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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

--Iioys' tool chests, boys wagons.
slcds, vclocipedcs, writing desks.
scott Hardware Go.
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ou,rre, Results In Suicide.

Greensboro, Ky. Dec. 2O.-Mrs.
Jasper Roberts took her own life at
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

.GUTHRIE'S
Special Holiday Prices,
These prices are on until
after the Xmas shopping
is over.
A FEW MORE SETS OF THESE
SHEETS AND PILLOW SLIPS IN
BOXES AT GUTHRIE's.
A WHITE BED SPREAD Is A
NICE XMAS GIFT: SEE THE LINE
At GUTHRIE's. FROM a8c TO ~.
LADIES' KNIT SKIRTS, FROM
40c TO si.25.
LACE CURTAINS AND RUGS,
CARPETS AND MATTINGs, AT
GUTHRIE's.
ONE-THIRD OFF AT GUTHRIE's
ON ALI. CLOAks.
FUR SCARFS, FROM SOC TO S25,
AT GuTHRIE'S.
UMBRELLAS FROM 49c TO so,
AT GUTHRlE'S.
LADIES' AND CHILDREN's NIT
TENS FROM 1Oc TO soc.
MEMS wOMEN'S AND CHILD
REN's GLOVES FROM 2Oc TO $3.50
IN BOTH WOOL AND KID.
social PRICE ON ALL TABLE
LINEN. NAPKINS AND TOWELS.
At GUTHRIES.
ONE LOT OF SILK, WORTH T5c
TO 81 90. DURING THIS SALE, 40c;
SUITABLE FOR SHIRTWAISTS
AND sHIRTwAIST SUITS.
ONE LOT OF SILK REMNANTS.
WORTH SOC TO 500: SUITABLE
FOR DOLL DRESSES; TO CLOSE
OUT AT 25c PER YARD.
ELL GUTHRIE & co.
BIS Broadway.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

See our line of Silverware. Scott
Hardware Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

UMBRELLAS FROM 49c TO so,
AT GUTHRIE's.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

ONE-THIRD OFF AT GUTHRIE's
ON ALI. CLOAkS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

FUR sCARFs. FROM SOC TO se5,
AT GUTHRIE'S.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

LACE CURTAINS AND RUGS.
CARPETS AND MATTiNGs. AT
GUTHRIE's.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

A WHITE BED SPREAD Is A
NICE XMAS GIFT; SEE THE LINE
AT GUTHRIE's. FROM a9c TO -.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

LADIES' KNIT SKIRTS, FROM
49c TO si.25.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

A pair Of gents suspenders in a
fancy box will please your gentle
man friend.
L.B. OGILvIE y co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

A FEW MORE SETS OF THESE
SHEETS AND PILLOW SLIPS IN
BOXES AT GUTHRIE's.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

ONE LOT OF SILK REMNANTS.
WORTH SOC TO 500: SUITABLE
FOR DOLL DRESSES; TO CLOSE
OUT AT 25c PER YARD.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

On Thursday Dubois. kolb a
Co. open their fireworks display.
Your boy will appreciate these as
much as anything you can get him.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

Novelties In made-up neckwear for
ladies and gents.
l.. II. OGILvIE a co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

MEMS wOMEN's AND CHILD
REN'S GLOVES FROM 2Oc TO $3.50
IN BOTH WOOL AND KID.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

social PRICE ON ALL TABLE
LINEN, NAPKINS AND TOWELS.
At GUTHRIE'S.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

ONE LOT OF SILK, WORTH Toe
TO 800. DURING THIS SALE, 4oc;
SUITABLE FOR SHIRTWAISTs
AND sHIRTwAIsT SUITS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-20

YOU DON'T NAVE TO WAir.
Rvery dose makes you teei better Lar-Fes
keeps our whole insides right Sold on the
money back pisp everywhere, Price no cents
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LADIES' AND CHILDREN's NIT
TENS FROM fOc TO SOC.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
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PREcEPT AND EXAMPLE.

Thinking to make an impression on
the boys of London, the Times recent
ly published a manifesto carrying an
enormous show of great names, such
as the duke of Fife. the archbishop OF
Canterbury, the bishop of London and
eleven leading lords of the realm, Sc
verely enjoining all religious teachers
to discourage cigarette smoking
among the young, as it was Rapidly
sapping the vitality of the kingdom.
1t is to be feared that this method
still lacks the power of example suf-
ficiently, for the greatest men in Eng
land still smoke. The priests OF In
dia and Japan all smoke and the
champion smoker of the world is prob
ably the king of Portugal, who smokes
forty cigars a day. Dean Swift used
to smoke throughout his whole SER
mon. What might not the boys quote
as to great names?-Boston Globe.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Radium as n Pain-Killer.

United States Consul General
Guenther, of Frankfort, writes as fol.
lows: DR.. Darier, of Paris, describes
case of cancer of the face which,
through application of radium. had
been rendered painless. Similar re.
suits have been obtained by other
noted experts. He has also found
quick and pain-killing effects of radium
in certain diseases of the eye. The
influence of radium upon the motor.
nerve centres he considers of still
greater Importance. In two cases of
nervous spasms, which occurred three
or four times week, weak radium
preparations were applied to the tenn
pies for two or three days, when the
spasms ceased. In case also of pre-
sumptive inability of motion, caused by
nervous debility. radium effected a
complete cure within three days-pro-
ably. however, through suggestion. In
acute facial paralysis of entirely new
origin, radium effected cure in one
day. Samples of weak radio-activity
are now rather inexpensive, so that
other physicians are enabled to verify
these results.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Mystifyinu Gard Trick.

A simple and mystifying card trick
is the will power trick. You let any
one shuttle the cards, then take them
into your own hand and ask another
person to cut them. Now throw them
on table, but as you do so get a
glimpse OF the bottom card, which is,
we will say, the nine of hearts. Scat
ter the cards a little, but carefully
note the position of the nine Of
hearts.
Now say that you have the power
to will that a person shall. unknown
to himself, select the card you want.
You can call for the nine of hearts.
Some one hands you a card without
looking at its face. Thank you" you
say. quite right-nine of hearts"
Really, however, it is the jack Of
spades; so you now ask for the Jack
of spades. and get, let us say, seven
of diamonds. You then say that you
will pick a card from the table your
self-the seven OF diamonds. You
take the card, however, which you
know to be the nine of hearts. You
then show the three cards, which are,
of course, the three you named, so
that it appears that you actually have
made your spectators pick out the
cards you wanted.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
WIRELESS TELEeRAPHY AT SEA.

Marconi seems to be doing things"
which are of value in the commercial
development Of wireless telegraphy.
He kept the Campania in communica-
ton with Poldhu for a distance OF
LOO miles, which was somewhat
more than half way across. On the
return voyage he will try the same
experiment with the Cape Cod Station
and if, when that is lost, he can pick
up Poldhu the ship will never be out
of communication day on it's voyage
across.
This is practical. During its voyage
the Campania was in more or less
frequent communication with the
Etruria. Lucania, Minnetonka, Vader-
land, and Deutschland. Thus the sol
itude of the ocean is invaded and the
rest of voyage is broken by enough
news to make one want more. This,
however, is what the average man
wants. The fact that he will be "a
long time dead" seems to have dawn
ed upon him and melted him to an
intensity of living while he lives
which makes rest irksome and isola-
ton impossible. Even when he thinks
he wants a rest he is mistaken.
Hence the popularity of the Marconi
equipment on ships crossing the
ocean.-New York Times.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
THE AGE OF ALUMINIUM.

Ever since the separation Of the
metal aluminium from its ores-and
every claybank is an aluminium mine
inventors have dreamed of an "alu-
minum age" whose mechanical mar
wells should leave as far behind the
present "age of steel" as we surpass
the "age of stone" of the primitive
man. Here was a beautiful metal that
was only third as heavy as iron; and
what limit could there be to the won
ders it's use would make possible. The
long-awaited airship was to become
reality and a revolution was to come
at once in shipbuilding, railroading
and automobiling.
But little can be done with a metal
so soft that to secure the same
strength as much aluminium in weight
as of iron must be used. If only some
way of tempering it could be found!
Now the announcement comes from
Germany that this problem has been
solved. "Meteorit" is simple alloy
of aluminium and phosphorus, and for
it is claimed that 1t is six times as
strong as aluminium itself, is noncor-
rosive, highly polishable, and may be
soldered and galvanized with nickel
or copper. If all that is claimed for
1t is true, then the "age Of aluminium"
may not be far distant.-Boston Globe.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
STATISTICS OF INSANITY.

A bureau at Washington has pre-
pared some interesting statistics Of
he distribution of insanity through
out the United States. In the whole
country one person of every 52S is
crazy. In New England, one in every
$50; in New York and Pennsylvania,
one in 424; in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, one in 610;' in
the Middle West, one in $50; in the
Southern states, one in $685. in the
Rocky mountain states, one in 1858;
in the Pacific states, one in 3S7.
1t will be seen that madness is more
prevalent in New England than any
where else, with the Pacific states a
close second. The sanest part of the
country is in the mountain region of
the west, and the south comes next.
In Kansas one person out of every SEQ
Is crazy, and Missouri has one for
every COZ of population. Some writer,
IN commenting on these facts, says
that If anyone can construct and de-
fend a theory to account for the va
ration, he is welcome to the oppor-
tunity. Still, the report gives some
basis for speculation as to causes or
reasons. For example, it is shown
that the proportion of insanity among
foreigners is double that among ma
tives, and that the negro is only half
as susceptible to madness as his white
] brother. This will account for the
low rate in the south and the high
rate in localities largely peopled by
foreigners, but how are we going to
account for the big rate in New En-
gland and on the Pacific coast?-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR.

The question of the value Of wire
less telegraphy in war has already
Deen considered. Now it is supple
mented by that of it's legality. The
Russian government has practically
served notice that ii regards II as IL
legal. At any rate, the use of such a
device at the seat of war will be
treated as a breach of neutrality. Cor
respondents telegraphing without
wires will be shot as spies, and yes
sells equipped with wireless tele-
graphic apparatus venturing near the
scene of war will, IL caught, be con-
nscated as contraband OF war. So far
as correspondents accompanying the
Russian army are concerned, we may
unhesitatingly concede the Russian
right OF censorship. That is a matter
Of course. A belligerent power has
the undoubted right to decide whether
Il will permit correspondents to &C
company its army at all, of course,
prescribe what matter may be sent
through the lines, and how. Similarly,
II may exercise a censorship over
new vessels entering its territorial
waters, or the waters implicated in
the sphere of belligerent action. But
general outlawing OF wireless tele-
graphy in that part of the world
would be a much more extreme mat
ter.-New York Tribune
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Simple Experiments.

A very interesting branch of study
is vibration.
A vibration you know, is defined as
an impulse. but if a series or mum.
Der of impulses are produced singly
and at irregular intervals, very little
effect upon anything can be produced.
If the reverse is true. however, results
often astounding will be noticed.
And that, by the way, teaches an i'm
portant lesson. You cannot do any
thing of any account by means of a
single effort. You must keep at it"
regularly and constantly.
Did you ever, with a playmate, cross
a stream walking over a plank, keep
ing step the while?
What happened? Why, the plank be-
gan to jump and bounce until you
both came near falling into the water.
Your regular footballs set up vibra'
ton, and the plank was obedient to
its law.
Probably you know that as a rule
soldiers are obliged to break step
when crossing a bridge. If they con-
tinued marching such vibration would
be set up that the bridge would prob
ably fall. In going over a great
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Utilizing the Dead Sea.

1t is believed that before very long
the Dead Sea will be exploited for in
dustrial purposes. French engineers
are at work on three different projects
with this purpose in view. The level
of the Dead Sea being more than 1900
feet below that of the Mediterranean
and Red seas, it is thought by connect
ing either Of these two seas by means
of a canal with the Dead Sea. a stream
of water would flow with velocity
calculated to produce some $4,000
horsepower. There is danger. it is
asserted, ofan,overhowing of the Dead
Sea- for the waters there evaporate at
so great rate (G,000.000 tons day
that the incoming waters would make
no appreciable difference in the level.
One project is TO start the canal from
the Bay of Acre, lead it southwark
past Mount Tabor, and let it join at
Baisan. the waters of the Jordan. An
other plan is TO build the canal along
the railway line from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem. But this would mean blasting
tunnel of some thirty-seven miles
through the mountains of Old Judea.
The third project, the cheapest, pro
poses to start at Akaba, in the Red
Sea. and pass through the desert of
Wady el-Jebel. Having obtained power
in this manner, it is thought many in
dustrlal works will be carried on
London Daily News.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
EVIL TO HAzER AND HAZED.

There Is a sincere belief in the
minds OF some very intelligent men
that hazing has good effect and if not
carried too far is good for the cub"
and there is basis for this belief. But
It is not easy to see how any good to
the lads hazed can compensate for the
evil almost inevitably done, to hazers.
Practically without exception the vic
tim of hazing is helpless in the pres
ence of superior numbers and
strength. In other words, the action
of the hazers is essentially cowardly.
Their motives, IL not so deliberately
bad as acknowledgements, are in
no sense good and to maltreat those
who have nothing like a fair chance
to resist and almost no chance to in
fiict injury on their tormentors is not
manly, not gentiemanly-is in fact,
cowardly and cruel.-New York
Times.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
putted In at the wedding. :

Laad office regulations unfeellngly
''butted i'm on the plans of Cupid the
other day at Waurika and stopped d
wedding. Samuel Mosler. home
steader of that vicinity, has arranged
to wed Mrs. Mitchell, a buxom widow
who had but recently made. her final
PROOF before the local court commits
sioners. Just before the ceremony was
performed word came that wit
ness failure to properly sign his name
had caused rejection of the papers by
the Interior Department. The wed,
ding was postponed, the groom to be
apparently being more willing to tenn
porarily rellnquish bride than to per.
manently relinqulsh farm.-Mangum
CTexas) Sun-AIirror.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
GOOD DONE BY THE KICKER.

The established order is always and
everywhere impatient with the man
who challenges it. In sneers and an
ger and sharp rebuke it tries to sup
press him. He is a nuisance and
mischief-maker, as devoid of sense as
he is of perspective, and so on. The
kicker who will continue to kick un-
der such conditions has his high
value. Society needs him, and so
does every legislative body. He may
be wrong at times, his views may en-
brace and consider only part of SUBJ
ject, but if he be honest and persist
ent he awakens discussion, he draws
out facts, and so in the long run IL
Eliminates public problems in a way
that is Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
rhouaht Reading by a Watch.


A most puzzling trick is Thought
reading by a watch" Place watch
on a table, ask some one to think OF
a certain hour, and then to consider
that he has counted up to that num-
Der. Tell him you will point at vari-
Gus hours on the watch, and that he
must add the number of times you
point to the number of the hour OF
which he thought. Instruct him that
when he reaches No. 20 he must tell
you to stop pointing, and you VIII
then be pointing at the hour he Sc
lected.
For example: Say he thinks OF Z
o'clock. When you have pointed 10
times he must stop you, because he
has then counted to 20. Now ii does
not matter of what hour he thought;
at the goth count you will have ar
rived at the correct hour If you re-
member always to let your eighth
pointing be to ~ o'clock, and from
there to follow the hours around
backward, i. e., from u to IL, and
SO on till you are told to stop.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
A Tanqle Party.

A tangle party is jolly idea for
parents. Lengths of ribbon or colored
Irvine are twisted all over the house,
and the children are told that IL they
can find the end of the thread they
can have whatever they will find at
the end of it. The ribbons begin In
one room and end in another. They
are passed through keyholes, twisted
around balusters. and perhaps one end
is in the garnet or in the kitchen.
II presents cannot be bought for all
the children two handsome prizes can
be purchased instead, one for a
girl and one for boy, and secured to
the end of blue ribbon and red rib
bon, respectively. But little present
each is more pleasing, on the whole,
as children like to carry home some
little souvenir of a party, if it is only
a tiny toy or a pretty red notebook
or a nice little box of sweets.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Holland Customs Unclaimed.

Almost every fishing village in Hol-
land has its special dress and its own
quaint customs. One can see from
old Dutch pictures that these have not
varied for tic last 200 years. One
nost interesting place is the island
OF Marken, tongue of land on the
margin of the Zuydcr Zee. which can
well be inspected in couple of hours.
II is so little above the sea level that
the clusters of houses. or tiny villages,
are built on mounds connected by
bridges, and nearly every little house
has It's owl little moat and its own
little boat-everything. except the
people, is on a diminutive scale IN
Holland-moored near the door, so rs
TO be handy Gin case of food. The
houses, with the exception of the
church and the clergyman's house, IRE
built of wood on high piles. They are
none of them very old, as the pace
has often been flooded and burnt in
winter Marken is often under water
and the inhabitants use boats to pass
from one. village to another. The cot
tages. which are painted blue. green
OF black. with pointed gables, ard
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
BRAVE MEN ON BOTH SIDES.

The fact is frequently and pleasant
ly observed that the soldiers on both
sides in the Asian war are displaying
valor. The Russians find in that some
consolation for the grievous losses
they have suffered. Their seamen at
Chemulpo and their soldiers at the
Yalu we're beaten and persisted, but at
least they fought bravely and fell like
heroes. The japanese find in the
same circumstance an added cause for
exultation over their victories. Their
seamen eagerly enlisting for a death
errand at Port Arthur and their SOL
diers storming intrenchments with the
bayonet at the Yalu have added new
lustre TO the fame of Samurai hero
ism. Nor is that all. Each side has
learned to recognize the valor of the
other and to pay 1t the tributes which
are It's due. Whatever may have been
their opinions of each other before the
war, these last three months have in
spired them both with the respect
which brace men feel Tor each other
the world around.-New York Trib-
une.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17

Ono sf Them Would Make n Fence SIX
Feet High and Twenry-fAur Miles Long.

Ono sf Them Would Make n Fence SIX
Feet High and Twenry-fSur Miles Long.
The only way we can comprehend the
greatness of the "big teees" of CalifOr-
MIA without actually eeeing them is by
comparing them with things of every
day life. Imagine one OF these trees
being transplanted TO the corner of
Fifth avenue and Broadway, New York
City. 1t would make the Fifth Avenue
Hotel look like a cottage, and If the
largest tree now growinT OH Manhat-
tan Island were placed on the top OF
the Flatiron Building. il would still be
in the shade OF the big trees upper
branches. General Walteuffel stated
not long ago that if he could have had
one of these big trees to throw across
the Pei-ho River upon the arrival OF
the international army, ii would have
served as a bridge across which he
could have marched the entire 10000
men into Pellin in forty-five minutes.
1t is estimated that some of these
trees contain 10000 feet Of lumber
and we may get an idea of what this
means when we hear that it would
make a board fence six feet high and
twenty-four miles long, or that it would
supply enorgh telegraph poles to sup
port line of wires running from Kan
sas City to Chicago. II the tallest elm
tree you know of were cut down anC
bent into n circle. it would just about
make ring to fit the base of one of the
big trees. But it is not their size alone
which makes these giants so impress
sive; their age is still more remarkable
When Cheop's army of 100000 men be
gan to build the great pyramid Of
Jeezeh. over 2O0O years before Christ
these Sequoias, as they are called, haC
bark on them a foot thick; they were
old, old trees when Methusaleh was {
! baby-thcy are the very oldest living
things on the face of the earth. AnC
we Americans should regard them as {
priceless heritage, which once takel
from us could never be replaced. ant
we should at any cost guard them for
ever from those who with AK and saw
would in one week undo the work OF
5000 years.-Woman's Home Compan
ion.
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Floating Trianele-A Trick.

Here is an interesting experiment,
boys and girls:
Take q wet lead pencil point and
draw on thick paper a triangle
(Which need not be automatically
perfect.
Take a basin of water and lay this
paper on the surface of the water,
with the drawing up. Very carefully
fill the space inside the lines with
water. (The water will not flow be-
yond the lines which you drew with
your wet lead pencil point.
Next take a needle or pin. dip the
point of it into the wet triangle near
one of the angles. But don't let it
touch the paper.
Now an odd thing will happen; the
paper will be sure to move on the
water until the center of area comes
directly under the point.
You should previously have found
where the center of area is by draw.
ing lines from any two angles to the
centers of the opposite sides. (See
the picture) The point where the
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
Ola English Customs.

Sir Walter Besants study of old Eng
fish customs shows that the doctors OF
several centuries ago prescribed for
fevers ga cold water affusion" with
drinking of asses milk. When the
queen was Ill in 1868 they shaved her
head and applied pigeons to her feet
Powdered mummy for a long time was
considered to be specific against dis
eases. 1t is said that the reason II
went out of use was that dealers took
to embalming bodies and then sol !
them for genuine ancient mummies
The Yale expositor., 1904-06-17
LIVING PICTURES.

To make living pictures provide
yourself with a sheet of stiff white
cardboard and a spool, one end of
which you cut off squarely. Stick the
spool on piece of strong wire, and
bend the wire in such a way that the
longer end serves as handle, while
the other end keeps the spool from
sliding off (see b. Now take your
compass and draw a circle seven
inches in diameter on the cardboard.
Cut the circle out carefully. Draw