The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-13
WRITTEN AT RANDOM.

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officer Aaron Hurley has been an
noyed lately by tramps coming to his
house and waking him up for food.
Yesterday afternoon Capt. Woods
received q message over the phone
from officer Hurley, who. wanted to
know If he couldn't arrest a beggar
who had come to his house and
awakened him and asked for food
Captain Woods advised Officer Hur-
ley to give the man food but they
have been coming so frequently that
the popular officer thinks they have
formed a combination and alternate
in their visits. He has a large strap
hanging on HIS back porch and says
he will use 1t on the next tramp who
wakes him up, this being the last re-
sort.
81 don't understand why SO many
tramps come to my house." officer
Hurley declared. at seems to be a
sort of magnet for them and this
week | have been awakened several
times. I am on duty from IL o'clock
at night until IL at noon and need
all the sleep | can get. Just after
dinner | lie down for my rest and
pretty soon here comes some one tap
ping at my door for food. Now |
don't mind giving them food but
hate to be walked up and don't intend
to tolerate 1t any longer. ! will use
my strap. now that l can't arrest
them for begging"
Mr.. r. r. Sutherland, the well
known Are and police commissioner,
is a vegetarian to a great extent and
has a remedy for indigestion which
he says. is infallible If adhered to.
Mr.. Sutherland is employed in the
caboose shops of the local /. c. ant
always has an apple or pear in the
drawer of his bench. Il always
have me a little fruit about" he re-
planned, land since | adopted the
vegetarian belief have not taken any
medicine for over a year. suffered
a great deal from indigestion several
years ago and lost month after
month from my work because of it,,
and finally took the advice of a ply
stefan who believed in eating plenty
OF Juicy fruit and would you believe
that / have not taken medicine for
over a year and have suffered not
once from M old ailment?"
Mr.. Sutherland says that anyone
suffering from indigestion can be re-
lieved in a few weeks II he or she
will eat plenty of fruit
The passenger engineers of the
Louisville division of the 7. c. arr
organizing a social club to be known
by the name of the "Fixers." 1t will
be a kind Of secret order but the so
cIal functions will be open.
Engineer John Devinney, of th'
"highball" run, is organizing the
! club and as soon as the entire list OF
membership is made up, will call q
meeting for the purpose of electine
officers. Instead of a president the
chief executive will be known as the
Chief Fixee" He is to have an as
sistant Chief Fixee and there will be
sub-fxees.
DR.. ]. G. Brooks was filling out q
printed postal card this morning
when a reporter called around to see
him and inquired for news.
The doctor looked up and said
well, | am soon to know where my
name originated. where the first
Brooks came from my whole family
ttee and line of ancestors and in fact
everything that is worth knowins
about ones family, and all l have Ia
do is to sit here and fill out this
small postal card and maybe pay a
lew dollars after nave gotten il.
''The postal is from an association
that il getting up a work on the
name Brooks. 1t wrote to every one
by that name and requires the per:
son to fill out the blank on the re-
turn postal giving his full name. his
fathers name, where born and what
I school you attend and in fact every