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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

that his friend had just been on sew
eral weeks spree and was feeling any
thing but good and the offer Of drink
was not refused. The two repaid to 9
saloon to satisfy their thirst and the
railroad man took three of the bulbs
out Of his pocket, showed the cork
down into the neck Of his whiskey bot
tie, fills the neck with bulbs and
touched his Cigar to the compost tion
while his unsuspeoting companion was
not looking. Immediately there
sprang out three Shiny locking with
ing worms and the IMAM with the
head" didn't look twice but broke for
the door at first sight. He probably
thought he chad 'em again" and left
his whiskey on the bar untouched.
Fire works have changed since I
was q boy" doctor remarked yester-
day, land in this late day the ordins.
~ 90 called cannon cracker is looked
upon as an ordinary frecraoker such
~ We used to look upon the small one
inch cracker which comes in the
pack"
why, in my boyhood days the
weapons Of war were hardly any more
dangerous than the cannon cracker Of
today and am surprised that we doc
tors are not kept buster than we sre
during the celebrations than we are
Now last Christmas I had three hands
to dress, the result Of premature can
non cracker explosions. The fuse, |
believe, was defective. and off went
the hand 40 q result. think there is
more cause for damages in accidents
resulting from these premature explo.
sions than ina railroad accident where
the blame is generally the fault of the
one who gets hurt. The boy who at
tempts to shoot the cannon cracker
does not know that the fuse is sound
or defective and he takes his chances.
Its dangerous pasttime aud in my day
| would have looked on the cannon
cracker with as much dread as 1 would
have on on a bomb.
A young man went home about 1 1
O'Clock one night last week and found
the house in darkness, the electric
lights having burned out The rest OF
the family had gone to the show and
had not returned. The young man
had but few. matches and had burned
these out before he reached the front
room where a small fire was smolder.
ing When he reached the room and
began to feel for matches on the man
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24
MOB SENTIMENT ALLAYED.

Hopkinsville, Ky, Dec. 24.-The
prompt action Of Judge Thos p. Cook
in calling q special term of the Chris
tian circuit court for January to in
dict and try the Pembroke murderers
has allayed the threatened mob septi-
mant
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

as to do the next thing to hanging him
as murderer. The little fellow seems
to heartily JOIN in the sport and takes
the consequences as seriously as though
IL were not merely play.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24
NJ W-S OF
THE RIVERS.
The STAGES.

Cairo, S.b--2.3 rise.
Chattan ooea, 3.7-0.7 fall.
Cincinnati, 10. 1908 rise.
Evansville, 4.S--0.S rise.
Florence, missing.
Johnsonville, missing.
Louisville, 4. 4-0.2 fall.
Mt. Carmel, 2.6-0.2 rise.
Nashville, 1906 rise.
Pittsburg, 4. Sc. 8 fall.
Davis Island Dam, 6.7-o.3 fall.
st Louis, 2.S-O.2 rise.
Paducah, 6.4-1.O rise.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24
FORMER GOV. BROWN WORSE

Henderson, Ky, Dec. 24.-Former
Gov. John Young Brown is critically
ill with dropsy at his home in this
city. He has been confined to his bed
for the past six weeks. He has be-
come continually worse, and his con-
,dition Is now thought to be precarious.
About month ago an operation
was performed on Gov. Brown, and
at the time il was thought that the re-
suit would be successful. The states
man rallied for few days and showed
signs of i'm provement. The strain on
his constitution. however, resulting
from the shook of the operation, cou-
pied with his advanced age, has in the
past ten days been gradually telling
on MIN.
Last Sunday the members of his
family were at his bedside, fearful for
what might happen. but the patient
showed indications Of regaining his
strength on Monday. Since then he
has been losing ground, and the worst
IL feared by his friends and relatives.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

tie, he heard noise in the rear OF the
house and fearing burglars were enter.
inG, orept stealthily back, poker In
hand, this being the only available
weapon, to investigate. The noise be.
came greater and he retreated intend
ing to go to neighbors and procure q
pistol The remainder Of the family
arrived as he reached the front porch
and he held them outside for quite .
while, until he had secured the pistol
and returned. When the rear Of the
house was we'll searched the back door
was opened and here the source Of all
the trouble was discovered-five oats
on the porch wrestling and fighting
over . big piece of meat.
Captain Henry Bailey, of the Pa
ducah police force, has a stone which
has aroused the curiosity of every one
TO whom he has shown IL and has
bluffed oil tho policemen and q mum.
ber of other friends with offers to sell
il.
The stone is set in . stud setting
and looks like q genuine diamond of
about one and half karat. Captain
Bailey recently offered il for sale say.
ing that he would tabe e6 for it. After
. careful inspection the prospective
purchaser returned the stone saying
that it was evidently "phony" or
the captain would not offer it at such
a low figure. well. l will bet you
any amount of money you care to put
up that this stone is genuine and that
1 can get sl25 for it,"
This offer like the other, was reject.
ed and,still Captain Bailey is trying to
find some enc to buy it. He will sell
it for Sc or bet that amount that it is
genuine. In this way he has bluffed
all the policemen and many Others and
still has the stone.
a small four year old boy of the
North Side has probably gone through
more varied experiences than most
youngsters of his age. The boy has
an elder brother and in the same neigh
borhood there are as many as half a
dozen other boys of years ranging
from five to nine. The boys often play
pranks and jokes aud the little fellow
is generally the victim. After the
Wild West shows he was made to ride
the calf in the front yard and tied TO
tree and shot as an Indian. He has
been killed as spy, shot as buffalo,
bear, lion and other wild animals and
the Youngsters have even gone as far
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

A trunkless elephant is sold at q
number of the toy stores every holt
day and a well known railroad man
bought one to give to his baby son.
The elephant has no trunk but in its
place is hole into which small
bulb of rubber composition is placed.
A match is touched to this and the
composition begins TO expand and
take the form of a snout. The rail.
road man had q box Of these bulbs in
his pocket and seeing a friend who
was addicted to drink thought Of q
plan to scare him. Now it happened
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

Observations taken ct q. m. River
o. on the gauge. q rise Of 10 in the
last "a hours. Weather cloudy and
raining. Rainfall one inch. Winds
southeast with temperature ~.
SAUNDERS A. FOWLER,
Local Observer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

ihE iuOiuentn nhNe Dttu uOtlceu ana
in some cases the incidents did not ap.
pear so amusing to some.
1t is often the case that a young
man wanting to show Off before his
best girl walks out into the street,
waits until the car gets nearly to him
and then signals for a slow down SO
that he may catch the car and jump on
while moving. On West Broad way
Sunday,a young man stood waiting for
the car oc OCCASIONALLY glanoing over to
his girls house to see il she still stood
at the gate to watch him gracefully
board the moving car. As the car ap-
preached he made no sign to signify
his intention of boarding. and the mo.
torman did not slow down. The
young man, with his eye still ON his
sweetheart, gracefully placed one foot
forward and rs IL struck the step
grabbed the handle Of the car. He did
not remember the gate however, but
soon was reminded il was there and
no sooner did his body strike it than
he found himself wallowing in the
street. He didn't look back again to
see If the young lady watched.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24

In general fight between the
Phipps and Williams boys in Morgan
one of the latter was seriously wound
Il
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24
Written ut Random.


ing to figure out why there is so much
drinking in Paducah,"a we'll known
physician remarked. land I have
solved the problem myself and can
truthfully say il Is the hospitality Of
the residents at large"
"Now IL is said that q person, no
matter how temperate he may be, can
not come to Paducsh and not drink
anything. This 10 nearly true, but 1t
10 not through any evil associations
but merely of sociabliity. Several
months ago IN attorney from New
York came here to look into some has
iness and although he declared he had
not been drunk in ten years and In
fact had not touched more than ten
drinks in that time, no was drunk
from the third day he reached here
until he left and hal to pay . physi-
clan to 20 with him on the train and
administer opiates to steady him. He
stated TO me that he simply had gone
into q saloon with friend to take o
drink and that the more men he met
the more persistent invitations he re-
ceived to take another and the first
shing he knew he was drunk. The
next morning while trying to sober up
he met acquaintance of the night be-
fore and didn't care II he did, and
the first thing he knew was full again.
This occurred daily and he finally had
TO pick mp and leave.
Its in the air, he declared to me,
and the sooner he got out of Psducah
the better. have learned since that
he has not touched another drop"
IL has long been claimed that more
travelling men lose jobs for getting
drunk in Paducah than in any other
city in the country.
4 young lady stenogrspher who
works late in the evening and walks
home generally alone, had very bad
fright several nights ago while en-
route home.
She had made an engagement to
walk home with young gentlemen
friend who was delayed and did not
reach the store in time. BY making a
short cut he found that he could over.
take her, as she had left but few
minutes bsfore, and accordingly start
ed out to catch mp and apologize for
finally caught sight Of her. The young
lady increased her steps as It was dark
and she was suspicious of the fast
walking stranger behind AS she in
creased her gait so did he and by the
time home was reached had broke into
a fast run. BY this time IL dawned
upon the young man that the young
lady was frightened and thought he
had better follow her in and apollo.
gize, which he attempted to do. He
got no further than the door, however,
as the young lady summoned her IA
Their who met the gentleman at the
door and threatened all kinds OF pun
ishment, legal and otherwise and ran
him away. IL was not until the next
day did the young man get chance to
explain things.
Since the Paducsh City Railway
company has been running its new cars
provided with guard gates many anus
ing incidents have been noticed and
in some cases the incidents did not ap.
pear so amusing TO some
1t is often the case that a young
man wanting to show Off before his
best girl walks out into the street,
waits until the car gets nearly to him
IL
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-24
sCONSTIPATIONe

IN the most common form OF Dyspepsia
d. Deane's Dyspepsia Pills white wrap
PER-, one after each meal, cure the most
obstinate cases. They contain no mer.
curry, do not purge nor gripe, and impart
o natural healthful tone TO the stomach
and bowels. 25 cts. at druggists. White
wrapper II constipated, yellow II bowels
are regular.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
How Rulers are Paid.

Nicholas H.. car of all the Rus.
sias, works about six hours q day
In connection with affairs Of state
his salary for that time being In the
neighborhood OF $50 a minute. TIL.
next best paid ruler is Franz Josef
Of Austria, whose workday is goCd
for about $35 per minute. just twice
the sum Kaiser Wilhelm draws 70
a stunt Of similar duration. On the
basis of six-hour day King Edwar,.
must get along on about SIS per nil
ute.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Characteristic Enterprise.

With the usual speed Of their old
town, sundry Philadelphians who were
swindled by Whitaker Wright a gen.
Grafton ag5 when he was running a
get'rich-quick establishment in that
city have begun an action against him
now that he has been nabbed in New
York for extradition to Great Britain,
where he operates his scheme On a
bigger scale.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
A Clever Evasion,

There was an aspiring citizen in
Mississippi who used to quote grandil-
oquently the familiar saying, 1.-THE Of
fee should seek the man. not the man
the ONCE" On one occasion he was
observed electioneering for himself In
the old-fashioned style, with whisky.
cigars, etc. Being reminded Of his
recent lofty utterances. he answered:
II still maintain my position. The
ONCE should seek the man; but, by
CAD! sab, the man should be around
when the ONCE is looking for him"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
To Celebrate Anniversary.

The Rev. Albert Stroebele, the
American missionary to st. Andrews
island. of the coast of Nicaragua, has
arrived In this country to observe
the twenty NTH anniversary of his or
dination as q priest.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Evidently Here to Stay.

A new Japanese Buddhist paper has
made laundering good start" II
is called the laundering Dawn, and
this is how the editor breaks the news
to the public: This paper has come
from the womb of eternity, just as we
all came. 1t starts its circulation with
millions and millions Of numbers. The
rays Of the sun. the beams of the stars,
the leaves Of trees. the blades Of grass,
the grains Of sand, the hearts of IT,
gers, elephants, lamps, ants. men and
women are its subscribers. This
journal will honceforth flow in the uni.
verse as the rivers flow, and the
oceans surge"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Each Must Hustle for His Share.

A current circulation of $50, bearing
a tiny fraction, for every man, WON
an and child in the commonwealth is
probably the best showing ever made
by any nation-the price of a COW or
spring overcoat for everybody. Its dis
tribution is trifle irregular, but that
is like the seas level, always in
state of disturbance and rectification.
Those who haven't got their share or
the $50 are not forbidden o hustle for
1t and for those wfo haze clore the
get-rich-quick concerns s,u ready to
redress their balrrce VIZ Eeatness
and dispatch w-eLeyer icy are so
minded.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Only Two Veterans Left

OhIy TWO VetoTah6 Cert.
August Emmett Maxwell is one of
the only two surviving members of
the Confederate Senate. The other
is G.. @. Vest Of Missouri. Judge
Maxwell, now about to retire, is a
jurist OF renown. He was born in
September SO years ago at Elberton,
Ga.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Husbands More Cautious.

Immediately following the notice
that three red hairs found by Jack.
sonville (Texas) wife on the coat of
her husband was cause for divorce, q
great boom took place in whisk brooms
and brushes. Jacksonville husbands
are more cautious-that's all.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Missouri's Greatest Pride.

1t is beliey I'd that the largest mule
in the world is owned in Galloway
county. Missouri. The animal is the
property OF Mike" Murray Of Heres
ford, and 1t stands eighteen hands
high and weighs 1,S41 pounds. The
mule is barely three years of age. and
its owner expects to have the phe-
nomenon weigh upward of 1000
pounds by the end of the year.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Quick Trip Around World.

road AMI steamship makes possibl. Il
trip around the world in twenty-se,
days, as fellows: From New YCr'i 70
Hamburg, a 800 miles, 7A days; II ~
burg to Vladiyostock, 1900 miles, t. :.
days; Vladivostock to Seattle, 7."at
miles, 10A days; Seattle to New Tor
$500 miles, "a days; total, 2.,CUt
miles in 81 days.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Tactic Acid to Cure Badness.

Some cases Ct badness can be
cured by lactic acid. DR.. Balzer, in
the Medical Times, recommends fric-
tion Of the bald part daily with a 80
per cent solution of Tactic acid until
the skin becomes infamed. The
treatment is discontinued until the
local irritation subsidies, when 1t ia
begun again. The results are said to
be good, in some cases a new growth
Of hair being obtained In three or
four weeks. The germicidal action
of the remedy and the local stimula.
ton produced AFFORD satisfactory
explanation of the beneficial effects.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
His Awful Threat.

Struggling Merchant-"If you don't
attend to business better I'll reduce
your income by one-half." Chief Clerk
Eth? Only yesterday you said you
thought Of taking me into partner.
ship" Struggling Merchant-"That's
what | mean."-Stray Stories.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Mexico's Bio MIIIIonaIre,

Pedro Alvarado the Mexican mil
lionaire. who, two years ago. was a
penniless peon, is to-day the most
famous man In our sister republic,
He keeps 100000 always on hand
In his palace at Chihuahua and makes
a practice OF carrying the sum of
100000 In his vest pocket every day.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Mechanical Mixer satisfactory.

Mechanical Mixer Satisfactory.
The Elgin dairy report says, in
speaking of the Lawrence-Kennedy
milking machine, New Zealand in.
vention: 80 far as the experience
Of users has gone the results are of
such satisfactory nature as to Justify
the belief that at length the mechani.
cal mixer has arrived"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Students Work During vacatI,

students work During vacation.
BY variety of employments, rang.
ing from teaching and technical work
to sweeping rooms and washing dishes
1874 Columbia university students
earned In three months last year SIS.
000-an average of about $50 for each
man. One student earned more than
500 a week during the three months
by advanced tutoring. and another
gained $1,000 during the twelve weeks.
Several students earned $500 each. OF
the women students seventeen gained
$2,43469, an average of SLAB, or $50
above the mems average.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Kissing Out Of Fashion.

The habit of kissing babies indis.
criminately is now very generally con.
demned on sanitary grounds. But the
decline of kissing seems to rest, In
the main, upon the great principles of
etiquette, which are superior, as ev-
eryone Of intelligence must admit. to
those of science. In other words, kiss.
ing has gone out Of fashion.-Provl.
dence, X. I. Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Better to Wait.

Lawyer-Madam, it was who drew
up your late husbands will and in it
he particularly requested that you
should not marry again, but l.
lWidow-Oh, dear, Mr.. Saunders, your
kind offer has quite overcome me, but
wouldn't 1t be more seemly to walt
until the period of mourning had ex
plred before we announce the engage.
ment?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
OF Value to Seamen.

An interesting feature of the appli
cation of electricity on shipboard IL
the so-called Schotten telegraph, oil
bulkhead telegraphy. In the moment
of danger caused by collision thi:
telegraph enables the captain on the
bridge to see whether all the water
tight doors are closed or not
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Spread Of MormonIsm.

The Rev. John X. Nutting, head OF
the Utah Gospel mission, told the
Presbyterian Ministers Association
In New York several days ago that II
Mormonism increased at the rate 1t
has the last twelve years in another
decade they will control the west of
the United States from Canada to
Mexico.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Lucky Recovery Of Diamond.

A frequenter of Brighton Baths, Vic.
toria, Australia, lost diamond ring In
the water at the commencement of the
season, and searched for 1t in vain.
Six weeks later, having taken his &C.
:ustomed dive of the spring board, he
found the gem. In skimming the bot.
Tom Of the bath his hand touched the
ring, which he unoonsciously grasped
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19

Doctor, can you recommend Il.
dye that will not injure the bra
asked a patient Of the family PHI.
clan the other day. why, az,
them" gravely replied the doctor
that really 80? I've always been o.
that they invariably injured
brain" mot at all, my dea
not at all. People who use ha,r
hA emit any brains"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Dyspepsia In England.

According to Sir James Crichton.
Browne, the modern Englishman is
physically a degenerate, and chiefly
because Of dyspeptic troubles. The
growing frequency of appendicitis is,
he thinks. due to the weakened diges.
tive apparatus and insufficient masti
cation OF food.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
How About M

Will the social skies Of America be
hurx with black because the engage
ments Of two adventurous British lord.
iings have been deraled?-New York
Mail and Express.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Trade Conditions In Germany.

ITsue Sonu'tons IN germany.
The annual report Of the Leipsic
Chamber Of Commerce says In gen
eral Of the business Of Germany in
the year 1902 that while few
branches Of manufacture and trade
experienced partial recovery, the
year as whole. belonged to the peri.
cd Of over-production, collapse and
panic that began in the summer of
1900, and has entailed the fatal condi.
ton which still exists, viz, prices of
food and raw materials which are
above all logical relation to the mar
ket values of finished products.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Statesmen Fond OF Fishinu,

The Senatorial Fishing club will
wet a few lines within the next three
or four weeks. Cares of state have
been laid aside and the grave and dig.
nifled statesmen lit out for mountain
brook, inland lake and deep-sea fish.
ing. The president of the Senatorial
Fishing club is Senator Frye of Maine,
president pro tempore of the Senate
and statesman of renown. likewise
a fisherman Of great repute. There
is only one thing he would rather do
than preside over the Senate, and
that is to don suit of overallg, big
soft hat, stuck around with trout files,
and then take to the north woods.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19

Possibility Of Human Diversity.
According to Formulation, the forty.
two individual or genetic instincts OF
which the human mind Is composed
may combine in 2,81O,01S. 1886, sol. 759. :
1877 0S6. 2S5, 212, ass, O23. 129, $40, 76s. 900.
100000 different ways. which will &C.
count for all the diversity of the hu.
man family In the past at present, and
for millions of years in the future.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19
Doctors Have to Work Hard.

CdtlOn OF 1000.
Doctors Have to Work Hard.
Swansea, Eng, has clubs the mem.
bers OF which pay $3.50 each per year
for medical treatment. while their
wives and children are attended free.
To make decent living from such
club practice doctor has to see
about 100 patients day
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-19

d. S. SPENCER, A. G. P. g. 7. A