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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
BALLARDs' HoREHoUND SYRUP

Immediately relieves hoarse, croupy
cough, oppressed, rattling, rasping
and difficult breathing. Henry u.
stearns, Druggist, shullsburg, Wiscon-
sin, writes, May 20, 1901: az have
been selling Ballads Horehound syr-
up for two years. and have never had
a preparation that has given better
satisfaction. notice that when sell
q bottle, they come back for more. l
can honestly recommend it. csc. soc
and 81 at Dubois, Kolb & Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
COUGHING SPELL
CAUSED DEATH.


Harry Duckwell, aged 20 years,
choked to death early yesterday morn
ing at his home. in the presence of his
wife and child. He contracted slight
cold few days ago and paid but little
attention to it. Yesterday morning
he WAS seized with fit Of coughing
which continued for some time. His
wife sent for physician, but before
he could arrive, another coughing
spell came on ana Duckwell died from
suffocation. st. Louis Globe Demo
crat, Dec. /, 1901" Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup would have saved him.
25c, SOC and 81 at Dubois, Kolb & Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

Mr.. Mike Griffin returned to Muir.
ray, KY, this morning after spending
Sunday with his family here.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

The policy holders are the, ones
chiefly interested and the ones chiefly
Injured by the. rebate evil. The cosl3l
pany that deals with its policy holders
consistently and impartially. and
which seeks to obtain only such bust
ness as will remain permanently upon
its books, can conduct its affairs with
far grester economy and for the high
est benefit and the greatest profit CT
its steadiest policy holders. IL is bet.
ter for the companies to refuse TO per
init its agents to grant rebates under
any circumstances and refuse 20 pay
brokerage and By restricting their com
pensation to a moderate first year com
mission, followed by judicious renew
al commissions on policies that ars
kept in force; this will secure for the
companies q better class of agent. and
the business thus obtained will stick
and the waste which results from eX-
cessive lapsing due to rebating and
high brokerages and heavy bonuses
will be avoided. BY obtaining such a
class OF business, the policy holders
will be greatly benefited.
The man who takes out life insur-
ance for the protection of his wife and
children, or for his own support in old
age. ought to be more particular about
its security than he would be in case
OF any ordinary investment, and If life
insurance companies increase in
strength the rebate evil must be
crushed out. The insurance depart
ment Of this state will appreciate any
and all aid upon the part of the man
ayers and agents In Kentucky, by in
forming it of any Que guilty of rebst-
ing, so that the department can take
all necessary steps to enforce the law,
and to that end, hope they will join
with me.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
TO CUec coLoiN ONE DAY

rake Laxative Bromo Quiniue Tablets. All
.tnHyisIs reiund the money IL IL falls TO cure
w. Groves signature Is on each box. 2sc
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

he horror OF this awful disease
can never be told. The one who con-
tracts it suffers in body and mind.
and If the poison Is not eradicated
transmits the faint TO his children,
and Contagious Blood Poison thus
becomes responsible for many Of the
ills of childhood-Skin Eruptions.
Catarrhal Troubles, Sore Eyes. Scalp
Disease. White Swelling, Scrofula
and Others just as bad. 5. S. S, the
great vegetable blood purifier and
tonic, has long been recognized as a
radical and safe cure for Contagious
Blood Poison. II counteracts the
deadly virus and cleanscs and puri-
iies the diseased blood. and under its
tonic effects the general health i'm
proves and soon all signs of blood
poison are gone. The strong miner
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

That blood poison existed among the ancents has
been proven beyond question 1t has been traced back
thousands OF years ard is as old the Pyramids This
blighting has been handed down from nation TO
nation and from individual TO individual till it has
spread to all parts of the world.
Contagious blood poison, it is called in modern
times begins with small ulcer through which
the virus enters the blood This is followed by nani-
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

ana swelling OF ne glands Of the gron red eruption breaks out
on the body the mouth and the throat
as the disease takes deeper oi and the blood becomes thoroughly
injected eyebrows
orc spothc the bones
this scouge there a spot in whole BODY
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
TO STOP
REBATES
Kentucky Insurance Commits
.siOner Sends Warning.
Will Prosecute all Agents who Violate
the Flyer"
GIVES HIS REASON
INVOLVED GIVES

Insurance Commissioner Henry r.
Prewitt has sent out from Frankfort
to the life insurance companies doing
business in Kentucky an official letter
calling their attention to the lsw
against selling flyer" policies and de
claring his intention of enforcing that
law TO the letter. This action YVES sug-
gested to the Insurance department. at
this tins by the recent notoriety Civ
On through the Whayne case in Louis
willie TO the violations OF the law in
this re yard.
Mr.. Prewitt SAYS he desires his pc
sition to be understood at the start,
and says he is gratifed TO learn that
general managers of some companies
doing business in this stae have T..
CURED agents to sign statements agree
ing not to rebate.
Dr. Prewitt quotes the Kentucky
statutes on the subject and 9 court de.
cision unfolding the consti,ut.onality
of the law. He then adds;
Section 754 OF the Kentucky stat.
utes gives me the right as insurance
commissioner Of Kentucky TO take evil
dence upon this question and it will
be my purpose and intention TO en-.
force the anti-reba,e law in this state,
during my term of office. This state
ment is to give due notice TO all agents
working in Kentucky that the insur-
auce laws Of the state must be strictly
observed that stand ready 20 uphold
the hands Of all companies and agents
working in the right direction, ana
that shall do what can to punish
those who violate the law and ny COM
pany that winks at any attempts the
part of any of its agents to evade THE
law. -ss.-.---..,,sst-- &c, s..-.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
had ALL THE evsIpzozs.

HAD ALL THE CErGp-OMS.
Dear Sirs;
Asa result OF q serious blood disordcr
my blood bocsmo pols1net ana 4 ggf-
Tered severely with EhrurnatiEm ana
othsr symptons not necauscry - men
ton. II friend Of mine toe mo faat nc
had been cured OF my trouble ~ IS. IS. X,
ana upon his recommend .firl II lt gan
It's use. After using it ior r.a.' tiu'e ry
blood was thoroughly cIsfuFrl OF ali
poison and made purn an isfvJ1r again
wish also TO speak OF .fl trn.1 prop.
critics. While purging 10y blood Of
Impurities, IL built un rrT general
health, improved my appqflfr Tuvc fne
increased strength, Gnd lll.t t1tlcr in
every way.
am a great believer ~ g. q. O.. and
with pleasure commend 4. .o az "a need
OF a blood medicine.
Yours very truly.
ROBERT II. wv rrD--C
539 walnut 81, Lobanon, I-.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
The Origin of Ounce.

A Ounce is named after Duns Scotus,
the chief and leader of the schoolmen
who were in opposition to what was
called 1.-The new learning" in the six
teenth century. 1t is easy to see how
readily convertible the term would be.
Any opponent of the new learning
would be apt to be referred to as a
Dunsman. or, more briefly, as Duns,
to indicate that he held the views Of
which Duns Scotus was the most emf
nent representative. But, as the time
went on and the new learning triumph
ed, to call any one Dunsman or a
Ounce would be equivalent to describ-
ing him not merely as opposed to q
certain set Of doctrines, but as inca.
pable of learning and enlightenment.
1t is certainly hard upon Duns Scotus,
as Archbishop Trench has remarked,
that he, 1.-The subtle doctor" by pre-
eminence, the "wittiest of the school
divines," as Hooker terms him. should
have his name handed down to future
ages as a synonym for inyincible stu.
pidity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
Routine of a Chinese school.

Each Chinese schoolboy must fur
nish his own stool and table for school
work and the -four precious articles"
which are the ink slab, cake of india
ink, brush for writing and paper.
With these he begins his weary task
of learning to write and read the thou
sands Of Chinese characters. These
are to open the way to the Chinese
classics, and knowledge of this an
cient literature and wisdom means ed
ucation to the Chinese. At the opening
of u Chinese school paper on which
is written the name of Confucius Is
pasted on the wall Before this hon
ored name the pupils and teachers
burn paper money and joss sticks and
bow their heads three times to the
floor. The teacher then tells Confucius
the day, the month and the year and
begs for his favor.-Everybody's Mag
mine
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
The News in Paragraphs.

September i4th will be Louisiana day
at the Worlds Fair.
A majority Of the counties in Texas
have instructed for Parker for President.
Major Sinclair's estate in England,
worth $751; 900, awaits undiscovered
heirs in America.
The Federation of Labor at Chicago
has appealed to President Roosevelt to
send troops into Colorado.
The Cuban government has been
awarded the contract for raising the
battleship Maine in Havana horbor.
Abner Mckinley, brother of the late
President Mckinley, died suddenly at
his home in Somerset, Pa, Saturday.
The Hon. Robert Hingle, judge Of the
twenty-ninty Louisiana district, died at
his home in Pointe-a-la- Hache Sunday.
It has been announced in Washington
that Mr.. Roosevelt has selected Senator
Fairbanks, of Indiana, as his running
mate.
A break in the levee near Pine Bluff,
Ark, last Saturday flooded three town
ships in Jefferson county, doing much
damage.
1t is charged against Secretary Cor
telyou that he is permitting a railroad
company to use the government fog
station on the coast of Virginia.
Seyenty-six miners Of Victor, Col,
who were escorted into the State of
Kansas by military authorities last Sat-
urday were driven back into Colorado by
a Kansas sheriff.
More than fifty small children were
separated from their parents, teachers or
escorts at the Worlds Fair grounds last
Wednesday. Fortunately, though, most
of them were ST. Louis children, and in
a way able to care for themselves.
The new charity hospital at Shreve-
port has been completed and was visited
last Saturday by a committee from the
Legislature, who were well pleased with
the construction of the building. The
patients have been moved into the new
building.
Federal experts estimate the cotton
acreage in the United States this year
at 81, 1851 acres, an increase OF
| 1888, 0t6 acres, or 9.S per cent over 1903
The percentage OF increase in acreage
in Mississippi is 10.5, Louisiana 1856
Texas II and Arkansas 9.3. The con-
dition of the crop in these states May
26th was as follows: Mississippi s.
Louisiana s6, Texas 81, Arkansas g..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
WHAT IMMIGRATION WILL DO.

The Carbon County (Mont.) Chronicle says that
J" the one hundred dollar an acre ranch has come
in the Flathead valley. The Fisher farm, three
miles northwest of Kaispel was sold last week to
new arrivals from Minneapolis for S16OO0 or at the
rate of 500 per acre.
It is true that some of the valleys in that great
state are fairly we'll watered and If, way pro-
tected during the most severe weather-it some-
times being the case that twenty miles removed
from one ranch another located in valley will not
have as big falls in the thermometer by fifteen
more degrees But in country where acres are SO
plenty, and they being mostly covered with alkali,
and the chief product being native grass which
often has to be irrigated, and where it is either
raise sheep and cattle or mine starve, cannot
we'll see how lands will bring such handsome prices.
1t simply means that the tide Of immigration is
drifting West. Years ago the farmers in the New
England and Middle states found that lands there
were too valuable for poor and working people to
own. They resolved to move; they sold out and
went to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and neighboring
states. This section filling up property was en-
HANGED in value and they again moved-selling for
fair price and buying for less in Kansas and
Nebraska Hot winds, drouths, ETC., soon caused
them to abandon their new purchases and they are
to-day filing up the states of North and South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
few years hence and all the better part Of the
West will be taken up Then what will become of
the immigrant? All inducements are being offered
immigration in Canada where inconceiyably
large territory, with no few advantages, so said,
awaits the home seeker. But will he give Canada
the preference over the South? Not SO. The South
is.readly the home for the poor man and the man
who is seeking a home, and before many years
have elapsed they will be looking this way. And
property now worth five dollars per will then
be worth many times that price.
That's what immigration does for state in the
way OF enhancing property values and that's why
it should be encouraged in every possible way.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
Grim RelfCS.

A prison sole is held annually In
Paris. The articles offered for sale
are the clothes Of murdered people,
the instruments with which the crimes
have been committed and the effects
which have belonged to the deceased
prisoners. Articles which have been
taken to the prefecture OF police and
have not been claimed are also sold.
The proceeds 60 to the Paris aims
house Unclaimed jewelry is usually
bought by ordinary, brokers. but the
articles which have belonged to GRIM
mails, especially those who are motto
riouA are bought At high prices
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
Snakeskin In = birds Nest.

The great crested fiycatcher chooses
for its nesting place sheltered hollow
bough or the abandoned excavation
made by the golden winged wood
pecker. His architecture is peculiar
on account Of the unusual materials he
uses. In every nest you will find bit
of dry snakeskin and shreds Of soft
inner bark Of trees. Among hundreds
OF nests examined not one has lacked
these peculiar substances. Natural
lists have tried In vain to discover why
the bit Of dry snakeskin is chosen. 1t
does rot seem to be Of any use in the
structure of the nest, and quite often
1t liesIopsely on the outer rim or care
lessly set into the extreme bottom.
Possibly the fycatcher regards it as
a choice Mtpf ornamentation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
WITH THE LOUISIANA EDITOR.

Lake Charles Press: In his inaugural address
Gov. Blanchard gave renewed assurance OF his
purpose to make his administration one of earnest
helpfulness to the cause of education in Louisiana
Every good citizen should personally assist in this
purpose to the end that there may be such revival
of educational work in Louisiana the State has
never yet known.
The New Orleans Item sizes up the situation cor
rectly when it says: "In the last four years more
teachers have been employed, salaries have been
better, enrolment has been higher, attendance
larger, the school terms have been heightened and
more money has been devoted to education by the
State, parishes and municipalities than ever before
in the history of Louisiana
The concert of action referred to by the Mansfield
Journal in the following paragraph should be emu
lated by the citizens of all towns who have the
public good at heart: In no town Of its size,
probably, in the State the citizens more harmo-
NOUS on industrial improvements and work more IN
concert for the public good than do those of Mans
field. This condition speaks well for our town.
Baton Rouge People: Thus far only voice
is reported to have risen behalf OF an increase
of the miserable this once proud State OF Lou
isiana devotes annually to the pensioning OF the
survivors of the splendid troops that wreathed her
name with glory on every battle field of the great
civil war. Senator Madden, himself manned vet
eran, is the gentleman who has thought of this ex-
ample of States ingrattude towards the men that
she called out to defend her rights and to uphold
her unsuied name on the field of battle. 1t is re-
ported that he intends to ask for the submission to
the people of constitutional amendment raising
from $50 900 to $4,000 the annual appropriation
for pensioning the needy Confederate veterans
This is well and the great heart of the masses OF
this people will for it. Butt should be $50 900
more, for there can be some saving done in things
that do worse than no good. Then this amendment
should be shorn of the humiliating requirements
that the applicants shall prove that he practically
an object of charity. There should be substituted
for this coldhearted condition, proof that the APP
pcant does not possess property exceeding stated
value-for the small pension should not be held
from the veteran, or the veterans widow, because
they may happen to own a few acres of ground,
from which they exc out the indispensable neces-
saries of life. There has been much sympathy and
admiration professed for the Confederate veterans
Now is the time to prove its earnesness, and nows
the time too to wipe off this stain upon the States
escutcheon-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

The Ruston Progressive Age has installed a
power press and nailed the old Washington man.
killer" up in the wood shed out in the back yard.
This isn't quite the way it's told but is no doubt
what the editor of that paper means. Congratula-
tons, brother. We like to see business improve
as time passes; and in nine cases out of ten when
it doesn't grow it hasn't hustler behind it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

A few days since Miss Alice Roosevelt stood
before an X-ray machine at the Worlds Fair, but
the professor who was operating the apparatus
could not locate the young lady's heart. This
won't be used against Mr.. Roosevelt in the cam
paign, though Because, Lincolns old negro
witness would no doubt explain it if living to-day,
there is already preponderance Of evidence
against him,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

A Texas editor contends that s'the sorriest cuss
earth is the that sits around and cusses his
town." To this he adds g If we lived astride of
the north pole we would call it home and would be
ready to boost it up. If we couldn't say anything
else good about it we would say that our ice bill
didn't come high. We wouldn't live in town we
had to while the world is as big as it is now
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
One and Only.

Roxley-I hear you are engaged to
marry Miss Oldgold, the heiress.
Shortun-That's right. RoxIey-Any
membranes ON her property Shor-
n-None-er-except Miss Oldgold.-
Illustrated Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
Even.

Winks-I had beard like yours
once, but when l realized how 1t made
me look had it cut off. Binks-And
had a face like yours once, and when
I realized that l couldn't have 1t cut
off I raised the beard.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

John Alexander Dowie is now in Germany and
has announced his intention to establish Zion
forty miles from Berlin. In it, he says there will
be no liquors, no tobacco, no opera houses and no
hogs. Then will he himself be permitted?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
Big Figures,

"My dear Miss Moneybags," said the
impecunious young man, Il love you
more than l can find words to tell"
But presume you could tell me In
figures" rejoined the beautiful heiress
in icy tones.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

Judge-The complaint against you Is
that you deserted your wife. Prisoner
Il amt deserter, judge. I'm refu-
gee Look at these welts on my head
and this black eye.-Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

A Milwaukee man who died the other day was a
member OF twenty seven secret societies. Wonder
how the funeral procession was for lengthys
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

A Tennessee Judge has decided that woman
cannot be compelled to tell her age. Most of us
knew that already, but thanks to the judge, any
way, for this legal viewpoint.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

A st. Louis county, Mo-, woman, after being
married thirty-three years and becoming the
mother of twelve children has obtained divorce
What nexte
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

The way the Missouri editors tell it: 1sWill
Lesson, one of Monroe City's good boys, spent
Sundayin the city with his ma, friends and steady
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

The Nashville American thinks that sperhaps
the negroes are dying OUT Perhaps the editor of
that paper hasn't visited Louisiana or Mississippi
lately.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
FROM OVER THE STATE.

The citizens of Minden making every effort
to build a railroad from that town direct into
Shreveport.
has been entered against the New Orleans Picayune
by Police Commissioner P. A. Capdau.
The board of trustees of the Louisiana Industrial
Institute has elected Prof W. E. Taylor President
of that institution. He formerly held chair.
Mr. Ed NJ Carter, of Minden, was killed last
Friday near Sibley, by the Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacifc's east bound accommodation train''
''The first gum of the congressional campaign
in the fourth district was fired in the school house
at Longstreet, DeSoto parish, last Saturday by
Congressman Breazeale.
Louis Chagois, on PrairieHays, near Lake Charles,
has three of Irish potatoes, that will yield 80
barrels to the acre. and is ma rketing them now for
$3.50 per barrel.
The Times-Democrat says the total rain fall in
New Orleans up to last Thursday for 1904 is deficient
9.84 inches. That sit should be 1851 inches,
whereas it is only 1917 inches, that is, have less
than two thirds of the average rainfall. has been
season of drouth for this city and section. -
Reviewing the last ten years, the Tines-D Democrat
finds "that only in 1900 and 1903 was there ex-
cess of rainfall over the normal, and in both years
this excess very slight, 2.26 and 4. 10 inches
respectively. During the other ten years there was
total deficiency of 81 "a inches, or net deficiency
of 54.4 3 inches The average rainfall of New Or
leans is given at 5755 inches per year, for the last
ten years it has been only 52.11 loss of nearly 10
per cent
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

Atlanta Constitution: ''Come South, young man,
and eet-rich-quick with the country
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16
r. r. Land,

4 ttorney at Law, Benton, La. Will
IA practice in the courts OF Bossier
and adjoining parishes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

It looks % if Judge Parker viii capture the prize
at st. Louis on the first ballot
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-16

Fedora, statistics give the following average value
per acre for potatoes grown in the Southwest:
Louisiana $3.50; Texas s54.56; Arkansas s41.O4.