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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
RICHES NOT THE TRUE
 < TEST OF SUCCESS
smator cHAUNCEY M. DEPEWt

EEW WEI will be phenomenaly gifted with talent for It useless for those who have not like faculties and judgment compete for the being considered among the posseors of the largest fortunes jnl the world
 If man ambitions the object of and succeeds before he dies being rec among the who the worlds largest holders of its sunalth HE HAS FAILED IN HIS EFFORTS. Simply
 man, and nothing ee he is of less account proportion to of his fellow citizens who have than he million dollar has rank place consideration million class, and the million chap little fellow in the fifty or hundred million dollar circle
 who has attained most modest independence Is a success. THE REST IS ACCUMULATION.
 IT EVER so HUMBLE IS INDIE PENDENcE WHICH WILL ENABLE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT A ALARGER INDEPENDENCE.
 remember that this would be ghasty world if there were MANY STANDARDS of distinction Webster, Clay Calhoun present ideals of do Lincoln and Mcn ley Beeche Storrs Charming and Theodore Parker do Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrson do Greeley, Bennett do Irving Longeow and Hawhorne ed populations the inventors who have added immensely to the
 and happiness and eminent workers in phi slanthropy.
 REACH THEIR HEIGHTS AND ATTAIN THEIR FAME, EDUCATION GROWTH AND HOURLY INCREASING PLEASURE CAMPING ON THEIR TRAILS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
The Neqroes Should Be Segregated

HALsEr African Methodist Zion Church. Whnston y17lE the south is the white mans land Ii 1t is so
 that has been poor guardian o the ubsevent col Ezz2y ored people THE TWO RACES HAVE NEVEh LIVED TOGETHER IN HARMONY, and am of the opin ion that they will Today the coored being crowded out the workshops of the south by the WHITE oored labor the south has proved the MOS EXPENSIVE tried.
 z ONE OR MORE STATES ASIDE sY THE eov EHnMEnr WASHINGTON TOR THE sEekcATioN oF TIE NE oRoEs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09

There are 183,000 miles of railway mail routes. Strange as it may seem, this mileage is considerably surpassed by the distance over which mails are carried on horseback or by wagon. The quantity of mail so carried, however. is compara*iwe1- t~ifing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
TO RENT.

Very nice, pleasant furnished rooms on so Linden St, with bath. Inquire 28O-282, North Main street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
THINK OF TT.

A good Crayon for 9sc at the Boston Installment Co.'S. Pictures, Crayons and 'astels speciality. Repairing frames at reasonable prices. Tele-
 B. M. HERMAN. Mgr,
 127 North Elm St.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
FINE LAUNDRY WORK

We know that you want the best laundry work to be had. e know that if you will compare our work with that of all other local laundries you will agree with us when We claim great superiority. We ask you to make the comparison, as we know it will re suit in mutual benefit. Don't make eve-v Monday blue day by doing t. :. washing at home. You can't afford z We will wash all your clothes and iron the bedding and table linen eor Sc . pound.
 Home Steam Laundry
 A. J. COONEY. ProD'r.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
Strange Fact.

Thank you for your wet eyes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
THB MOTHER WINS
CHILD AWARDED TO HER BY
JUDGE LIGHFToOT.

County Judge Il. T. Lightfoot
this morning passed on the witt Of
habeSs corpus taken ont by Stella
Jones to secure her child from Mrs
Sue Eggloton in whose care the
mother had placed 10 sometime ago.
When the mother called for it, the
other refused to surrender IL. The
mother employed Attorney ID. A.
Cross and took out II writ Of hsbsss
corpus.
Judge Lightfoot heard tire evil
deuce and decided the best thing 10
be done was 70 send IL TO the Or
phans Home in Louisville, and &C
cordiDgly wrote to that institution
10 see If he conld secure place for
the child. Receiving no answer. the
judge this morning decided the case
in favor of the mother and gave her
the child.
The Egglesion woman wanted eco
board for the child, which was re.
fused by the mother
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
NEW LINES
THE CUMBERLAND L. STILL
BUILDING IN THIS PART
OF THE COUNTRY.

The Cumberland Telephone com
pauy, under the supervision Of Local
Manager A. l.. Joynes, has completed
a new line from Dyersburg, Critten-
den county TO Fredonis, Caldwell
county, which gives them good con
nection along the river
The East Tennessee here has also
completed two mile line out the Pool
road alongside the n. Q. q 81. l..
The private system in the Palmer
house has been completed and the
switch board will srIive the latter
part of this week. When IL is in
stalled the system will be ready for
use. There is q phone in every room
Of tn hotel
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
FINE STRUCTURE
DESIGNED AS AN ARMORY BY
CAPTAIN b. b. DAVIS. OF
PADUCAH.

Captain Brinton b. Davis. Of Psdu.
cab, judging from the picture extend.
ing across the front page in Saturdays
Louisville Times, has achieved mas.
terpiece in the design OF the new AT.
mory 10 be built there. The build.
ing looks like big palace and IL to
cost quarter OF IA million dollsrs
IL will be one Of the most stupendous
pieces OF work ever attempted by Cap
tain Davis, and needless 20 say he
will 10 IL in an artistic and satisfso-
tory manner
TIE building a. designed will seat
10000 people, and provide every i'm
aRinsble comfort fer the soldiers.
with gymnasium sni other features
II is also expected to use the building
for all big meetings, such As oonven.
tions and headquarters for national
delegation when they 20 to Louis-
Vile.
Captain Davis and committee
from fiscal court "a. Louisville leave
this week for an extensive tour TO in
speot armories in the larger cities.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
A Quorum Failed to Come to
Paducah.
Il Seems Two Factions Want to Run
the League--The Secretary
says He's lit" At Present.
HE HAS FRIENDS AND MONEY

There wa. no meeting of the X. !. T..
League officials here yesterday after
noon. President Thompson called %
meeting. but onl ytwo responded, Mr..
Hancock. Of Hopkin-villc, and Mr.
~ehullin. of Cairo.
After supper am effort was made To
get proxies enough Co hold the meet
ng. but the president lacked one Of hay-
ing enough. and the meeting was dcchr.
ed OIL. The secretary left early after
supper and said it meeting was held
then. after he had been waiting all day.
it would he illegal There has develop.
ID considerable feeling between the
PRESIDENT and secretary, judging from
exports. and it is alleged the former is
rying to roll" the secretary Segc-
AIRY Franbaker l. a steady, husthng
nan. and say, he has the money and the
looks and anyone wanting TO roll
him will think he has done something
when be- gets through
President Thompson is alleged TO have
.aid De intended to run the league the
remainder of the season by himself. and
that the Henderson meeting dispensed
with the secretary. but he denied the
statements TO Secretary Fnnhaker
yesterday. according TO the latter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
A BOOZE BOAT
Fortune in Whiskey Coming
Down the Ohio.
There ara 1000 Barrels Aboard the
Modoo En- Route 60 Vicksburg.

The Modoo. "A hne new boat built at
Jacksonville. Ind, is on her way
down the Ohio en- route to vioksburR,
Miss, out of which place she will On.
gage in the passenger and freight
business. Her cargo cor sists largely
of Kentucky whisky, bought by Mr..
J. O. Miller OF Vioksburg. one of the
biggest wholesale whiskey dealers In
the south.
lie has purchased 1900 barrels in
Kentucky within the past few days,
valued at about $4,000, and II IL
aboard the new boat, which will
pass Psduoah shortly IL she can ge,
over the Sisters bar. IL is one OF the
largest shipments Of whisksy on
record.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

II may be the law. but il seems a lit
tie hard that the appropriations for asy-
lums. prisons and other state institu-
tions in Kentucky can be paid without
question. while charitable and education
al institutions must do without, because
of some technical point of law. Public
money is intended to be used for the
best possible purposes, but it seems that
under our law the convicts and insane
people are entitled TO more con,idera-
tion than the embryo manhood and wo-
manhood of the state. whose future may
depend ON the advantages they get now,
and who may become good and useful.
or bad and injurious citizens. as the
care and training now accorded them
determines
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
RIO EXCLUSION HERE.

Yesterday morning shortly before
noon an excursion was run into the city
from st. Louis by Sportsman League
and several hundred eNcur-ionists caue
over.
\ large number left 81. Louis and 9th.
ers were picked mp at way points until
the train was well crowded by the time
1T reached H. destination. Many for
mer residents Of Paducah took advant
age Of the low rates and came over To
visit relatives for the day. The train
left ON return trip last night about g
o'clock. This was the first excursion
run into Paducah by Sportsman's Lea
que this year
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
NOTICE oF FIRsT MEETING oR
CREDITORS.


CREDITORS.
In tine District Court OF the United
states for the Western District Of
Kentucky. in Bankruptcy.
In the Matter OF Joseph A. Keeling,
Bankrupt:
To the creditors Of Joseph 4. Kele-
ing, Of Calvert City, in the county Of
Marshall. and district aforesaid; No
tice is hereby given that on the 18th
day Of August, A. d.. 1904, the said
Joseph A. Keeling. WAS duly adjudi.
Gated bankrupt. and that the frst
meeting Of his creditors will be held
at the Office OF John @. Lovett, in
Benton Marshall county, KtntucEy,
on the 18th day of August, A. D..
1904, at p o'clock 10 the forenoon, at
which time the said creditors may al.
tend. prove their claim, appoint .
trustee, examine the bankrupt and
transact such other business a. may
come properly before said meeting.
EMMETT W. BAGBY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Paducah, Ky, August rs, 1904.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

For weeks and months Mayor Neiser
vas daaf TO the appeals that went up
from nearly every quarter Of the city to
clean mp the town. When the Board
of Public Works asked for special meet
things to consider ordinances it wanted
passed as soon as possible to facilitate
public works, the mayor refused to call
the meetings on the plea that it would
cost the city SOS meeting Here the
other night, however. the mayor after
months of Indifference and inactivity
snddenly called the general council to-
gethcr to elect three members of the
board OF health II developed that the
three vacancies in the board had existed
lor many months. as the gentlemen
elected had never even qualified.
Yet the mayor didn't know it. or If
he knew it he didn't care TO bring up
the MATTER. al some regular board meet
ing. So he called a special meeting at
an expense OF SG5, and had something
done that should have been done months
80. aud could have been done months
ago just as easily. But. alas! This j,
only1the way Of tine Neiser administra-
tion. II seems the mayor is always
ready epd Yilling TO call Joint or separ-
nte meetings Of the boards when he ha,
something up bis sleeve. 1t is said he
is now getting ready to dispense with
the lepAfll officer. who is guilty OF lese
majestic in suing the city for extra
seIRas- 1performed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
STRIKE OFF
UNION MINERS QUIT FRIDAY
At SrURGIs WENT BACK
TODAY.

Manager George Brown, OF the
United States Gas, Coal and Coke
Company, today received telegram
that all the oompany's miners at
StuTgis returned to work. Friday at
Sturgis it was claimed that the com.
pany was trying 10 install non-union
men, and 200 OF the miners quit work
aud the mines closed down. SO
The misunderstanding was settled
however, aud the men went back 10
work today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
SERIOUSLY HURT
MR.. ED M'MAHON, A CARPEN.
TER, FELL FROM A
LADDER.

Mr.. Ed Mcmahon, a carpenter. was
seriously hurt by falling from a lad
der at a house he was working on,
this morning. He fell ON sharp
piece of timber, which stuck in his
throat, and there was also a wound
on his breast. II is injuries were
dressed by DR.. j. ID. Robertson and
DR.. Adrian Hoyer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

The general council at Lexington has
PASSED an ordinance requiring the own
ers Of vacant lots TO keep the grass
trimmed If the general council in Pa
decAh Fyere to do such a thing. a lot Of
ofIVold fogies would simply faint The
principle that appears to actuate legis-
lation in Paducah is that everybody
has right TO do as he id pleases'
To try to force a man to keep the
ulsf cut would be like trying to force
him to keep his premises clean, or trying
to prevent his running his slop waters
INTO the gutter. What are the CUTTERS
fory And what are the open lots for
if not TO grow weeds
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

While Eastern Democrats are claim
ing that their party is pledged to the
gold standard. Democrats of Kansas
Nebraska. South Dakota and other
states in the West are planning fusions
with the Populists and standing square
by on the money plank of the Kansas
CITY platform.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

Mr. W. j. Bryan has remained quiet
as long as he could. Tie has been iidget-
ing about like some bad little boy try
ing to keep still and now he has broken
loose. lie says in the last Commoner
fha Mr. Cleveland has Endorsed Judge
Parker in such way as to justify
Judge Parker in praying to be saved
from such friends. and also that Mr..
Cleycland's Endorsement is prompted
principally by a desire to have the cam
paign dndicate him, Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Bryan also says that Judge Par
iSrrz-trratmrnt OF the tariff is not
as satisfactory as it might be-" Judge
Parkcr.'s treatment of everything. he
might have added, seems not to have
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
POLICE COURT
ONLY 4 FEW CASES on DOCKET
TODAY.

Will, Whitfield. colored. who WHIPPED
his wife. was fined $50 and costs.
Dora Ray. alias Dorado Wilson, col
ored. was fined $50 and costs for try
ing to tear down another woman's house
with bricks. The fu-illade occurred sat
urday night in Tin Can alley, in the
north end Of the city.
The cases against Will Jones, known
as skipper" Jones. for shooting Sam
Liebel and for carrying a concealed
weapon. were continued until August
10Th.
The case against Robert Given, col
ored. for breaking into the Leigh Fruit
& Storage warehouse. was continued.
You can drive some men TO drink.
but Won can't make them take water.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

Capt Richmond Pearson liobson. an
accidental hero by virtue of Americas
impetuousity, ha, the unmitigated egot
ism to critici-e the president of the
United States. and blame him for -
ATTRACTIONS burning OF negroes in Georgia.
There is but one thing 10 say 20 Capt
Hob-on. and that it what John sharpe
Williams. Democratic leader in the
House. said when the hare Drained
young man attempted TO attract at.
tention to himself by making a speech
in the recent Democratic convention.
Means that would have promptly stop
ped a man of intelligence and tact fail
ed, so John sharpe turned TO the en-
bryo statesman and said 50 everybody
around could hear: "Aw, shut up
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
DEEDS.

Mary Moore and others deed to L.
o, Broyles, for $500, property on
Guthrie avenue.
e. ID. Thurman deeds TO Vim. Mil
liken, for $500, property near
Eighth and Adams streets.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

The temperance people in Mayfeld
are perhaps no happier than the proprie.
;ors Of the blind tigers and drug stores,
over the result Of Saturdays local op-
ion chhte.il- ---.-- IL
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

Sight should not be lost of the fact
that so far as the Democratic platform
is concerned the party stands Just where
it did in 1896 and in 1900 ON the money
question
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

Democratic managers in estimating
the electoral college vote follow the re-
port of the boy who was catching rats.
He said: when | get the one am
after and two more III have three"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

been as satisfactory rs it might have
been. except to the Republicans. The
best campaign literature they have Is
Judge Parker's insipid speech Of accept
uuaa
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

The Democrats might have been dan
gerous opponents OF the Republicans
this year IT they had rcpudiated Bryan
ism at St. Louis instead of eompromis
inc with n.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
AN EYE PAINFULLY HURT.

~ II Y I'M 7 III ~ NJ
Mr. Fred McCreary, the well-known l.
G. woodworker. is laying of on account
Of an injury to his left eye. While
working in the shops Saturday he got
piece Of steel in his eye and had to
undergo an operation yesterday to have
the steel removed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

The Comier-Journal seriously doubts
the propriety Of Judge PARKER taking
the stump. and thinks he has been bad
~ advised. The Courier-Journal Is
right II his speech OF acceptance is a
fair sample of his speeches he had bet
ter steer shy of the stump if he wants
to get any votes at all.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

As q result OF the AiDsworth Wind
ham feud in Smith county, Miss, W.
@. windham was shot from am.
bush and killed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
ABILINA

AbilenA is natural water II holds
in solution salts dissolved from nat
ural DEPOSITS in the earth. It is Ma
lures catharlic compound-a natur-
al mineral water. Mineral waters
are recognized everywhere as the
most Efficient. az well as the least in
furious, caihariics, AbilenA Is the
best mineral water on the Americas
market. II is The American Natural
Cathartic. The discovery OF AbilenA
was a simple revelation Of nature.
For long time alter the first well
was dug, the water, being unfit FOR
domestic purposes, was not used at
all. Practicai tests aftefward dis
closed its medicinal properties and
the report OF its virtue was rapidly
disseminated. Finally several chem
lists analyze the water and the re-
suits manifested its great theraoeu.
tic value and prein1icated its future
renown. Sold only by
MCPherSOn'S
Drug Store.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

The Master never dwells in the same
heart with malice.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22
MONDAY, AUGUST "a. 1904.
STATEMENT.

Personally appeared before me this
day 4. ]. Paxton, general manager OF
The san, who afirms thst the above
statement OF the circulation of The
Sun for the month Of July, 1894, is tue
% the best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. az, 1905.
Aug. 4, 1904.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-22

You can drive some men TO drink.
but you can't make them take water.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-24

reaches the source OF all diseases Of the
mucous membranes by its action on the
vaso-motor system OF nerves.
Every person who has had Ia grippe
during the last year should sale course
OF Peruna. No one need expect perfeos
recovery unless they do no. The grippe
has produced catarrhal Inflammation *
the whole mucous membrane, and goes
health Il impossible until these are
restored to normal condition. This
Peruna will do. "A great many ra1ne-
dies have been suggested for this con-
dition from time 10 time, but PefnnA
appears TO be the only remedy that hAa
any substantial value in these cases. It
has never failed to give satisfaction
during forty years. experience and still
occupies the unique position Of being
the leading tifnot the only specific rsmz-
ody for the after-effects Of IL grippe.
Henry Distim, the inventor and maker
LOT all the band instruments FOR the
Henry Dlstln Manufacturing Co, writes
the following from I44I South NiAfh
street, Philadelphia, Pa:
had bad attack of Ia grippe last
December which lasted more than three
months, and which leftme with eataxrh.
and several OF my friends advised me Is
try Peruna. I began with bottle the
first week In March and Ii certainly ala
nae great deal OF good. was SO well
satisfied that purchased another bottle
and followed the directions, and can say.
that Il has cured me."- Henry Distial.
] IL you do not derive prompt and sasis-
factory results from the use OF Perusla,
write at once to Dir. Hartman, gfyingSa
full statement Of your case and he win
be pleased to give you his valuable 3D.
vice gratis.s
1Aauress Or. Hartman, Presidents IL
Tho Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-24
wakefai chiidren.

For Q long time the two year old
child of Mr.. p. y. Mcpherson, SO N.
Tenth ST.. Harrisburg, Pa, would
sleep but two or three hours 10 the
early part of the night, which made Ii
very hard for her parents. Her moth
er concluded that the child had stom-
ach trouble, and gave her half OF one
Of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, which quieted her stomach
and she slept the whole night through.
Two boxes OF these Tablets have ef-
fected permanent care and she Is
now we'll and strong. Forsale BY Nc
Duffie & Son.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER
[speciaI Corresponeence.l

Representative Gibson OF Tennessee
was In the commissary department Of
the Union army during the civil war.
In December, 1868, he was ordered
from washington to a point on the
eastern shore of Maryland 1T was
desperately cold. There was no way OF
getting there except by wagon, and
Gibson took an ambulance and two
mules and started to drive. 1t took
him two days to get there. When he
arrived his mules were In such bad
condition that they died. Gibson was
court martialed by order of General
Birney, who was in command In that
department, on the charge OF over
driving the mules, and 1t was with
great difficulty that he cleared him
self.
Al short time ago Representative
Gibson made speech at an entertain
ment at one of the Lutheran churches
In Washington. After he had cOncIud-
ed an aged, gray bearded man. ap.
preached him and said:
Gibson, i still maintain you over
drove those mules.
The gray bearded man was General
Birney, whom Gibson had not seer
since the court martial episode Of 1863
looking For walker.
Rear Admiral John q. Walker de
votes more time. to canal matters thar
to fashion plates. and could hardly b
called spick and span In the civilian
clothes he wears at his work. A stran
ger would be far more likely TO taxi
! Admiral Walker for conntrymai
than a retired navy officer. His loni
whiskers are of the type 50 popular i
rural dramas, and his rolling wall
might well be taken for the move
ment acquired by following piow
I A brusaue young man In search Q
1 the canal commission encountered Ad
/ nllral Walker in corridor Of the Col
cofan building and asked pertly:
sCan you tell me where 1 viii fin
/ Walker r.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-24
CIVIL b sNp.

The Ice is moving on the river at
this date, March 81, and bids fair to do
no damage this time.
jonas Jones Is planning to remove to
western Nebraska, his former home, If
he can sell his land here, which should
be an easy stunt, Is Civil Bend soil is
In good demand of late.
There we're about one dozen Benders
among the large audience who listened
to the excellent street sermon by Rev.
Hupp Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Orvill Hudgins gave very en-
ioyable, informal entertainment at the
home of your correspondents on Wed ;
nesday night OF last week, with his