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Mans AntiQuIty.

An interesting find which will attract much attention from students of archa. eology has been made by miners in a new shaft sunk by the Weir Junction Coal Company, near Pittsburg, Kan. The miners found imbedded in the fire clay below the second vein of coal at depth of 50 feet, a box made of bark in a rude manner. It was imbeddel solidly in the fire clay and was fos. silized.
 When the box was broken open three arrow heads crudely made of flint rock were found in it. The comparative close proximity to the surface might lead to the belief that an ancient well or shaft might have been sunk on the prairie years ago and the box with its arrow heads might have been dropped down by the savage proprietor. But the miners say the coal veins had not Deen disturbed and such a well could not have been sunk and filled up without being shown in the two coal veins which were above the fireclay.
 On this theory the finding of the box below undlsturbed coal veins indicates that man antedates the carboniferous period
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Her Daily Food.

T tGe all that is beautiful in art and sSture," she said, turning her dretes,1 eyes to his. T revei in the greer fields, the babbling brooks, and the little wayside flowers. I feast on the beauties of earth, and sky, and air; they are my daily life and food, and"
 "Maudiew cried out the mother from the kitchen not knowing that her daughters beau was in the drawing room, "Maudie, whatever made you go and gobble up that big dish of mashed potatoes that was left over from dinner? I told you we wanted them warmed up for supper. If your appetite isn't enough to bankrupt your poor pap
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Something About Canals.

The Suez canal is usually considered the most important example of ship canals, though the number of vessels passing through 1t annually does not equal that passing through the canals connecting Lake Superior with the chain of great lakes at the south. In length, however, 1t exceeds any of the other great ship canals, its total length being 90 miles, of which about two-thirds is through shallow lakes, says Harper's Weekly.
 The canal connecting the Bay of Cronstadt with St. Petersburg is a work of great strategic and commer- cial importance to Russia. The canal and sailing course in the bay are about 16 miles long, the canal proper being about six miles and the bay channel about 10 miles, and they to- gether exte-d from Cronstadt, on the Gulf of Finland, to St. Petersburg.
 The next of the great ship canals connecting bodies of salt water in the order of date of construction is the Corinth canal, which connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Gulf of Aegina. The canal reduces the distance from Adriatic ports about 175 miles, and from Mediterranean ports about 100 miles. Its length is about four miles.
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A Literary Feash

A royal repast is set for us,
 With nobody to blab; Take down that dog's-eared volume and We'll make a start with Crabbe. More fish to follow? Let us not
 The modern folk be sighting; Here is the last new novel, and
 We'll take taste of Whiting. Our appetite is still quite sharp,
 And not ha'porth shaken; What's next? Seme Hogg for you?
 Well, I
 Will also try some Bacon. See now, point is ready served,
 And very sure 1 am You're not the fellow who'd refuse
 A tasty slice of Lamb. And, after all, what next7 Some Moore1 My friend, and so say I, And here, to wind up, reach me that Poor, all-forgotten Pye! -Waverley Magazine.
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For ValOr.

Andrew D. White tells in his rem. iniscences of his diplomatic career, which appear in the Century Magazine, story of a British officer who has since won distinction. This was Gen. eral Methuen, who at the time of MT. Whites ministry to Germany was young colonel connected with the Brit. ish embassy.
 One day, while walking in remote part of the Thiergarten, Methuen saw a working man throw himself into the river, and instantly jumped into the icy stream after him, grappled him, pulled him out, laid him on the bank and rapidly walked away. When the news of it got out he was taxed with the deed by members of the diplomat ic corps; but he awkwardly and blush- ingly pooh-poohed the whole matter.
 One evening not long afterward the old emperor sent for the colonel. When he presented himself, his majesty took from his own coat medal of honor for life-saving and attached 1t to the breast of Methuen. who received it in . very awkward yet manly fashion.
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MAKING OF PATENT LEATHER.
Each Manufacturer Has His Own Pro
 Ceaa.

Each Manufacturer Has His Own Pro cess.
 All manufacturers of patent leather have their own tanning processes, much like those of the calfskin tanner, though some patent leather is given a bark tanning. Horsehide and colt skins are the chief feathers made with a patent finish.
 The patent or enamel finish is really painted and baked on, as the bicycle manufacturer paints and bakes enamel onto a frame. Tanners are very par ticular about keeping their processes secret, and nobody but workmen is ever allowed into the finishing rooms.
 The hide or skin, having been stretched and dried as much as possi- ble, is first given coating of a mix ture of linseed oil, litharge, white lead or similar materials boiled, together until they make pasty mixture.
 This is daubed on the surface with a steel tool and well rubbed in, so that the pores of the leather will be filled up. Then the leather is put Into the oven, its surface being exposed to steam pipes at a temperature of about 16O degrees.
 Next the surface is rubbed down with pumice stone, and then it is cov- cred with llnseed oil and ivory black, about six layers applied, each layer being dried and rubbed down. Finally a varnish is applied, and then the sur face is rubbed down and finished off as nicely as a painter finishes fine car riage.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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uYNCHEDA LA AMERICAN
Astonishing Tale That Edifled an Eng.
 .lish Dinner Party.

At q recent dinner in London the con- versation turned on the subject of Iynchings in the United States. IL was the general opinion that rope was the chief end of a man in America. Finally the hostess turned to an Amerl- can, who had taken no part in the con- versation, and said:
 You, sir, must have often seen these affairs"
 "Yes," he replied, i've take kind of municipal pride in seeing which city can show the greatest number of lynch ings yearly"
 "Oh, do tell us about lynching you have seen yourself" broke in half a dozen voices at once.
 "The night before I sailed for En- gland" said the American, q was giv- ing a dinner to a party of intimate friends when a colored waiter spilled plate of soup over the gown of lady at an adjoining table. The gown was utterly ruined and the gentleman of her party at once seized the waiter, tied rope around his neck and at a signal from the injured lady swung him into the air."
 "Horrible!" said the hostess with a shudder.
 And did you actually see this your. eelf?"
 "Well, mo-" said the American. apol. ogetically. "Just at that time was downstairs killing the chef for putting mustard in the blancmange."- ."-Modern Society.
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LITTLE CHUNKS OF KNOWLEDGE

Out of every 1000 of the worlds population 264 own King Edward as Their sovereign.
 It is supposed that the average depth pf sand in the deserts of Africa is from forty feet to eighty feet.
 Manhattan Island, on which New York now stands, was originally bought from an Indian chief for about $25 of our money.
 The remarkable echo at Eagles Nest, on the banks of Killarney, Ire land, repeats bugle call 109 times, kach clear and distinct.
 Only one-third of the worlds popula- lion use bread as a daily article of bod. Nearly one-half of the people of he world subsist chiefly on rice.
 It is a strange fact that the right land, which is more sensitive to the ouch than the left, is less sensitive than the latter to the effect of heat or cold.
 An authority on the subject declares that many cases of defective eyesight Ire caused by wearing tight collars, which interfere with the circulation of blood to the head.
 Metals get tired as well as living beings. Telegraph wires are better conductors on Monday than on Satur- day on account of their Sunday rest, and rest of three weeks adds 10 pei sent to the conductivity of a wire.
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SHE SLEPT IT YEARS.
And Her Reawakening Was Like .
 Rosurrection.


 In the village of Grambke, near Bremen, which has become famous as the home of the sleeping woman," Gesine Meyer, who has awakened from her 17 years sleep, had conversa. tions with herself and her father. Johann Meyer, who is mayor of the village, and his son, writes Q corre- spondent.
 In their quaint dialect they told me that Gesine, who is now 43 years of age, fell from cart in her 17th year. Shortly after this accident she com plalned of suffering from a severe headache. and then fell into death- like sleep, which lasted three months.
 After recovering consciousness she was perfectly well, attended to her usual household duties, and helped in the harvesting as if nothing had hap pened. For two years all went well; then she again took to sleeping for con- siderable periods, interspersed by long intervals of normal habits. At last she went to sleep on December 17, 18S8, and from that date slept without inter- rupton-a period of 17 years.
 A fire broke out in the village, and the alarm bells were rung. Scarcely had their harsh sounds penetrated the room where Gesine lay that she sud- denly sat up in bed and called her father and brother by name. The sur prise and pleasure experienced at her awakening which resembled more a resurrection from death, may be imagined.
 One of the first questions was about her mother, who had died many years ago. On the sad news being broken to her she cried bitterly. Seeing her brother. who IT years ago had been doing his military service, standing by her side in civilian clothes, she asked him why he was not in uniform. On his answering that he was now a married man and had long ago com pleted his military service, she ap- peared to be surprised.
 She was told that she had been asleep for IT years. "Why, thought I had been asleep only for one night" she replied. Gesine has no recollection of anything that has happened during this long lapse of time.
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Perennial

T suppose Lizzie Oletimer Is glad 1t l. leap year." said the soft-spoken Heloiss.
 "I don't suppose it makes much differ. sLce to her," replied the mellow-voiced Irene. "She has been jumping at every chance she saw for fifteen yssrs."- Judge.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
si.t..nth century Manners.

In all old book published in the six
teenth century and entitled THE Ac-
complished Lady's Rich Closet; or, In
genious Gentlewoman's Delightful
Companion" it is written:
"a gentlewoman being at table must
observe to keep her body straight and
lean not by any means with her elbows
nor by ravenous gesture discover vo-
racious appetite. Talk not when you
have meat in your mouth and do not
smack like pig nor venture to eat
spoon meat so hot that the tears stand
In your eyes, which is as unseemly as
the gentlewoman who pretended to
have as little stomach as she had a
mouth and therefore would not swal-
low her peas by spoonful, but took
them one by one and cut them in two
before she would eat them. 1t Is very
unseemly to drink so large a draft that
your breath is almost gone and you
are forced to blow strongly to recover
Yourself In carving at your own table
distribute the best pieces first, and 1t
will appear very comedy and decent to
use fork, so touch no piece of meat
without it,"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR SCIENCE.
Strange and Sad Sacrifice Of a
Metz Jersey Physician 10
a dOdnce KnotOIedSe.

Science takes little count of her vic
tins, and it comes to only few dead
men to have the living write Of them
In words that other ages will read. The
world will have forgotten George V.
Wenner tomorrow, the country doctor
of Milford, n. j.. whose life has gone
out after struggle to wiring from
matter the secret which would free
the hundreds Of thousands enthralled
by the addiction to cocaine.
When George Wenner, physician and
surgeon, conceived the idea of entering
upon the experiments with the deadly
drug which eventually drove him in
sane no one knows. No one realized
what he had been doing to himself un-
til he was mad and had to be bound as
a wild beast is bound.
The raving of madness passed away
after hours of ceaseless, exhausting
commissions. Then ensued a gibbering
and vacant stare such as marks an
idiot. Unconsciousness again ensued
and in this state he passed away.
The doctors neighbors could not I'M
derstand his sudden dissolution. He
had always been sane; he had never
been addicted to liquor
1t remained for Frank w. Larson OF
Lambertville, a friend and brother
physician. to clear up the mystery. He
himself was appalled, by his friends
terrible end until in searching among
George Wenners papers he discov'
cred diary telling the story of the
tragedy Parts Of 1t ran thus:
July 0, half a grain taken hypoder-
mically in afternoon; condition same
antidotes administered successful.
July 13, 3 p. m, purchased one
eighth ounce of cocaine hydrochloride
Z. ID. & Co. One grain boiled in one
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

If you are getting this paper and
don I intend to pay for it. the honest
way is to notify the publisher or the
postmaster that you don't want it.
Don't take it out of the postotfice
and read it for years and then when
you are asked to pay for 1t, say you
never ordered 1T. You know how
this paper is sent and Its terms. We
don't force the News on anybody.
More than two-t thirds of our subscrib-
ers desire their paper continued from
year to year or until ordered stopped.
This has been our custom for
twenty-five years and we have had
very few complaints. Once in while
we run upon a man or woman who
SAYS: III didn't order the paper
and don't propose to pay for it. - But
these cases are rare, we are glad
to say. 1t is an easy matter to have
your paper stopped. Simply drop us
postal card or tell your postmaster,
whose business it is to notify us. We
are not in business for our health.
We are In 1t to make living for
ourself and family and we do 1T. The
News is as solid an institution az any
bank, business house, farmer or
manufacturer in the county. It's
been here ABOUT as long as the Oldest
Of than and il "a here 70 stay We want
what is que us on subscription. If you
owe us anything please send us a
money order or check for the amount.
Don delay about 1t. 1t is important
that we have it to meet our obliga-
tiOns
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
KiIIe d
His Son
Terrible ReSuIf Of a Boy
ISL Prank ar RfOer-
side, ~. y.
Boy Holds Up His Father In
Fun and fbe Latter Makes
an At0fuI MiSfoke--A
.Sfob In the Dark,

Frank Reinecke, boy of sixteen,
played that he was a highwayman
near his home in Riverside, n. j., and
did it so realistically that his father,
whom he held up, plunged knife into
his heart, killing him. Intercepting
his parent in lonely spot upon the
banks of Rancocas creek, he suddenly
stepped from behind bush, telling
Reinecke senior to hold up his hands.
The next instant he was lifeless.
The father is raving in delirium, and
1t is feared that he may never recover
from tne shock The mother ana SIS
tiers are Frustrated, and the little COM
munity mourns the death Of popular
youth.
Half a dozen holdups occurred at Rlv-
erside and the adjoining villages, and
the residents began arming themselves.
Frank Reinecke conceived the idea
that it would be fine thing to mas
querade as a highwayman and fright
en- his neighbors. He carried out his
idea and succeeded in making half a
dozen staid residents jump fences and
scuttle for home within a week. Then
he tried the experiment upon his IA
Their, Walter Reinecke a well to do in
surance agent, whose home is on the
outskirts of the village above the banks
of the creek in lonely spot.
Father and son started out early in
the evening. the older to transact some
business at the village fire company's
house, of which organization he is n
member, and the boy to visit his
young friends, Willie and Laura Kel-
lock, who live near the Reinecke home.
On the way the youth RECALLED his IA
Their with stories of recent holdups.
When 1870 p. IN. came Mr.. Reinecke
started for home He was apprehen-
sive, remembering that he had recent
ly had words with a negro who had
threatened him. He also remembered
what his boy had told him about high
waymen. So he drew a knife from his
pocket opened the blade and walked
on with senses on the alert. Young
Reinecke had been watching for his
father. He was peeping out from be-
hind a bush that stood beside the path
t~ tho loneliest part of the roadway.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
von Lenbnch the Painter.

Franz Won Lenbach, the great por-
trait painter, painted three portraits
of the poet Adolph Wilbrandt The sit
tings varied from three to five hours.
On one occasion the sitting lasted
through the whole day, with intervals
for meals. The afternoon passed, and
dusk came Cd, but still Lenbach work
ed away without appearing to notice
the failing light. At last it grew SO
dark that Wilbrandt could scarcely sec
him. He called his attention to this
saying that it seemed impossible for
him TO paint any more, but Lenbach
begged him, unless he was tired, to
continue sitting. But what can you
see Of meT asked the puzzled poet
quite the best of all. Excellent. Sit
still, please" And the sitting only end
ed with the last glimmer of light
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
Try
WOnderine
For Sale by
NOIte Bros, and POpham Bros,
CIoverport, KY.
The Game OF Trinquet.

Popular among the Basque peasantry
Is an ancient game known as trinquet
No one knows the origin of trinquet
Like ala Basque customs, it can be
traced back and back till its history is
lost in the remote past. Nearly every
court in the country bears the aspect
of extreme age. The court at Bayonne
is believed to be 400 years old, and the
one at st. Jean de Luz looks older than
the one at Bayonne. When Louis XIV
who was married in st. Jean de Luz
church, went down to the little frontier
town to meet his Spanish bride, he
found the BasQues of ST. Jean de Luz
energetically playing their ancient
game, and he took the idea back with
him to Paris, and from it, largely modi-
fed, comes the game of tennis.
Tennis and trinquet are very similar,
save that instead of racket leather
arrangement. known as a glove, is used
for propelling the ball.-Country Life.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

Tne trees grow tnicK there, anu lne
black water of the creek is just below,
making 1t as lonely and dangerous a
spot as can be imagined.
Just as the elder Reinecke reached
the shadow a dark figure stepped into
the half gloom. and a hoarse voice
cried: Hold up your hands! Now I've
got Your
At the same instant the EEurv rsss-
rast hold upon the Ireigntened mans
coat sleeve With a cry of terror the
father lunged forward and buried his
knife in the breast Of the supposed
highwayman. who sank to the ground
gasping, "Oh, fatherI'
The voice Of the boy recalled the an
guished father to realization Of the
awful thing that he had done. With
a cry that was heard far off by neigh
bors the distracted man fell on his
knees beside the body of his boy and
besought him to speak. He raised the
head of his boy only to find that he
was already dead.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
Initiation In Animals.

Some animals have wonderful pow
ers of imitation. Dogs brought up in
the company of cats have been known
to acquire the trick of licking the paws
and then washing the face. When a
cat has been taught to sit up for her
food her kittens have been known to
initiate her action. Darwin tells of a
cat that was in the habit of putting
her paw into the mouth of narrow
milk pitcher every time she got the
chance and then licking the cream or
her paw. Her kitten soon learned the
same trick. A lady tells of a rabbit
that she keeps in a cage with mon
key and says that Bunnie has caught
many Of the monkeys ways. 1t is said
that starving pigeons that have been
brought up on grain will not eat peas
to save their lives. but that If pea eat
ing pigeons are put with them they
follow their example and eat peas.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

but we can't shake with all the boys.
so we will have to let this most ex-
quisite pleasure pass. But, in all
seriousness, Is this hand ofParker's a
Democratic hand? Is it handling
Democratic principles and forging
Democratic thoughts and ideasY For
the life of us, we can't tell. Wen
Just wait until the editors come home
and tell us what they saw, heard,
ate and drank and the Judges letter
Is made public, then, perhaps, we will
have more light.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
science and Human Sense Organs

DR.. Carl Snyder says in the Amerl'
can Inventor, while pointing out the
inferiority of human sense organs to
the instruments of science, that, where
as the human eye can see only little
more than 5000 stars in the heavens
OH the clearest of nights, the photo
graphic plate and the telescope can dis
Germ countless millions. The eye If a
good one can perceive measure or
one two-hundredth of an inch. The
microscope makes an object one ten
thousandth of an inch look compare
lively large To hear the footsteps OF
fly seems inconceivable; but, assisted
by the mirrophone, the tread of that
insect sounds like the tramp of cav
airy. The most sensitive skin cannot
detect change in temperature of less
than one-ffth of a degree, but the boz
Iometer will register on a scale an in
crease or decrease of temperature OF
one one-millionth of a degree and can
discern the difference in temperature
in a room when a match is lighted.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

Our young friend and fellow
countrymsn, Eurey Woodscn, sends us
cordial invitation to come up to
New York and to Esopus, take trip
down the Hudson, gaze on the beau
ties of that delightful and historical
stream. shake the glad hand of the
Democratic candidate for president,
be refreshed and have our democracy
renewed. Alack aud alas these are
mighty temptations and it nearly
breaks our heart to miss them. Moth
ing would do our souls more good
than to shaKe the hand of presi-
Dental candidate. for handwriting is
a part of our nature, he it with can
didate for president or candidate for
constable in our own home district,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

There is more Catarrh In this sec
tion of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed TO be
lncurable. f'or a great many years
doctors pronounced 1t local disease
and present. bed local remedies, and by
constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, OhioI, is
the ouly constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and nue.
ous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address FL. CHENEY Il Co, Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
A Pert Maid.

The BIS had given an impertinent
maid notice and in consequence were
obliged to assume the duties that she
pointedly neglected. On the last day
of Katie's stay as one of the ladies OF
the family was Fastening to answer a
ring at the front door she was arrested
by an explosive whisper from the rear
of the hall, where the irrepressible ex-
maid, Katie, in most unpicturesque
dishabille, was established, Mrs. b.
IL that's any one for me, say I'm out"