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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-10
London,s YEARLY Postane.

A billion Of letters and postcards
and 100000 90 newspapers are annu
ally handled at the general postoffice,
London. A city firm has posted 1872
900 letters at one time. while as many
as 10000 postcards have been re-
solved in a single batch.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-10

There is probably In all tho world
only one town built Of glass, and that
is to be found near Yellowstone Park.
The glass is not artificial, but nat
ural. being formed by ages of volcanic
action. It is dark-sreen or black In
hue. but in every other respect re-
sembles the artificial product.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-10

The total volume OF business done
by the mail order business OF Chicago
Is about s40.000.000 a year. One firm
In Chicago does a trade of Sl5,0O0,-
900; another s12.oO0,000. 1t is a cash
business.
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NE WIS OF
THE RIVERS.
THE STAGES.

Cairo, 47.7-1.3 rise.
Chattanooga, 24.2-3. 8 rise.
Cincinnati, 47.6-2.4 fall.
Evansville, az. 20. 4 rise.
Florence, missing.
Jacksonville, 32.9-1.0 rise.
Louisville, Gill; fall.
Mt. Carmel, 2l.S-0.5 rise.
Nashville, 39.2-1.5 fall.
Pittsburg, 20.O-3.3 rise.
Davis Island Dam, 1s.s-3.S rise.
st. Louis, 25.0-1.2 rise.
Paducah, A. 2-l.3 rise.
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WHAT THE PLOD.

DERS ACCOMPLISH.
II we were 10 examine q list of the
men who have left their mark on the
world we should find that, as rule,
IL is not composed OF those who were
brilliant in youth, or who gave great
promise at the outset Of their careers,
but rather of the plodding young men
who, If they have not dazzled by their
brilliancy, have had the power of q
days work in them; who could stay
by a task until it was done, and well
done; who have had grit, persistence,
common sense and honesty.
1t is the steady exercise of these or
binary, homely virtues, united with
average ability. rather than decep-
tive display Of more snowy qualities
in youth, that enables a man to
achieve greatly and honorably. So, if
we were TO attempt to make forecast
of the successful men Of the future,
we should not look for them among
the ranks of the smart" boys, those
who thiuk they know it all" and are
anxious to win by short route.-o.
S. Marden in Success.
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ternoon for Tennessee river with par
tial crew after spending the day here
searching for tie carriers.
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err "A ON the gauge, rise Of l.3 in
last "a hours. Wind southwest. a
light breeze. Weather raining and
warmer. Rainfall last "a hours o.40
inches. Temperature So. Pell, OBJ
server.
The Clyde arrived today out of Ten
nessee river.
The Victor went into Tennessee riv-
err yesterday late.
The Voolfolk is due from the Ten
nessco with timber.
The LYDIA went to Tennessee river
this morning after ties.
The Michael is due from the Missis-
sippi today OF tomorrow.
The Memphis is due to pass Padu-
cab from st. Louis Thursday.
TheJ. NJ. Bowel is due from Ten
nessee river tomorrow with ties.
The Monte Bauer went to the mines
this morning after q tow of coal.
The CoWling did not make trip to-
day on account of the heavy fog.
The Thomas Parker left this morn
ing for Cumberland river after ties.
The Buttorff got away to Cumber-
land river yesterday afternoon late.
The Thomas Nevins, the odd Kenton,
left last night for Memphis with a
tow of coal
The Sunshine will arrive here to-
morrow morning from Cincinnati to
Memphis.
The Grace Smith is still up Duck
river landing loading ties and is due
out this week.
The william Towle passed down to
Joppa yesterday from Cumberland
river with ties.
The Roes Lee will pass Paducah
Friday en- route to st. Loris from the
Tennessee river.
Tue John S. Hopkins arrived late
from Evansville today and departed
soon after her arrival on her return
trip.
The Henrietta left yesterday for
Nashville to resume her trips. She
had a collision with the Richardson
and was badly stove up.
The Margaret left late yesterday af-
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Observations taken at a. m. Riv-
err "A ON the gauge, rise Of 1.3 in
last "a hours. Wind southwest. a
light breeze. Weather raining and
warmer. Rainfall last "a hours o.40
inches. Temperature So. Pell, OBJ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11


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New Plays in New York;
Some Old Ones

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-The volume Of
theatrical productions in New York
f1uctuates sharply from time to time.
Last week we had four entirely new
presentations and this week we have
had but two. Next Monday night again
there will be another la ge influx of
plays and players, and perhaps the
week afterward nothing at all that is
fresh in the amusement line may come
to us. OF this weeks offerings, the
most interesting is Jim Bludso," pro-
jected by Rich and Harris, with Rob-
ert Hilliard as the star feature Of the
cast. The melodrama was made known
at the Fourteenth Street theater on
Monday evening and was viewed by
an audience not alone numerically ex-
traordinary, but of a social quality
quite notable in this part of the town.
The last-named condition must be as
cribed to Mr.. billiards. personal popu-
larity among the smart set" for mere
melodrama, no matter how munificent-
ly. garnished with scenery and me-
chanical effects, does not appeal to this
portion of the metropolitan commu-
nifty. Jim Bludso," as already told in
this correspondence, is stage adapta-
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that places Mr.. Fishers entertain
ment upon par with The Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast" which has
hitherto been regarded as quite the
most astonishing example of money
drawing theatrical attractions ever
brought to view in America. The box
once takings of THE Silver Slipper"
began at $12.00e week, and have in
creased with undertaking steadinesss
until reaching the point here mention
ca. There is no likelihood of a change
OF Dill at the Broadway for consid-
cradle time to come.
another souvenir performance will
De given during the current week, when
the Ninety and Nine" Ramsey Nor
ris' railway locomotive meIodrama
Will record its 125th representation at
the Academy of Music. This play, of
which Frank Mckee is the manager,
has had the best run at the Academy
since In Old Kentucky" justly re-
garded as the most wonderfully sue
cessful melodrama of this time, mas
much as in its tenth year it has just
played to two $4,000 weeks in Chicago.
The Ninety and Nine" will not move
out of New York until Jan. "a when it
is to take up a tour embracing the
est cities.
ulysses" Is Homeless.
Nobody seems to know just where
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TRUTH OF ARJ1ENIaN TROUBLE
Turkish Bugaboo Explained by Old Resident of
air the Near East

lslamite ingenuity or imagination. Ly-
ing and cruelty, then, are the two chief
characteristics of Turkey, and in this
rough generalization is expressed the
condition that at last has aroused in
dignant civilization into a consensus of
protest.
In Asia Minor there is nomadic
1 LII OF ROBBERS known as the Kurds
Ihey are old as history They live
mostly all by themselves in mud hut
villages, just as the rural Armenians
I'VE on the plains and mountain sides
IN the early spring the Kurds leave
these huts, and drive their herds long
distances over the mountains in search
OF line pastures. There they gather
IN tents' gong to the cities later to
market their fiocks
Like all nomads thew are ins+ino+i,,o
ly robbers. Though openhearted and
brave they have been made Ishma elites
OF by being the victims of all the wars
that nave devastated this region since
the days of the Assyrians. Christia n
and Moslem alike submit to their ex-
dctlons as q matter of policy because
the kurds, in turn, protect Them froy,7
worse robbers, just in fact as the Mo-
occo Jews let the Berbers rob them So
long as they keep off the official tax
gatherers "a =
The Kurds do not seize property in
u!Scrlmlnately, but upon arriving at a
village make a demand for so Y,7anI-
cattle, sheep, etc. They are given &c
q tribute. @In the wild districts wbero
the turkish soldiers have no fancy for.
service, the kurds act as. a land noIice
ana IN that way earn the tribute thew
exact. y 'iles
NO doubt at all exists that the Kurds
nave peen used as tools by the Turkish
government to harass the Armenians
ana oflYe them to Russia and nIcaN
Where, II possible, but in plunderin o
the Afmenians they are at best get
| tlng back from them only what 10,
nave taken from the Turks in the v-ay
of usury - 'iie way
AS Christian martyr the Armania.
Ger fanny does not deserve cop1noisnra-
uoh. he is not only the most dfsbones+
OF men IN his dealings with the T1lrl.
pGe ne IS more fanatical than the Turk
mn IIldilsen. IN Armenia the Christian Is
assure 70 all mosques. He is often
the honored guest at the Mosla,,9, 9
mousse, ana the recipient of open-heart1
Gu hospitality. Yet the MosIem is nev-
81 permitted to enter an Armenian
o4't'tc , ana IN the Gregorian church
- al lile INA the Armenian pravs con-
| lem. '-oii VI the Mos
Inc Armenian has neither the brav-
~ ,,5 u e!e hufd nor the simple faith
Itila pd tIiotIsIn OF the Turk He is fbn
elctiiil OF an al-consuming avarice ana
| = poi1cy Oh sharp practice which makes
MN mated by both of his hera5 lit ?
-GladdWil Lake.
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DEATH OF GABRIEL HARRISON.
Actor Manager, Dramatist, Painter, Poll
tlcIan and Friend of Famous Men.

TNSNNi -'HGitCSOiB ~ TUT
tlcIan and Friend of Famous Men.
Gabriel Harrison, veteran actor and
theatrical manager, who had numbered
among his friends Edgar Allan Poe, John
Howard Payne Edith Forrest and other
well known men, and who in his boyhood
had been a protege of Aaron Burr, died
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning in the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Har-
rison Hart. S65 Sterling Place, Brooklyn.
Stomach trouble caused the complications
which resulted in death.
Mr.. Harrison was eighty-three years
old at the time of his death, had often
been referred to as the father Of the
spirit in the organization of the Shake
speare club, and gained distinction as an
amateur actor Mr.. Harrison also acted
Othello to Lester Wallack's Iago at the
National theater and supported Charles
Kean when the latter played an engage
ment with the Park Theater company,
Of which Mr.. Harrison became a member.
Subsequently he managed theaters in
Paterson, N. J.,@and Troy, n. Y. In 1853
he opened the Park theater in Brooklyn,
the first regular theatef that Brooklyn
had seen. Later he was lessee and man
ager of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Turning his attention to plawriting, he
scored his first success with ''Melanthia. -
tragedy, which was produced by Miss
Heron. In 1878, at Woods theater, in
New York. he made a success as dra-
matist and actor, appearing as Roger
Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. in which
his daughter Viola played the part Of
Hester Prynne.
Mr.. Harrison was also the author of a
biography Of John Howard Payne, and of
many short stories. He also took a prom
inent part in the movement which re-
suited in the erection of a bust of Payne
in Prospect park.
A painter Of no mean ability, he had
Edwin Forrest and other well known men
for sitters. A portrait of Pee, of which
Mr.. Harrison was proud; had been made
from a daguerreotype taken in 1916. His
friendship with Poe continued until the
poets death.
In the last years of Aaron Burr's life
Gabriel Harrison, then boy, lived in
Reade street, near Center street, and
made the acquaintance of Hamilton's
SLAYER. Burr became interested in him
and taught him elocution.
AS president Of the White Eagle club,
of Polk and Dallas Mr.. Harrison became
known as a, politician. In 1S4S. he Joined
the Free Soil Democrats, and became
prominent in the councils of that party.
On the occasion of his first meeting with
Poe the latter wrote for him a campaign
song to be sung by the White Eagle club.
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Music. Several Of the principals from
the original cast will take part, and
there will be chorus at least twice
as large as the one engaged during the
notable run of this piece at the Casino
The Messrs. Thomas A. Wise and
John c. Rice, who are meeting with
much success in Are You a Mason p"
under the management of Rich and
Harris, are already rehearsing their
new farce, entitled Caught With the
Goods" which they are to produce from
time to time during the present season
before bringing it to the Garrick the
alter next fall.
'"The Girl With the Green Eyes," in
which the personality of Clara Blood
good is abserved at it's very best, is
such a hit at the Savoy theater that
Clyde Fitch is searching for another
playhouse at which to present the next
Of his series of original productions.
-Leander Richardson.
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Special to The Globe.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 10-I am
not Turk, nor have I any particu-
lar favor for some of the doings of the
Father of the Faithful, but 1 cannot
help writing down a few facts that
have come under my observation dur
ing a somewhat lengthy sojourn in the
Orient upon the Armenian question.
do this, because, knowing that of all
people on earth who detest being bum
coed it is Americans and that they
have been greatly imposed upon in
this particular l am positive.
The culprits in this case have main
ly been certain Christian journalists
who are deeply interested in the matter
of raising funds for the Armenian
cause.
To begin with the Armenian peasant,
as he is familiar to American readers
through the pages of religious periodi-
Gals, does not exist. The Armenian
country village is only an assemblage
of crude mud huts or burrows, where
these people live like civilized Ameri-
can Indians, begrimed with smoke and
dirt, many of them demoralized by
drunkenness and the practice of all the
domestic vices supposed to be the ex-
elusive amusement of the Moslem.
The Armenian of the cities is a cold
hearted fellow, who can make more out
of sou than a half dozen Turks can
He is an accomplished linquist, and
there is nothing in trade of which he
is not master. His commercial art is
so superb that the Turk is not often
able to find out how badly he has been
cheated. In all the towns of Belts and
Sassun this Armenian trader has fat
tened on his Moslem neighbors They
known it and, once their race cruelty
has mastered them, they are not. slow
in hunting them down.
The massacres have, therefore, not
been the result of religious bigotry on
the part of the Turks, but a natural
outgrowth from political agitation and
the commercial sharp practices of the
Armenians.
The Armenians do not want to be
annexed to Russia. They will tell YOU
that they had rather remain under the
sultan than go under the car, for the
simple reason that the car would put
speedy end to their political agita-
tions, as he has done among the
Armenian Christians in Caucasus. They
want an Armenia where some half 4
million of their people may continue to
intrigue and grow fat on the million
and q half of Moslem peasantry and
Kurds. Without the intervention of the
sultan and his Kurds the Arneniane
would live in paradise. They now have
every privilege in Turkey except one
Their word is accepted nowhere, not or
oath in the courts while the Moselem's
is accepted anywhere. This is fba ONLY
distinction made against them. and they
are sharp enough to keep out of al
courts, except the blind and befoggef
courts of public opinion among Thu
great powers
Most of the business which the Ar.
Inenlan does with the Turk is con.
cei S ana executed in falsehood, FRAUD
ana sharp practice, While the Tnrlx ~
ms turn, sometimes pays back tI,t
tlilstlan subject with cruelty thai
Is one of the exclusive properties q,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11

Early in life DR.. T. Geo. Curtis formed the
conclusion that he would become an eye and
ear specialist. He knew that no man, however
endowed by nature. could hope to attain pre-
enlnence in all the branches OF medicine and
surgery and he was positive that il he gave
MS entire attention to the treatment of the
eye and ear he would become qualified for the
practice of this speciality. So wen has he
succeeded tn at today he is conceded to be the
greatest living oculist and aurist. His practice
has become simply enormous. He has alone
Strengthened more than 1900 cross eyes, be-
sides the thousands he has cured of every
other af1iction of the eye and ear, even blind
ness itself. and he has done this all without
the surgeons knife. and without giving pain to
his patient. His cure is done so rapidly and is
so efhcaciouS that it can be said that the
patient is cured without detention from bust
ness. HeShas become the master of this branch
IN the healing art and this eminent scientist
has benefited humanity to the extent that he
has eliminated all the old barbarous methods.
Which have not only tortured the patients but
have actually endangered their lives He is
the originator and exclusive user of hismethod.
Hundreds OF cases have been successfully
treated by him after other oculists OF proni-
hence had failed and many OF the cases which
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
The Death of cIeonatra

The asp coiled itself comfortably about
contentment. -
,, The Egyptian queen was in playful
about the mince pie?'' l'- =
ut It was Sts+ an old gag, even in CIeopatra's
,,;n No Il g., Missed. what is it about the
tho Why Hli y that's where you bite" retortcd
But But as has been told the asp had al
ct, It was cleopatra's last joke.-New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
Filed Pool pocket.

do ding grd the pGqkets Of POOL tables is
the 1ceilfeo py Proprietors of some Of
so1 al I,, me re- games in these places are nat
ed ed by 'r ro, IIam ne and are usually follow
are 1lav e9u4 10 OF drinks, the quicker tlev
the prOprietors. It is for
e, In order order to facilitate play. the slate !
Wien the eof iG IS IN on front int Of each pocket
pereeptible bat the difference 6eiig i Is I'M
IN N, ne roll Of the balls is considera be Ihfs
lyme Mnsn payers at regulation table c,.,,
every time the ball comes wiit1 iiao IT, IT,:
cfes OF dropping it is safe to assi'J1a
enat they have been used to play;s T.,i1
MED pockets.-New York Sun ms win
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
concerninq Dinner parties.

Dinner giving is an event that requires
much forethought and a thorough knowl-
edge of the details. The woman who es-
tablishes a repHtation as an agreeable
hostess is in a fair way to Become the
social leader of her community Most
persons are cognizant of the general fea-
lures necessary to the successful dinner.
but many a dinner has been spoiled or
failed Of complete success. from lack
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
TESTIMO NIALS.

DR.. Curtis believes in testimonials.
but 1t would be like trying to count
the stars to try to enumerate the
thousands of men and women and
children he has cured. He can re-
fer you to cured patients in every
state in the Union, and will do so glad
ly II you write to him, but. as before
stated. space in this publication is too
valuable to print long testimonials.
Here are the names of few Of his
former patients for you to consider
We only print them SO that you may
know that no matter where you live
you'can be cured at home.
ILLINOIS-Mr r. L. Pyatt. Alex
ander; cataractS both eye s; was blind.
MISSOURI-Dr. s. G. Wright. Green
castle; had chronic sore eyes for
years. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Mr.. @. R. Davis, 173 aSSachuSettsav .,
n. E.: blind for Is years. COLORADO
Mr.. II. @. Womack. Eckert: chronic
sore eyes. RHODE ISLAND-Mr.
Nathan O'Connor. member 18th band
art. corps. Fort Adams; cataract.
LOUISIANA-Mr. Louis P. Cutrer.
NORTH DAKOTA-Mr. Geo. II. Ma
loney, Stilwell: dimness OF vision and
sore eyes. SOUTH CAROLINA-Mr.
D. L. Wedamau. Pomaria; atrophy.
SOUTH DAKOTA-Mr W. A. Muir,
Madison: iritis. PENNSYLVANIA
Mr.. Harry w. McCaulley. 1903 Ritner
St.. Philadelphia: nearly blind. IOWA
Mr.. @. J. Wheeland. Arlington; wife
blind from glaucoma. MASSACHU-
SETTS-Mrs. NJ. j. Thompson, Old
Ingleside Road, Holyoke; blind from
glaucoma. IDAHO-Mrs. 2. N. Brown
ing, Bonner's Ferry: born cross-eyed.
MICHIGAN-Mr. J. D. Blachman. III
Cakes ST., Grand Rapids: scum on eye.
CALIFORNIA-Mr. II. B. Sparks,
Hydesville: blind In one eye. AR
KANSAS-Miss Ruth Names, Blanco;
blind. WYOMING Cicero Avent,
Fenton; daughter chronic granulated
lids. VIRGINIA-Mrs. Eliza Morris,
IA Scott ST., Norfolk; daughter almost
blind. ONTARIO. CANADA Miss
Laura McAffee. 161 Sheridan ave-:
scum over sight. SSISSIPPI-Mr.
Edward Z. Langford. Pluto; near
sighted since a child.
GAUTlOA.-Because OF DR.. Curtis mar
velouS success there are numerous i'm
itators. but there is only one genuine
Mild Medicine Treatment.
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Who was THE Poet of the Poor?'
What foreign queen married an Amerts-
can?
Who was the 'wisest fool in Europe?',,
What noted mathematician fred fleet
with a burning glass?
Who said AN honest. man is the no.
blest work of God?'
Who was the original Of Browning's
Which American poet was said bv
Lowell to have been ''two-fifths genius
and three fifths pure fudge?''
Who said II cannot afford to waste nv
ator for Janr-Mry.
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MILD And SOOTHING MEDIcINES,

The Eye is the most delicate organ OF the
human body. and DR.. Curtis makes the asSer-
ton boldly that all diseases can be cured
with Mild and Soothing remedies He has
proven the correctness of this theory in
thousands OF cases. and no matter where
you live DR.. Curtis can refer you to we'll
known people in your own state or county
who have been blessed and cured by him.
Dr.: Curtis has cured men and women and
children in
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EVERY STATE IN THE UNION.

Stop moment and consider the import.
ance OF this statement. 1t means that DR..
Curtis has patients in~the far East and the
far West, in the North and in the South as
wen as in the great Middle states, and the
grand work he is doing is attested by the
written testimony of the thousands restored
to the Joys Of sight and hearing.
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HOW DOES Ne no IT2

II you will write. explaining your all
ment. DIR. Curtis will promptly and with
out cost give youths professional opin-
ion and convince you beyond the queS-
ton of doubt that you can be cured
and cured at home-by the wonder
full Mid Medicine Method.
DR.. Curtis appeals espe cially to those
who are disguised with strong drugs
and barbarouS methods that do more
harm than the disease they are sup
posed to cure; he appeals to sufferers
threatened with cruel and UNIV arrant-
ed operations. and to men and w omen
who. in spite of heroic efforts. feel
themselves steadily becoming blind
or deaf. and to those who have been
pronounced "incura ble."
II you are blind or deaf the chances
are that you have tried everything
and everybody-have grown worse
instead OF better. but this IS because
OF the fact that while you have tried
new doctors you have received the
same old Observation-Disclosures that
have been prescribed by the old
school physicians for two hundred
years or more. In this day and age
wise men do not attempt to quench a
fire by adding fuel to the flames. nor
should you permit any doctor to burn
your eyes out with strong and poison
Gus drugs. There Is q new way-a
better way--a way that gives you
quick relief and permanent benefit
DIR. GurtS' Mill Medicine Method.