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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-16
High Water Causes a Rush at
Katteriohn Quarry.
Over 5000 Car Loads Furnished Since
the First Of the
Year.
LATE NEWS FROM RAILROADS

Mr.. F.w. Kstteriohn left this morn
ing for Cedar BluH to visit his stone
quarries and look after the enormous
business the quarries are doing at pres
emit.
Tho men have been working stoadi.
ly for more than week, day and
night and ON Sunday crushing stone
to BE- used on the river fronts along
the eutiro l. @. system.
The high water has caused some lit.
lie damage 20 the railroad and all
available gravel and stone is boing
hauled 10 tho southern division 10 use
m raising tracks whore the water has
come up All cars are being pressed
into service by the road and there Is
already noticeable shortage In coal
cars. The construction company has
beon furnishing hundreds of cars Of
crushed Stone and rip rap stone on tho
road and will continue 20 work day
and night until the necessary amount
has been secured Since the drst Of
the year the construction oompany.has
furnished to the road 81. 900 cubic feet
Of stone, about 5000 car loads.
Engine No. 10 ami one caboose,
wrecked at Princeton Friday night,
were brought here last night for re.
pairs. Tho third section OF freight
No. 1855 ran into the second section
OF the same train and smashed the ca.
boose and engine badly. No one was
injured
Mr. II. U. Wallace, chief engineer
Of the road, is IN this section looking
after the oompany's interest The
work on the Cairo branch has been
stopped by tho water ami bad weather
and will not be resumed until more
favorable conditions
A car loaded with gravel broke in
two this morning near the Tennessee
'rossing on the l. @. road ana had to
be unioadod at that place. The grav-
i was placed along the track next to
he back water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS
 OF IMPERIAL. DEFENSE

Colonel May has based his book upon the idea that since England's army and navy must necessarily be independent and complementary of each other the discus sion of imperial defense should find as points of contact between the two as possible. In thruth, the broad principles of war are applicable to and are accepted by soldiers and sailors alike. Commanders are guided by the same strategieaI maxims, both by land and sea, and it has not been unusual to find opponents of land warfare marshaling the view and quoting the words of Captain Mahan. Nevertheless his discussion was, gof course, to recognize the necessary pre- dominance of the navy in the problem on England's defense. This is indeed. the keynote of the whole book. It does not require much argument to establish the proposition that the safety of an empire like Britain's depends upon the e0mpiets freedom of military transit throughout its extent; and such security is dependent upon command of the sea.
 There are some points raised by the author as to sea strategy that are of in- terest as recalling our own strategy in 189S Thus he doubts whether command CTS will ever again be able to shut ur hostile fleets in port. as was the policy of Nelson and St. Vincent in the Napo- leonic wars-though their aim was to allow them thereafter to immurge of to lure them out if possible, to tlaeir destrUc- ton. In these days of steam the object Is still more difficult to attain. But on the other hand. a hostile fleet at large, out of the range of theirs, was menace to be guarded against at all hazards. There are memories. amusing at this date, and amusing enough even when Cervera's fleet was pointing this way. to support Colonel Mays observation that "even in these days when teIegraphs render communica- tion easy. the fact that a hostile squadron is let loose at sea exerts an influence quite beyond the real powers of destruction possessed by It." Bombardment of coast towns looms large in popular apprehen- sion. but he believes less will be heard of 1t when the experiences of the bonn
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bardment of Ladysmith are realized. Although that town seemed to be in the most favorable position for destruction. in a saucer surrounded by hills planted with Boer guns. the damage from them was very small. Still less is to be ex- pected from bombarding ships, which will not dare to run the risk of depicting their magazines against subsequent en- counters.
 The subject of cable communication, in one of the new elements in modern war fare with which Colonel May deals. He believes that continental powers do not expect England to respect the neutrality of their cables; and as he says. neutral ity, most desirable from a commercial est of England as a beligerent and Eng land has always claimed freedom to ace in this matter as the military situation demands. Though 1t is not yet decided whether a beligerent has the right to de- stroy a neutral cable used by his adver- saries yet within three miles of the shore of the beligerent, the right of an opponent to take what steps he pleases seems un- disputed. But this danger to cable ends puts fresh burden upon imperial re- sources in the necessity Of strongly guarding such places on the coast The development of wireless telegraphy, while stiTi too immature for practical discussion may discount much of the present view as to the importance of cables in modern warfare.
 The value of coast defeuses in supple
 menting naval action is another of the lessons drawn from the Spanish-American war-the absence of such defenses, ac- eording to our author. having injurious ly affected the action of the American fleets. That is to say because our coast defenses did not inspire the people with eehndence. the government. although the danger was afterwards seen to be Iudi- eFously small. had to use the navy to supplement them and to make good their Inadequacy and thus diminish the of- fensive power of the fleet. The point is made all the more important from the fact that Colonel May has no love for the idea of fixed defenses In general. and lays his stress chiefly on the necessity of an all-prevailing navy in the imperial policy of Britain. There are many mat tcrs of theory and practice, many details as well as general principles. discussed by this British officer that are of signin- canoe to students of our own military and naval policy. The quotations we have made from this book indicate how far aIivehe is to the lessons of the most recent conflicts.
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making people hate him. True it is, that many had cause. on account of his biting sarcasm, to dislike him. His weakness, it seems to us, was that he could brook no criticism of himself or his work. The self-conceit of which he was possessed, may have been after all, but his own es- tlmation of his art. He knew what he could do. He must have felt the inspira- ton thrilling all his being. in response to the God given genius of which he was but the vehicle Maybe he worshipped that genius-painters sometimes do-and to such a nature as his, light word spoken against his work may have been like a blow-perhaps with him was something akin to irreverence-we doubt not.
 That he had a gift of making himself disagreeable is true: and that is seen as far back as the time when he was in the naval academy; for he there proved him. self very offensive to his superiors through his talent for carricature. His fa- @nous suit against Ruskin, as well as his numerous pamphlets with which he waged his battles, would have made him famous, had not his painting done so-for they are bright as well as bitter. We doubt not that he was an artistic seer, and that his writings were in a sense a justification of his far-sightedness. Golfers Weekly in the notice of his death says that he was really Cosmopolitan. He lived in na- ture and in art. and he took thoughts for his work wherever suggested Japan fur nished his quick perception with those simple means which made much of his work seem peculiar to art critics. It was his fore-seeing quality In art, that made him so individual, and that causes him to have such a vast following in young artists. Collier makes this significant re- mark: 'It is a question whether nation ality in art will survive modern facility in communication, and whether art will flourish under uniformity" Collier pre- diets that Whistler's writings and his witicisms will perish with him-while his exquisite etchings will be left to reveal the man. May 1t not be- that with the passage of time, when his motive and his work shall be better understood, that his spirit of impatience will come to be con doned, and the sting be extracted from sarcasm and cynicism. by sheer admira- ton of his enthusiasm for art as he saw it. and by reason of appreciation for gem uine wit-albeit it was sour.
 After all that has been said people buy Whistler's pictures and pay big prices for them and read his caustic writings. We are told that he had cotery of friends who were devoted to him.
 ARON NOSIRRAH.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

ago almost living and moving before ua. The characterization is good. but. of course. leaves something to be desired. The heroine. though a winsome and charming character. is somewhat oyer- drawn. We feel that she Ia almost, if not quite overdraw. impossible, and that she has or had no counterpart in real life. The author, however, succeed cd in casting gIamor over his pages and invested his heroine with a charm which holds our attention from the beginning to the end of the book. When one lays aside the book after reading it, one must feel indebted to Ford for writing 1t. Ja- nice Meredith had such vogue that it was soon dramatized. and is still in high esteem upon the stage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
THE DAY IS DONE.

We have often had ocasion to point out that the appearance of a book should. to a more or less degree, be subhesive of or indicate its contents-just as the en- tablature of library or museum building should be indicative, literally or symboli- cally of what is to be found within. A thin small duarto, in gray and blue, con taining leaves of handmade linen paper. designs in which the scroll is the promin- nent feature, two woodcut scenes. the text In a combination of simplified old English and Roman type, and initial let ters in heavy black relieved by thin white outlines against squares of we'll conduct ed scroll work. all sufficiently suggest the setting of a poem worthy of preservation and occasional reading.
 Such is the setting which Peter A. Schwarzenbach has given to his edition of Longfellow's "The Day Is Done" Mir Schwarzenbach is an adept In scroll work, whether 1t is expressed through delight full adaptations of the arabesque or by his own inventions in conventionalizing well-known vines and their foliage. His work has infinite charm of artistic-expres- sion in that. where he seems to repeat, he actually presents new details and often daring improvisations which make a thoroughly harmonious tout ensemble. This applies particularly to the borders which inclose the words of the poem.
 In the woodcuts representing night scenes which he has given us. he is not altogether a convincing interpreter, and q curious paradox that may be noted fin connection with his work here is that, while his architecture per SC Is full of suggestion. his trees and bushes are too conventional and decorative to carry out the Illusion produced by his old roofs, Dutch chimneys and dormer windows. Then, too. he tries experiments in cloud shading, which merely reveals laudable ambition and brave complete failure. This. however. is merely personal opinion which further acouaintanee with the artists
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
POINTED TIPS FROM
 A CRITICS CULVER

MT. James Lane Aliens new book call ed the ''Mettles of the Pasture has passed through it's. first edition and the second will soon be ready, when the accumulat- ed orders for same will be promptly filed.
 The famous Mrs. wiggs' will appear in new edition in handsome dress and with colored illustrations. It Is undoubt- ediy possible that the work will be q good holiday seller.
 The fabulous sum of SIPS 900 Is said to have been made by Mrs. Humphrey WSSd by her last book Lady Roses Daugh- ter" It is not conceivable that she will may be that she will yet be able to claim "a million made. by the use of her pen.
 Rev. Thomas E. Dixon has produced another novel-and 1t has the same fire and birthstone chafacteristics of his first. This time, however it deals with the question of divorce instead of the civil war. A few unusual characters make their appearance upon its panoramic stage.
 If Quiller-Couch can produce a strong book he has the opportunity to do so in his last work, "Hetty Wesley" which will soon be issued. It is life history in fic- tion form of the great religious leader Wesley.
 A most interesting and entertaining se- ries of articles have been begun in the Literary World relating to the prominent writers of the day. They will be a kind of inside history of the lives of the men and women made famous by their pens.
 The August Worlds work is an tduca- tion number and deserves much praise for It's handsome appearance.
 It is encouraging to see that serious books like Wagner's The Simple Life and his later volume, The Better Way. are In more demand than many popular novels.
 Hall Caine is going to spend the next few months fin Iceland getting the ground work for his novel. Another author, Nor man Duncan, is about to sail for Lab rador to complete his new novel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
wooDFoLK AT SCHOOL.
By William J. Long.


 Those previously acquainted with Mir. Long's wholesomely interesting descrip- tions of the manners and habits of the wild folk of the wood, will need no inc troduction to the latest volume of the sec ries, ''Wodfolk at School.' The mention of some of the chapter heads will be sug- gestive of the pleasant things to be found In the book: What the Fawns Must Know" "A School for Little Fishermen When You Meet Bear;' "Unk Wunk. the Porcupine," etc. The author gives in very simple. picturesque language his observations of the various methods of the training that the parent gives its off, spring to fit for the needs of the life in the wood-world. No better more, enter tainingly instructive volumes can be put into young hands than such books, for the spirit and the desires they engender in the mind are wholly good. (Ginn & Co.,, Boston,.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
LoMAI OF LENAKRL.
(By Rev. Frank H. L, Patton. i

Nby EScV. rIduk h. L. .EdLoHsJ
 This book is a surprise. in as much as to most of us the Hero of the New Hebrides'' Is the authors own father. the venerable John G. Patton. But in this book We are introduced to a native whose courage fidelity and gratitude are beyonl praise. It Is delightful to find among these rough islanders such Christian fruit age Mir. Patton tells us of his first inn pressions of Lomai. which were far from favorable. We may believe this from his portrait presented as a frontispiece. It was with hesitation that the missionaries were permitted to gain footing upon the island from which MT. Paton's father had been once repelled. But the seed when planted brought forth in the hearts of these swarthy races the same sraces which we ind in the best of the Caucas- ians War chiefs became preachers of the gospel of peace. Predatory warriors became industrious tillers of the soiI' Children sold into slavery for immoral purposes were redeemed and restored by converted neighbors. Even half decom- posed cadavers were rescued from ean- nibal feasts and given decent burial by native church members. Such a work as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
THE SOCIAL UNREST.
By John Graham Brooks.

by JOHn 6Tandm 6FOOkS.
 This is study of the social situation from the practical point of view. rather than that of an abstract theory, or of pure principles of sociology. The author is impressed with the fact that those who have set themselves to the task of en- Tightening the public regarding the social question have looked at matters too much through the medium of preconceived mo- tions. They have made up their minds as to what the social order should be- and are. first of all, preachehs of their views, and. only incidentally, observers and re- porters of facts. His own purpose Is to reverse this mode of procedure. and to begin with the facts and end with some theory or theories. There can be no ques- tion that this is the proper method of dealing with the subject. And, as far as mere order is concerned, the author has strictly adhered to 1t. But. in a scientific der. Facts must be verified. analysed and accurately described. And this we do not find MT. Brook doing. He makes large statements as to existing conditions, for which no evidence, whatever, is'furnished Much of the material passing under the name of facts is naturally of such character as to make it very dlfilcult if not altogether to preclude, its being sub stantiated. When for instance a state ment is made as to the intensity of feel ing in certain classes of society, 1t would be impossible to adduce proof for that statement. Nevertheless, for much that MT. Brooks alleges he could have secured at least the testimony of those who are in. immediate touch with the situation. That he does this in a few cases shows that it might have been done more uni versally. Upon the whole. however. we must thank Mir. Brooks for opening path fin the right way in the direction of the study of the social question. That there is a social unrest, he has proved be- yond a doubt. Let others study the situa- tion more carefully with special view of the remedies to be applied. Crhe McMil- Ian Company, New York)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
HIS wrsDoM.

An intellect profounder or 3udgnsnt tAsz
 was sounder TX -'-s Y M - No psrson that ever met possessed. mus At any time or season he could always give . Ina. s yss logical conclusive and cutie pAs- He would ma. make calculation that no end os By an ordinary mortal to the masser souia In the ssnsh part of ssccnd-iiks . iishtnsnx It was done without an effort rEe would
 hardly seem to try. Theoreticai construction by process of sn- Was with him sort of hobby. He was ouits
 Sherlock Holmes. His fine, massive brain was tseuins. craxnrsea and loaded to ail seeming
 With the wisdom and the knowledge of ezf~ When he turned that mind discerninR. bacisna
 and fortified with learning. On . subject there was little chance to srKus when he spoke the thing was settled. but scsns
 people got Quite nettled At the fellow who they saad vas % cems
 foundedly accute. Yes. that was where he uuearnd nsfnsalf fer
 people ahtnnAd and feared him. myself was of the number who a refaRe I would never judge severely. but am uor-
 tai merely,
 And | ioaths abnoruai persons who arc ai-
 ways in the right, And while intellect admirings I must own [ When I ana years beyond nay sohoel days.
 once again to go to school can stand some contradiction but c4u'k Of man who somehow always makes ns
 feel myself Q fool.
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work might tend to modify. It will re- main true. nevertheless, that the success full decorator should think twice and for get the technique of his prior successes before he attempts to make a picture.
 A pleasing relief from the black and white is given to the setting of the initial letters through a tint of magenta. On the whole this boollo of Mir. Schwarzenbach represents an artistic idea more or less consistently carried out. And in spite of the. blemishes which we have attempted to point out, it is an important addition to the class of decorative book-making to which 1t belongs. The author has varie- ty. and is not afraid of laborfng in order to express 1t. He returns again and again to his pen where others would be satis- fled with the stencil or tracing paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
THE LAOS OF NORTH SIAM.

DS @sAAc. tAAuhdh oOHUoOn AuTIlHo.
 With an introduction by Robert K. Speer, is one of the delightful books upon missions issued for a long time. Mrs. Curtiss loves the people for whom her life has been given. She loves the coun- in which she made her missionary home. She does not attempt to obtrude the trials of missionary experience, nor does she conceive 1t to be virtue to wholly ig- nore them. The people of whom she tells us Ire of attractive personality, bright, affectionate and capable of great devel- opment. They have fine minds if little education. They have strong family ties and many natural excellencies of charac- ter. And among them the Gospel has won notable victories. The mission to the Laos was exceptionally happy in its founders, Drs. McGilvary and Wilson. men of great devotion, sound judgment and infinite patience. We are glad to see our Westminster Press issue this in so attractive a form. The literary style is good, illustrations helpful. and the bind- ing chaste. Westminster Press. Phila- delphial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
A FIGHT FOR THE CITY. (Rv sAIfrad HodderN


 There is in this book such a mournful mixture of high courage and low ideals, such superb physical daring with such eagerness to compromise moral aims, that one hardly knows whether to praise or blame most. The situation which con fronted would-be reformers in New York was that the laws against gambling, pros- titution and Sunday llduor-selling were openly nullified by the vicious who paid the police for protection; and the police paid a share of the spells to Tammsny Hall for keeping them where they could collect the poodle. In the fight against Tammany MT Jones promised the ''re- formers" that he would enforce the law and he promised the saloon keeper that he would change the law and thus he had the support of both. So far as we can judge by the somewhat vague admissions In the closing chapter Mir. Jerome has not as yet succeeded in doing either. A man who could declare when running for of- flee that he was as thirsty on Sunday as on other days of the week." that the one purpose of his official life would be to secure the recognition of liquor selling as "a decent. legitimate business" may possess many excellencles; but he cer- tainly lacks some elements of character most essential to a reformer in a great city. Mir. Holder makes plain the fact that Mayor Low never promised to en- force the State laws against vice and has never attempted to do so since his elec- tlon. Judging by the speeches of the Fusion Reform candidates. the light" Was not to make the city "cIean" but to make 1t decent" It Is difficult to say from Mir. Hodders's books whether the fight was to protect the city from the saloon or the saloon from Tammany; but 1t is certain that the Puritan 'excites Mir. Hodders's wrath far more than does the "grafter." Any high ideal is set down as merely decorative:" and law Is absurd which Is repudiated by the crimi- nal element. Th's book is a sore disap- pointment. Municipal reform to accom- plish any thing must be founded upon principle as well as backed by courage. Municipal reform is only possible under men who are in sympathy with the laws they are sworn to enforce. As a result. Mir. Holder confesses (pags 23O) that after a year of the new administration "the system of liberal enforcement of the law has left things just where they were" If the aim of the reformers had been to make the city clean" possibly they would have succeeded better in making 1t ecent."-(McMillan Co.,, N. Y.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
BEYOND DEATH.
By Hugh Johnson.

dox. nor is he afraid to think; and like true scholar and a deep thinker he finds the ancient faith with regard to the doctrines of immortality. the interme- diate state, the resurrection. heaven and hell, far more defensibie than the sub stitutes that shallow theologians have devised in these latter days. The doc- trines of the general resurrection and of eternal judgment may not be included in the pitifui little philosopny of some men who are ashamed of the blunders of the apostles, and the remarkable sayings of our Lord; but they are essential parts of the Christian system, and far more rea- sonable than the inventions that are sub stituted for them.-(Eaton & Mains, N. Y).