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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
JUVENILE COURTS.

A great many things happen right
here in Paducah to show that the
Lexington Herald's fight for juvenile
courts In Kentucky is one waged for
a good cause. In Paducah a juvenile
court is needed nearly every day in
the year. II there had been one,
such criminals as lobe Dennis might
not, for several years, nave been al
lowed to run at large and cut, steal
and make themselves a general nuis-
ance 10 society. Judge Sanders has
several times when he sent Dennis
and other boys to Jail to await the
action Of the grand jury, said that he
supposed they would be turned loose
to continue to prey on the good peo-
pie OF the community, but that he
had done all he could. In most every
case he was right. The boys were
turned loose and were soon back be-
fore him for some other offense, oft
en- worse than the first, showing that
they we're emboldened by their ex-
perience, rather than reformed.
II has been very fortunate thus
far, that some awful murder has not
been committed in Paducah by some
of these youthful criminals. and is to
be hoped that some step will be TAX
en- to prevent anything Of the kind
ever being done. Among other
things, the Lexington Herald says:
''At the recent state conference OF
charities and corrections in this city,
while a juvenile code for Kentucky
was under discussion, IL was sug-
gested by Louisville gentleman
present that the effort to obtain a
law at the next session of the legis-
lature should probably confine itself
to the-establishing of juvenile courts
in cities Of the first and second class
where undoubtedly they are most
needed II a choice is to be made. RI"
The requirement made upon
county courts must be uniform, and
those seeking bill at the hands
OF the next legislature should ask
one putting upon every county Judge
in the state the same duties with re-
gard TO the Juvenile delinquents in
his county. *The actual saw
ing in dollars and cents to those COM
munities in which the juvenile court
system is administered is one OF the
striking exhibits in connection with
Il. And we should also remember
that an imperative Juvenile code in
many Kentucky counties would mean
no worse a condition than now OBJ
1--WE have recently seen two child
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rem of nine and twelve committed in
our county court on the same day,
to the school of reform until they
reached their majority. Could any
child OF nine. however grave the Of
Tense, have merited the sentence of
twelve years Imprisonment? Was
he sufficiently responsible for his ac-
ton, even had he been given the
most favorable upbringing-which
this child by no means had-to have
merited such a sentence? And yet
the sentence was pronounced by a
merciful Judge, who knew that under
our existing inadequate provisions
for juvenile delinquents any other
sentence he could have given would
have been more cruel to the child.
Are not seventy-five children in a
year worth the salary of one proba-
ton officer and some added duties
to our county Judge? Granting that
the records of all our magistrates
courts. police court, etc. are COM
plete and that the yearly average of
so-ealled criminal children in Lexing-
ton is less than a hundred a year,
there is crying need for more reason
able legal procedure. 1t could be
many times justified by counting the
cost to the state in the after careers
Of only few of the children who
slip through the coarse meshes OF
our present negligent and wasteful
system"
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Officer Dick Tolbert caught three
OF the boldest petty thieves he has
ever come in contact with Saturday
afternoon late and following the ar
rest deputized a shop employe to aid
him in taking his prisoners to the
hall. and on reaching police head
quarters was surprised to learn that
he had captured four men wanted by
the police. the fourth being the man
he had deputized.
The men officer Tolbert arrested
certainly had original and bold meth
DDS OF thievery. II. G.. Poe and
George Garrigan. white, and Maurice
Hobson. colored. are the three. The
former two had a small one-horse
wagon and the negro a push cart and
they were working in the south yards
picking up coal. iron and scraps OF
brass and even hand-car wheels and
dumping them into their vehicles.
oGicer Tolbert arrested them and
deputized Mr.. Sam Reed. OF No. is
Huntington Row. and Reed with the
two white men we're sent down In the
wagon while onicer Tolbert took the
negro. Upon reaching the hall ON
Ger Tolbert found Reed had not ar
rived. Tolbert having come on the
car.
Look here oficer Tolbert." Judge
Sanders asked the railroad detective.
who lives In No. 10 Huntington
Row, and where will We be able to
find hlm?"
why that is Sam Reed. and he
will be here in few minutes with
two more prisoners. oficer Tolbert
replied.
well. | am glad OF that" the
Judge explained. FOR have a war
rant for him for failing to report sew
eral alleged cases Of smallpox to the
authorities and the police have been
hunting for him for several hours"
Reed came in shortly after that
and was arrested and recognized for
his appearance before the court this
morning. and Reed was acquitted.
This morning in police court Poe
and Garrigan were granted contlnu-
ances, the defendants wanting law
yers. and Hobson got three months
in the city jail.
Jerry Cook. colored. was brought
from the Jail this morning and tried
for false swearing and held over and
the witnesses sent 10 the grand Jury
for another indictment. Cook robbed
a man Of his pistol and in police
court swore he did not. When he
was held over and In circuit court
pleaded guilty to the charge and got
two years. the defendant was ar
raigned for false swearing and will
have to stand trial for that offense
in circuit court also.
DIR. J. W. Pendley and Sam Reed,
charged with violation OF a state
health law in falling to report alleg-
ed smallpox cases, were dismissed
The evidence showed that Reeds
children had some kind Of rash which
some said was smallpox. DR.. Pendley
proved that he was not the attending
physician and the court dismissed
both cases. The warrant was taken
out by local health authorities.
other cases were: John Hum
phries. VIM. Carelton and James
Summers. white. 81 and costs each
for drunkenness. Two brothers nam
ed Ingram we're fined 81 and costs
each for drunkenness.
Tom and Rainey Bradford. color
ed, 81 and costs each, breach OF the
/ peace.
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NJ W OF
TEE RIVERS.

The Nashville Banner says The
steamers Electra, w. T. Scovell and
Red River which were bought by Mr..
B. f Lester in New Orleans yester-
day for the use Of the Ryan Steam
boat company cost $3.50. The
Electra will be placed in the Evans
Vile trade. and II has not yet been
decided Just what will be done with
the other two, but IL the trade in the
upper river is no heavier than is an
ticipated they may be sold.
The Dudley arrived this afternoon on
her first trip for the season. She
has on board 1000 bags of corn,
quite a number of hogs and some
miscellaneous freight. She will leave
on a return trip tomorrow. As soon
as the stage of the river justifies II
she will be put in the up-riyer trade
as she is one of the highest draft
boats in the service"
The Thomas Nevins is on the ways
receiving repairs.
The Ryman line has bought three
new boats at New Orleans, the Elec-
ira, Scovel. and Red River. The Elec-
ira is said to be the largest boat ever
secured for the Cumberland river. be-
ing l75 feet long. 81 foot beam. with
372 tons capacity. costing originally
s2S, 900. This boat will run between
Nashville and Evansville, and all
three are now on their way up the
Mississippi en- route to Cumberland
river, and will pass Paducah shortly.
This gives the Ryman line seven big
boats.
Hon NJ. T. Bryan. of Nashville, is
to turn a new trick in seeking appro-
priations for Cumberland river inn
provements. He has prepared a map
showing territory drained by this i'm
portant stream. and the amount and
value of products in the territory. II
is believed that this will soon con-
vince the rivers and harbors commit
tee Of the importance Of Cumberland
river improvements.
Gauge today reads 81 and falling,
with nothing in sight. River men
are again greatly discouraged, as
even when a good stage of water ar
rives now 1t is likely there could be
little navigation on account Of ice.
The |. N. Hook has gone into the
/ Tennessee river.
The Inverness and Duffy arrived
out Of Tennessee river with 5S,O6O
ties, the most brought out for several
months. The Pavonia will arrive
about tomorrow. These are Aver
Lord boats.
The Charleston arrived yesterday
from Tennessee river and left fol-
Joppa to unload.
The Castalia arrived from Tennes'
see river today with ties.
The Spread Eagle was due to ar.
rive from Cairo to go into winter
quarters, but instead turned back "a
do some towing in the Mississippi.
The City of Charleston is due from
Golconda and Ellzabethtown. Ill.
The Bob Dudley arrived last even
ing from Nashville. the first triT
made out of the Cumberland in sew
eral months, and had a big trip. She
leaves today for GAINESVILLE, II the
river will permit.
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Licensed To Marry.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued since Saturday af-
ternoon.
White: f. e. McGary. Kirbyton,
KY, aged 30, TO Lille NJ. Gourley. OF
the city. aged 20. First marriage Of
both.
George B. Morris. indianapolis,
aged 2S, to Margaret Street. county,
aged 20. First marriage of both.
e. F. Burton, city, aged .3s. to Ell
la Grisson, city, aged 30. First mar
riage of both.
Colored: Sam Wigfall. aged 80,
to Ada Haynes, city, aged 22.
VIM. Ashford. county, aged 40, to
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

IL the evidence in the Marcum
damage suit on trial at Winchester
is true, there are a lot of bloodthirs-
ty murderers in Breathitt county who
ought to be attended to, and II it is
not true, there are several rank per-
jurers who ought to be kept in the
penitentiary the remainder Of their
lives. 1t is peculiar. however, that
some people in Kentucky should be
so eager to have the law applied to
alleged 9conspirators In the Goebel
case, and seem to care nothing about
enforcing the same law against some
OF the conspirators in Breathitt coun-
~. Witness after witness states under
oath that this man ar that man Of
fered him money to kill Marcum, and
Marcum was killed. Yet these persons
alleged to have conspired to have him
killed have never even been warrant
ed for anything, much less kept in
jail several years. tried three times
and convicted unfairly. The people
who are so anxious to see Justice"
meted out to Caleb Powers on evil
dence most of which has already been
proven perjury. should be at least a
little anxious to see the same thing
dosed out to the Breathitt men who
are accused by testimony that has
never been questioned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
PICTURE FRAMING.

Most everybody that
wants their pictures framed
nice and neat leaves their
orders at the Paducah hook
and Music Store. Put your
orderin, won't you? before
II II too late. 43s B'way.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Rnrllcr's Cnurf.

Justice X. J. Barber convened his
regular court today with the usual
number of cases on the docket. II
is expected that the damage suit OF
Mr.. Downey against Mr.. WIN Rieke
for s45 for causing a horse to run
away because of an automobile, will
be tried
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

It is gratifying to hear the state
ments of all classes of local mer-
chants relative to the increase in bus
mess. All report the biggest business
in the city's history, which not only
shows that the city is growing rapid
ly. but that the people are prosperous
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Engraved calling cards

Engraved calling cards
make an ideal present for
sweetheart, friend or any
member Of the family for
Christmas.
They are reasonable In
price. We sell you 100 pref
ty, engraved cards for 81.
We have them that run
up as high as so a hun
dred, II you want some
thing very handsome.
We would like to have
you come In and see our
handsome lines Of invita-
lions and announcements
in fact everything in en-
gravcd goods.
The reasonable prices will ap.
peal 10 you.
THE sun.
Both Phones 35S.
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as well. This week. it is hoped. all
records will be broken.

Contractors always have an excuse
for delaying public work. The city
ought to do like Uncle Sam. and de-
mand to be shown"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
The Gtand Jury.

The grand jury resumed work to-
day. its term being extended until
Wednesday by Judge Reed. It will
probably be in session only until that
date.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Sun wants All of lis

The Sun wants all OF its read
ers to send ten cents for the fund
being raised to give Christmas tree
to the poor Of the city ut The Rescue
Mission. In another part Of the pa
per a coupon for this purpose will
be found. FIJI It out today and send
Il in.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

Sallie Perkins. county. aged 20. Sec
ond marriage of both.
Daniel Webster. city, aged 80. to
Myra Tanzy, city, aged 81. First
marriage former, third OF latter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Isankruptcy Court.

Attorney Il. w. Bagby, referee In
bankruptcy. went to Benton this
morning to hear first meeting OF
creditors In the bankrupt case of w.
A. Ellington, OF Calvert City.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

DO not forget that the party
holding the most Cash Register
Checks from the Biederman stores
since December 18th, will get $1,000
In gold. Ef8l
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

-Stutz's Christmas Packages OF
elegant Candy, and packages are
large and varied. See them. Theyi
are all creations OF elegance. The
price Is right.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Meet nt Ashland Next.

The convention of superintendents
OF city public schools at Lexington
was a success. and Ashland was chos-
en- as the place of meeting next year
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
Daily Thought.

In all good things. give the eye
and ear the full scope. for they let
into the mind; restrain the tongue,
for it is a spender.
ruE bishop Hall
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

Mr.. John @. Rehkopf. the buggy
dealer, has returned from the north
elm market and is III.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

JEFF Rye, the man reported miss
ing Saturday, has turned up well and
very much alive.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19

. See the ''Snap" In dolls In the win
dow at Dubois, Kolb A. Co.'S.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-19
The Weather.

Fair and colder tonight. Tuesday
fair.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average for the month. ASA
Personally appeared before me
this day q. J. Paxton, general mana
ger of The Sun, who afirms that the
above statement of the circulation OF
The Sun for the month Of November,
1904, is true to the best Of his
knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR.
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires Jan. %,
1908.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13
Walking the Best Exercise.

Walking Is the simplest. the most
natural and the most wholesome of all
exercises. No athlete ever trains for a
contest, no matter what its nature may
be, without walking a considerable dis
tance in the open air each day. Many
keep In vigorous health by this alone,
and no matter what other exercise you
take you must walk. But, first of ALL
pie walk in an aimless, shutting man
ner and secure but little benefit from
the exercise. In walking for exercise
the effect is better if the mind is direct
ed toward, some pleasurable end. Walk
with consciously directed movement
until you have brought every muscle
under perfect control of your will.
Mopfng along In an aimless, lacka-
daisical manner does little good phys
ically and harms one mentally
The necessity of maintaining prop
er, erect position of the body must be
borne in mind. Bear the weight on the
balls of the feet keep the shoulders
back and down the chest high, but do
not hold the abdomen inward, as is
taught by many athletic instructors.
Let it be relaxed for this part of the
body should move in and out with each
breath. There should be perfect free
dom to breathe normally.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13
Enjoying Himself.

A fond mother sent her small boy
into the country, and after a week of
anxiety received the following letter:
~ got here all right, and l forgot to
write before. 1t is very nice place
to have fun. A fellow and went out
in boat, the boat tipped over and
man got me out, and l was so full of
water that didn't know nothin' for a
long while.
'The other boy has TO be buried
when they find him. His mother came
from her home, and she cried all the
time. A horse kicked me over, and l
have got to have some money to pay
the doctor for mendin' my head. 1t
was broken bit,
1--WE are goin' to set an old barn on
fire tonight, and l am not your son IL
don't have some real fun. lost my
watch, and | am very sorry. l shall
bring home some snakes and toad,
and / shall bring home tame crow IL
l can get 'em in my trunk. London
Globe. -.-.,-.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13
Pooling the Colonel

l doubt If the FRANKS of the present
day subaltern are as pluckish as those
of his predecessors. l can remember
a story that went the rounds some
years ago of a daring junior of the
Grenadier guards who chaffed his colo
mel in a fashion that would not lie
tolerated today. But the colonel was
not disposed to deal leniently with
him. He kept unusually late, or rather
early, hours, SO one day an early pa
rade was ordered unexpectedly, and
five minutes before the hour the colo
mel rode past the culprit's quarters.
Cheerfully unconscious of impending
doom, the latter leaned out of his bed
room window in the airy garments Of
sleep to say good morning. The colo
mel chuckled and rode on, but to his
surprise at the stroke of time the sub
altern stepped out on parade fully
dressed and all in order. He knew of
the trap and haG donned the looser
garment over his uniform to take a
rise out of his superior.-London Tat
Ter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13

The day is longer or shorter as you
go north or south of the equator. of
Cape Horn, sc degrees south latitude,
the days in midwinter are about nine
hours long The longest day at London
is sixteen hours and half; at Stock
holm, eighteen hours and half; at
tersburg the longest day has eighteen
hours and the shortest FIVE; at Tornea,
in Finland, the longest day has TWEEN
ty-one hours and half and the short
est two hours and half; at Spitzber-
gen the longest day is three months
and a half.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13

in so fol s't years-at least everybody
'cept Els Ann"
GO right in, Thea. Els Ann, she's
In yander," she heard Nam say from
her perch on the steps. Then Thea IS
big boots dumped across the porch.
the screen door crealed and he sat
down in a chair a respectable distance
behind Els Ann.
What's a You got IN that box, Els
Ann?n he asked
1T amt no box" she replied listless-
ly; tits organette."
"Gee-mo-nce! said Thea. play us
a choon." Els Ann moved the little
crank. There was chuckling sound
a preliminary note or two; then it be-
ban to play. Nearer, My God. to
Thee" "Suwanee River" yankee
Doodle Annie Laurie jigs. values,
operate airs, all in the same spiritless.
sleepy tone, came from the organette
as Els Ann. bound in the charm of the
unaecustomed dissipation. turned ON.
BY degrees Thea Brassfield moved
the chair nearer and nearer to Els
Ann When the moon lifted It's yell
low head above the lilac bush and
looked in at the window, Theas left
arm was around Els AIMS shoulders.
After what seemed to Thea hours of
blissfal Oblivion from the cares of
chinch bugs in the corn and smut on
the oats the music stopped abruptly.
Els Ann reached out and felt the roll
er where the perforated paper had
been wound. 1t was empty.
Thea leaned forward. The music
had sanctitied the air. He felt like he
did the day he tiptoed up to the coffin
and booked at his dead mothers face.
1t seemed sacrIlegious to speak, so he
pressed Els AIMS shoulder tenderly
She turned her face to him.
ELS Ann" he whispered-"Els'A Ann,
will you have meF"
Els Ann bowed her head. You
knowed | would before you axed me, y
she said gently and sighed as one signs
who sees great labor finished and put
aside.
The screen door creaked. and Nam
stood in the CLEAN of moonlight flow
ing in through the window.
You put the han'le on the back roll
er now" said she. IAN wind 1t up:
then it plays 'em all over ag'in. That's
what the Teller said
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13

We recognize the happiness of the
well known analogy traced by blind
man between scarlet and the sound of
a trumpet because those who can both
see and hear accept the aptness of COM
parison between the two forces which
powerfully affect one the optic and the
other the auditory nerve. But scarlet
is not the exact analogue of trumpet
blast
The sensation OF color is impaired to
the brain by means of vibratory waves
communicated TO the all pervading me-
dunn, ether; that of sound by similar
waves communicated to the denser
medium, atmosphere. III the analogy
between scarlet and trumpet blast
were true one. each should affect the
sensorlum by means of vibration of a
rapidly similar in proportion to that
caused by other colors and tones.
But that is not so. The pitch of a
tone increases with the number of vi
bratlons in given time. The tone of
n trumpet is high because 1t causes
relatively rapid sound waves, but the
vibrations caused by a ray of red light
are few compared with those caused
by other rays, for the vibrations aris-
ing from the red end of the spectrum
amount only to about $4,000 000,000
in second. whereas those from the
violet end amount to about 667 900, 000,-
600. So the blind man was only vague
ly successful in comparing a lively
sound with q vivid color
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13

So she sank into the monkey
Dentists chair.
Mind, she said, eff you hurt me
Do declare
l will bite your head off quickly,
And you'll see
That | won't stand monkey business
Here with me-
Tremblingly the monkey took
Little peep.
Then with gas he put the Hippo
Fast asleep;
Propped her awful mouth wide open
With a stick
And then said unto himself:
II must be quick
This big tooth must come out quickly
And 1 might
Blow out the thing with patent
Maxirnite'
So he placed a cartridge near the
Awful root,
Then ran out the door to listen
To it shoot.
Oh what awful noises rent
The summer air!
Parts of Mrs. Hippo flew most
Everywhere.
Then, like other doctors. he was
Satisfied.
For he said it was successful,
But she died.
Atlanta Constitution
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-13
HE GRABBED POOR DIcKY,

we would get into trouble if we wan
jered away"
"Oh, she's too careful" declared
Dicky. Come on; let's have some fun.
There's no harm"
And so he finally persuaded them to
go with him, and they wandered
through the grass a long way from
where their mother was asleep.
They were having a real good time,
too. when suddenly large, hungry fox
sprang from the bushes. He grabbed
poor Dicky by the throat and ran of
as hard as he could to his home, where
he made n good meal off the disobe-
dent duckling.
Can you guess what the moral Of
this little story is?-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.