will probably
have to be run in two sections befor'
St. Louis is reached.
Those of Mayfleldiwho arrived thii
morning to go on the excursion are
Messrs l.. 81. Palmer and daughter
Miss Ethol Palmer; r. d. Happy, l.
o. stevenson. @. p. Key, Lee Tyre
and Messrs. Dan Slaughter and W. II
Leeoh Of WIngo.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

The step TO secure better roads in
McCracken county, which can be Sc
cured only by placing gravel or some
thing else substantial on them, is COM
mendable, and there is future for
the men who succeed in giving this
county good roads, The initial step,
as told elsewhere, is to be taken to-
night, when the county judge and the
road overseer will address good
roads meeting and attempt to interest
the people in better roads.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
THREE IN ONE NIGHT
Fire Departments Kept Busy
Last Night.
Two Fires at the Same Time, But
Little Damage Done.

The fire departments were kept busy
last night answering alarms. but little
damage was done property, thsnks to
the speedy response Of the firemen.
The first alarm was turned in from
box 25. at Eleventh and jackson. and
proved to be false alarm. At 80
this morning another alsvm was sent
in from the waterworks company. A
small blacksmith shop in the rear of
the wsterworks was afire and about
500 damage total was done. The
origin of the fire is not known.
The third alarm came while the
central department was fighting the
waterworks fire and came from Me-
chaniesbuIg. The old Murray or JAR
rett place. located on the last turn on
the Benton road leaving Paducah's
limits, was discovered atire. The fire
originated in a closet and was extin-
guished without any great damage. It
is thought that this fire is Of .ncendi-
airy origin. The house was formerly
owned BY Mr.. NJ. L. Hays of the
Palmer house barber shop. but is now
owned by a man named Holland, Of
Tennessee.
The firemen spent all the morning
in cleaning mp the wagons and are
now ready for another siege. There
had been but few fire alarms of late
and the firemen had begun to trust.
as they termed it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
TO AVOID CONFUSION.

The legality Of Paducah's class II
settled. and the best thing to do now
is to go to work to straighten things
out. Everybody, no matter what his
politics, is anxious TO see the city run
along smoothly, and TO do this now
will require tact, and more or Less of
a give and take policy on part of those
in power.
The thing tor which we are most
thankful just now is that We are safe
ly in the second class. II things have
MT turned out just as some of Us would
have them, IL might have been worse.
In order to avoid clashes Of au thority,
conflicts in official duties and perhaps
general confusion in some quarters, it
will be we'll for every city official to
be as fortearinR as possible, and do
his share towards oiling the msohin-
cry Of government. After this year
things will be different, and we will
be working under the second class
charter exclusively.
Another reason why the peace and
welfare of Paducah during the next
few months will require more than
ordinary attention is that many, if
not most, of the present officials will
be candidates for some office within a
few weeks, or months at most and
when q man is running for Office he
usually neeleots his public duties if he
has any, or leaves them to be peform-
ed by some incompetent. Paducah
now, more than ever, needs the best
efforts of capable officers and loyal
citizens to keep things strsighten-
ed out, and at the same time insure
and give to the people tine many es-
sentials Of good government until after
the election. Along pull and strong
pull together ought to give the good
results desired by every good citizen.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

The claim that insurance companies
have bonanza in Kentucky is hardly
borne out by the report Just issued. 1t
can be seen that the total premiums
are less than four million dollars,
while the losses are nearly two mil
lion, making no provision whatever
for the heavy expense of doing bust
ness in Kentucky, including paying
the licenses and compromising the hun.
dreds of agents. The report is likely
to be misleading to those who do not
stop to think that out of the difference
between the receipts and the losses has
be deducted the vast outlay required
in conducting the business which
amount is not estimated.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

but wouldn't have him vaccinated.
In North Carolina yesterdays dis.
patches indicate that they are having
the same kind of trouble. Prof. wea-
yer, at the head Of one Of the educa-
tional institutions, refused to be vac
cinated and was fined. He wouldn't
pay the fine and was sent to Jail, where
b, still languished ct last accounts.
TIE tenor of court opinion seems to be
that vaccination is often, If not al
ways essential IN protecting the health
of communities, and if people will not
submit voluntarily, they can be COM
PEELED to by law.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
RED SHACK" GONE
Mayfield's Blind Tiger" Burn
ed Last Night.
Was the Scene of Several Murders and
Fights.

The famous "Red Shack" in May
field was last night burned to the
ground and thus is exterminated one
of the most disreputsble structures as
ISOLATED with tragedies and Illicit
whiskey selling. that has ever been
built in this end OF the state.
The house was located ON the wades-
boro road about quarter Of = mile
east Of the Msyfeld city limits and
was built in 1894 to be used as fami-
ly grocery. The property was decided
to two men named Houseman and Will
forc by o. II. Swift but 1t seems that
some misunderstanding had existed
and suit was filed to recover posses
sion. Last night at 30 minutes past
10 O'Clock, the house burned. The
general superstition is that the building
was set afire. Three men have been
killed in this mouse, two being negroes
and the last B. S. Thurmond, white,
who was killed a short time ago.
There have been 10 men seriously
wounded in or near the place, making
a total OF thirteen cuttings and shoot
ings. Ever since the building was
erected it has been "blind tiger and
most of the whiskey and beer selling
done in Mayfeld was done at this
place.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
SKELETON FOUND.
W. W. YOUNG DISAPPEARED
FROM HIS HOME IN WHINING.
TON THREE YEARS AGO.

Wilmington, N. O., March ia
human skeleton has been found in an
isolated spot in pasture six miles
from Wilmington, near the coast, and
identified as that of W. W. Young, a
white carpenter, SO years old, who
disappeared from his homo in this city
May 3, 1900. The cause of the man 9
death is unknown. Members Of his
family say they advertised for the man
and made diligent search, at last Civ.
ing up hope of finding him. Mrs.
Young married again after her first
husbands disappearance.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
swIs. pIplomat Wei Lied.

Diplomatic circles in Washington
will feel a distinct loss in the retire
ment Of NJ. Pioda. Swiss minister. He
is one Of the few foreigners TO retain
their native customs in the legations,
On all formal occasions bis guests
were greeted with baskets OF most
beautiful artificial flowers, the ware
used on the table was exclusively
Swiss. as were the dishes served. The
Piodas never gave up their peculiar
window draperies and every Christmas
they had a tree. from which every
swiss resident In Washington got q
present brought from the little Euro
pean republic.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

The police department is likely to
encounter more or less confusion as q
result of approaching changes. II the
council had abolished the marshals
Office year before last. before the cleo
tion, as it was repeatedly urged to do,
there would have been none OF the
present trouble, and much work and
expense would haye been saved. 1t is
too late now to do It, but not too late
to remind the people that The Sun sd'
vissd the abolition Of the office before
II was filed. and even before the Dem
ocrats had made a nomination.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

IL may DO Of interest to the people
of this county to know that the lndi-
ana court of appeals has just decided
that people may be forced to have
themselves vaccinated, and that school
boards have right to exclude from
the schools children who have failed
or refused to be vaccintaed. The case
went up from Terre Haute, where
father wanted his son to 90 to school,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
Eelnburo Honors Canadians.

The municipality Of Edinburg con-
ferred the freedom Of that city to
Sir Wilfrid .aurier, premier Of Can
ada, and Robert Bond, premier
and colonial secretary OF Newfound-
land. on the occasion OF their last
visit there on July rs to receive de-
grees from the university.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

II all the committees appointed by
the two boards to investigate and re-
port on various municipal matters
would make reports,it is probable sew
eral called meetings would be required
to hear them. But they don't report.
After being appointed they proceed to
forget all about it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

Il seems that all the Goebelites,
from the man who happened to take
the martyred senator's dying state
ment to the one who preached his fu-
neral, are now running for office n
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

There seems to be little use in kick
ing against the war claim graft Of Cap
tain Calhoun, who gets something like
ga. 900 for pushing the claim. 1t is
simply another instance of where those
in power had an opportunity to skin
the people by due process of law, and
they have availed themselves Of il.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
FRANKF ORT MINISTER.
MAN WHO PREACHED GoEBEL'S
FUNERAL IN THE CITY.

Rev. t. N. Arnold of Frankfort, the
minister who preached Senator Vim.
Goebsl's funeral. is in the city today
electioneering. Hc is candidate for
the Democratic nomination for super
intendent Of public instruction.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

1t is to be hoped that nothing will
be done by the ward redistricting
committee that will tend to give us
any more councilmen. We know when
we have enough.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
WEDNESDAY, MARCH, IS, 1908
DAILY THOUGHT.

"a refusal to choose the right is
virtually a choice Of wrong, no matter
how loudly we may protest to the con-
trary."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
THE WEATHER.

Rain and colder tonight. Friday
clearing and colder.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

Mr.. Edward o. Leigh returned to
Frankfort today at noon aftera visit
to relatives in tine city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE q
MORTGAGE 66
LOANS 0660H16


,ons. s.ws, correc,,ors and ali con-
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saS .Ss,hh.r. a. ho,h ,,ou, and hacs
p-,..s a, - -, -. -, -.
ments.
No ,,,, Mou,oe stree, good ,ou,
room house. shade. bargain AT stoso.
hA'e money ~ an ''nisS " per
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moi'sSse"
goo Bronson avenue, corner Tenth,
good I room house, price s97S.
Two room houses nj uorth.ss, cor.
ner Tenth and raekson streets viii s.Ii
sinsiy II wanted prize corner, $3.50; ID:
side $50; both fI,soo.
No. Is46 Broadway, o room house,
easy payments at g.. 400.
6PER CENT Farm LOANS
New GOOD , roou hons. An porr,.,u
parl Cor sale ON ,pon,hlv pavue,,.
=,
20 80 s,,a % -, 80, ose'
400 y.,as 81 s,., d.,o, o,, ., ~. ,..
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very easy payfnen's' price s2'2oo'
NO go Bronson avenue at corner oil
Tenth street. room house easy pay
men's; price $1,000
Nice 4 room house with modern con-
venienees' IN hrst class repair west SIDE
Seventh street between harrison ana
Clay Streets easy payments price 1880
Factory site. on railroad, at Madison
and Tenth Streets price $1,000
Two circle trout lots together, in
Fountain Park. each 81 feet wide. viii
sell separate. Price on corner one $50
aad 5000 on inside one
Two houses, one six and other five
rooms, at northwest corner Sixth and
Boyd streets. viii sell together or
separate See me II you want " good
trade
Good eight room house, 90 foot lot,
sewerage ID both bathroom and Kitchen
South SIDE Jeierson streets between
Ninth and Tenth streets Excellent
home on easy payments IN pes' resi-
ue"'s par VI s'''' INV s''000'
Good three room horse on south
Eighth street near husbands ior ohiy
$40 , '',e''' - '-' -,
VI ''"'-
NO i74o HARRISON sliee'-ih rouh'ain
Park ne" iour ROOM nee mouse 50
loot lot at si'ooo, OF 'n's Win aol''n'ng
vacant 50 ioo' 'o' s''-o''
seven roon nous. On no''n s'ue o'
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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-19

A cattleman says that all cows lie
down on their left side. and never on
their right. unless the left is injured.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
To Advertise the Great Southwest.

Farmers, farmers wives and daugh- ters, school teachers, doctors, clergy men, merchants in the smaller towns, any citizen who has something to say, are invited to write letters and longer articles about the locality in which they live in the Southwest. The terri tory includes Arkansas, Arizona, h. dian Territory, Louisiana, Southern Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
 Premiums that make it an object are offered, a set for each state and territory. Full particulars of the conditions of the contest, and list of the prizes and awards will be sent up- on application to
 J. w. STEELE,
 Commissioner, Colonization Agency Southwestern Lines, Columbia Theatre Building, St. Louis, Mo.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
NEWSPAPER PROVERBS.

s. w. Gillian, the funny man of the Baltimore American and secretary of the recently organized association of Newspaper Versifiers and Humorists, has coined the following proverbs out of twenty years experience.
 The chap who tries hardest to work a newspaper for special favors is the one who never spends cent with it and is not even a subscriber.
 The man who kicks about the inac- curacy of newspapers in general is the one who does least to assist in getting the facts accurately when he has an opportunity to do so.
 The man who kicks about the inac- curate papers in general has had the bitter truth told about him once by some unusually frank reporter, and has big sore spot.
 The man who begs that his name be left out of the list of trunks for fear it will hurt his mothers feelings never considered that good lady's sensibil- ities before in his life.
 The men who spend the most money with the paper kick the least.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
tTnNOLOGIsT.
d. R. voth on Visit to Northern
 Arizona Indians.

H. R. Voth, the ethnologist, and who has studied the American Indian for the past twenty years, is in the Moki Indian country in Arizona. He is in that part of the country in the interest of the Field Columbian muse- um of Chicago. During his two days stay in Albuquerque he spent the greater part of his time at the Harvey museum and at the Indian school, where he was entertained by Superior Wright. MT. Voth probably knows more about the American Indi- an than any other man, which knowledge has been acquired by personal contact. The Field museum will soon publish the grammar and vocabulary of the Moki Indian and for this purpose has sent Mir. Voth to do the work. He photographed the Moki dolls of the Harvey collection, which is said to be the finest collec- tion anywhere outside of the Field museum, during his stay at the Moki rvation he will look out for the Harvey museum, and a consignment will soon be shipped to Albuquerque. Citizen.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
The X-Rays.

Recent experiments, by practical tests and examination with the aid of the X-Rays, establish it is a fact that catarrh of the stomach is not disease of itself, but that it results from re- peated attacks of indigestion. "How can I cure my indigestion?" Kodal Dyspepsia Cure is curing thousands. It will cure you of indigestion and dyspepsia, and prevent or cure catarrh of the stomach Kodol di- gests what you eat-makes the stomach sweet. Sold by D. J. Brannen.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
Tho Wastes of the Body.

Every seven days the blood, muscles and bones of man of average size loses two pounds of worn out tissue. This waste cannot be replenished and the health and strength kept up with out perfect digestion. When the stomach and digestive organs fail to perform their functions, the strength lets down, health gives way, and di- sease sets up, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate all of the wholesome food that may be eaten into the kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues and protects the health and strength of the mind and body. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. It is an ideal spring tonic. Sold by D. J. Brannen.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02

In almost every neighborhood some- one has died from an attack of collie or cholera morbus, often before medi- cine could be procured or physician summoned. A reliable remedy for these diseases should be kept at hand. The risk is too great for any one to take. Chamberlain's collie, cholera and diarrhoea remedy has undoubtedly saved the lives of more people and relieved more pain and suffering than any other medicine in use. It can al- ways be depended upon. For sale by all druggists.
The Coconino sun., 1903-05-02
Quick Arrest.

J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, Ala, was twice in the hospital from severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doctors and all remedies failed, Buck lin's Arnica Salve quickly arrested further inflammation and cured him. It cOnquers aches and kills pains. Only 25c. For sale by all druggists.