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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
GOOD SPIRITS.

Good spirits don't all come from
Kentucky. Their main source is tbs
iiyer-and all the fine spirits evei
made in the Blue Grass state could
n Ut remedy . bad liver or the hundred
o I'd one i'll effects il produces. You
can't have good spirits and bad liver
at the same time. Your liver must
be In fine condition /. you would fee
buoyant, happy and hopeful, bright
of eye, light Of step, vigorous and sue
cessful in your pur'uits. You can
put your liver in fine condition BY us.
ing Green's August Fbwer-the great
est Of all medicines fer the liver and
stomach and a certain ,ure for dyspep-
STA or indigestion. IL mas been ia
vorite household remedy for over 30
years. August Flower will make
your liver healthy and active and thus
insure you liberia supply OF "goon
spirits. " Trial size. csc; regular bot
ties, $50. For sale by Dubois, Kolb
q Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
CIRCUIT COURT.

The jury this morning returned q
verdict for 81, 800, for the plaintiff in
the case of II. U. Keebler against the
/. @. r. r. Co.
Keebler is q machiDist and was en-
ployed by the l. @. in the local shops.
While handling a big piece OF iron he
was injured permanently and asked
for SO, 900 damages. Most of the time
of the court curing this trial was con-
sumed in arguing for peremptory in
structions.
The suit Of Gus Jackson against
the |. Q. r. X. for 90, 900 for injuries
sustained at the Eleventh street cross
ing on jefferson street, was given to
the jury this afternoon and a verdict
rendered for the defendant. Jackson
WAS driving in his wagon when his
horse became frightened and he WAS
struck by che train and injured.
At press time the suit Of Mrs. Small
man and others against Henry Temple,
for $4,000 damages, was on trial.
The suit resulted from the killing Of
Robert Smallman by Temple, VINO
claims self defense.
The motion of the plaintiff for .
continuance of 20 days on the injunc-
ton in the case of Rehkopf against
the, local ILeatherworkers' Union. was
overruled.
The plaintiff asked for oontinu-
ance Of the injunction in order to have
time to take the case to the court Of
appeals. 1t 10 not known whether the
case will be carried higher or not
A judgment for distribution was
fled in the case of J. X. Bondurant
against Alex. McCarty.
The case Of W. V. Eaton, admins
tratorof Foster, against the /. O. rail
road, was continued.
George q. McBroom and John Hook
were excused this morning as petit ju-
rors and Frank V. VAIL and J. B.
Leigh substituted.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

be against the Democrats. Msny Of
them had set their heart or German as
a possible solution of the perplexing
presidential problem which ,onfronts
Democracy. He is said to have
friends in Wall street. and to be salts.
factory to W. j. Bryan, the Great
Modern Disturber. Now the Demo
Gratis Of Maryland have given Democ-
racy a slap in the face by organizing
clubs for Isidore Rayner and w. X.
Hearst, thus opposing German, one of
Maryland's own senators. Rayner is
an enemy of German, ana won his
fight for senator despite the opposition
of German, hence in organizing for his
enemy the Democrats there are organ
izing against German, who also has
friends. So the Democrats will likely
have to look farther than Maryland to
find a candidate for the presidency.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
LANKY BOB'S LATEST.
HAS HIS MOLARS, STUDDED
$40 WITH DIAMONDS.

~. Louis, Feb. l5.-Bob Fitzsim-
mons head has become . standing
menace to his future welfare. The
once champion heavyweight fighter is
any time likely to BE- operated on by
otacksmen when they discover that in
the recesses of Fitzsimmons' mouth
are hiding 1879 diamonds. The in
stsllation Of the gems was completed
last week. when the fighter made .
two days trip to Peoria, Ill. They
are incidental TO the Improvement OF
several molars and bicuspids which
were causing him trouble in hours of
mastication.
The finished job is probably the
most unique of its kind in the world.
The diamonds are used in the filings
and bridges. and are, for the most
part, invisible. In one place the ad-
miring dentist shss let his enthusiasm
run away with the necessities OF the
situation. On three of the teeth an
initial has been set in small stones.
One il the figure 49," on another the
letter ct" and one third 80" indi-
eating the phrase Three times cham
pion."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
in THE
COURTS
Fight Between Union and Scabs
Results in Heavy Fines.
Judge Reed Did Not Have Much I'm.
portant Business to Transact
To-day.


Pete Griffin, FROSTY" Morgan and
Ernest Ozment were arrested yesterday
afternoon on charge of assaulting j.
J. White, a man named Harris, and
one named write, who came her
from st. Louis to work for the Reh-
kopf firm. which is now running
open shops" II appears the accused
men accosted the others for the ex'
press purpose of picking fight, be
cause the men assaulted were "scabs, "
and when all efforts failed. one of
them, evidently Griffin, struck Harris,
who seems to be so or 60 years old, in
the head with some blunt instrument,
cutting an artery and badly injuring
him.
= Griffin. q ship carpenter, was fined
800 and costs and Morgan s25 and
costs There was nothing to connect
Ozment with the fight and he was dis
missed on that charge.
There were two other cases against
Cement, however, one in which he
resisted Otfioer J. b. Friant when ar
rested. Ozment was fined SEQ in the
resisting an officer case, and $l0 and
costs in the other.
George Willow and Charles Averitt
were fined $40 and costs each for vio-
lating the Sabbath and a case against
Averitt for selling liquor TO Clarence
Ingram, the soldier brought back here
recently, was continued.
Ed Farris was fined s. and costs for
being drunk and disorderly. A case
against Rudy Hale, colored. for strik-
ing John Harris. colored, was con-
tinued, on soco unit of absent wit
nessss.
William Harrison, alias Kelley. .
fat mulatto, was arrested Saturday
night for passing forged check on p.
Z. Cook. an employe Of the jake
Biederman Grocery company and get
ting goods and sl5 cash. Captain Dan
Finney's name was signed 20 the
check, which WAS for 5000 The
accused waived examination and was
held for grand jury action, going to
Jail in default of bond.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
JAP AND RUSS.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Comparisons, or contrasts, between
Japan and Russia are striking in more
than one respect. Thus Japan has
about 1000, 900 people and Russia
perhaps 1870, 900, 600. Again, Japan S
land area is scarcely 1863, 900 square
miles, while Russia's is nearly s, 7OO.-
900. So Russia has nearly three times
as many people and more than 30
times as much land as Japan. Where
fore, we might think, Russia might
we'll afford to be a little less land
hungry at Jspan's expense.
On the other hand, Japan, with her
so much smaller population. has more
pupils in her schools than Russia.
According to the latest available sta
tistics, Japan has 1902, 1913 children
IN elementary schools and Russia only
4,1s3,594 That is to say, ninety one
in everv thousand Russians are in ele-
mentary schools. The disproportion
of nunbe in secondary schools and
universities is equally marked, in
favor OF Japan.
Again, Japan has 1882 post offices,
or one to every 9700 people. while
Russia has only 6029, or one to every
81, 500 people. Japan has, under sail
and steam, o commercial marine Of
1874, Alb tons, while Russia has only
$50. 1929 tons. Japan's purchases from
the United States amount to about
S21, 900, 900 a gear, and Russia's to
only 81, 200, 900.
OF course, it is argued that Russia
is still in an elementary stage Of de-
yelopment. But Russia has been In
fall direct intercourse with the civil
lied world since the time OF Peter the
Greta, 200 years ago, while Japan has
been in a similar state scarcely so
years. That is to say, Japan has
made three times the progress Russia
has, and in one-fourth the time. In
such circumstances, il is not at all
strange that the admiration and sym
pathy of the world are given to Japan
in a great measure.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Since Mr.. Bryan has offered 500
for Democratic platform, which is
about all one that would suit Mr..
Bryan is worth. numerous suggestions
are made for the benefit of those wbe
intend to compete. Here is what the
Globe Democrat offers as an nppro.
pirate Democratic platform: 1--WE
were wrong in 1892, 1895 and 1900,
but know we are right now. because
we know we were wrong before. We
therefore ask the American people fol
q vote of confidence and control Of the
government. N. B.: We point with
p ide to our future.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Senator Lodge, OF Massachusetts,, is
one of the most elegant and statesman
like Republicans in the United States,
He is universally popular, and has an
influence because Of his great ability,
that never wsnes. Senator Lodge
would make splendid man for vice
president. "Roosevelt and Lodge"
would be a running pair that every
Republican could and would exthusi-
astioally support. At present few Re-
publicans are being mentioned for vice
president. 1t may be that great men
like Senator Lodge would not care for
the honor, but it is believed that no
Republican who secures the nomina-
ton will refuse, particularly as his
domination means without doubt his
election. Senator Lodge is a man who
would grace the office IN a fitting man
ner, and Republicans could do no bet
ter than ask him to have a place on
the ticket with President Roosevelt.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
BAD SCALDS.
ENGINE GAUGE BURSTS THROW
ING OUT HOT WATER.

Mr.. John s.urnth. had his face
badly soslded in the /. .. yards early
this morning by the gsuge on an en-
CINE bursting aud throwing hot water
ON him.
His injories, which are painful but
not serious, were dressed at the |. @.
hospital.
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feared

The guards of the Eddyville peni-
Tertiary have sent the legislature a
petition asking for a raise because the
price of living has gone up ION ac-
count of vicious federal legislation. 1"
Never mind, boys, if poverty gets too
strenuous in town, you can hike back
to the farm and go to work again.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

There is great deal Of Indignation
felt throu9 bout the state, even among
the Democrats, over the evident inten-
tion Of the legislature to disregard
prudence and public sentiment and
create a district for the benefit OF
Judge Redwine, who is backed by the
Hargis faction. There is no excuse
for the prop osed district, and its evil
dent intention is simply to give few
state politicians jobs, which principle
is contrary TO the spirit of fairness and
the coustltuii,n. Even the people OF
Jackson have signed . petition to the
legislas IRE n prote't.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

1t Is not a very lad sign that the
railroads did not lose any big damage
suits at the present term Of circuit
court. If circuit courts could prevent
prejudice creeping into such trials,
there would not be such rush among
railroad attorneys to get their cases in
the federal courts, where the judge.
as soon rs he sees there is no cause OF
action, throws the case out or gives
peremptory instructions for the corpo-
ration. Corporations should pay dam
ages where damages are due, but not
every time q verdict 10 brought in
against them. Many of these damage
suits are tried, the jury listens to ap.
peals to its pejudice. and brings in a
verdict that is often ridiculous in its
unjustness. Appeals are taken, the
cases are sent back, and tried again.
This may not cost the people anything,
as costs have to be borne by the con-
tending litigants, but they take up the
time of the courts, and keep other citi-
zens from getting speedy trials Of their
cases. The time of officials that is
wasted has to be paid for by the peo-
pie, AMI time is money these days.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

The Loafers' club should at once
meet and pass resolutions protesting
against the exodus from legal row.
One by one the star loating places of
the city have been closed. and now the
sheriff's office is to be moved
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Congressman Ollie James, accord
ing to q Washington dispatch to yes
te rday's papers, will shortly announce
for United States senator to succeed
10 Blackburn. Holy Moses! That hot
air speech Of his must have inflated
his Uranium even more than at first
feared,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Personally appeared before me this
day e. J. Paxton, general manager of
The Sun, who sfirms that the above
statement of the circulation of The
Sun for the month of JAM, 1904, is tue
90 the best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURyKAR,
Notar, Public McCracken County.
Ny commission expires at the end of
ihe next session of the senate.
Fec. I. 1908.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
LICENSED TO WE'D.

Mr. NJ. Long, of Hopkinsville, a
merchant. age IS, and Kate Hester, of
the county, ege 81, were yesterday Ii
censed to wed. 1t will make the third
marriage OF she groom ana she first VI
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Bob Fitzsimmons has l62 diamonds
IN his teeth. II some means could be
devised by which these flush pugilists
could fix their money there, SO many
of them would not go broke.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Miss Carrie We'll, of Cleveland o. f,
has returned home yesterday after
WAITING Niss i.utn Veil
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
Gain LIVING From the Sea.

Throughput the void about pei
cont Of people gain their living direct
Az from IL sea
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15
THE WEATHER.

Fair today and Tuesday, continued
colder.
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the'Uriie,
BARBER,s COURT.

This morning Justice II. j. Barber
called his docket and set all cases for
trial. No actions were tried today
but were set for trial on dates all
through the term. The docket was
large, containing over sixty cases.
LEADING ATTORNEYS.
Taylor & Lucas, rooms 203-206 Fra
ternity building. Both phones G9o.
7. B. Harrison, i3 and Ia Columbia
building. Old phone 100.
Bagby s. Martin, No. 225 South
Fourth street, mp stairs.
". V. Eaton, 2i7-2l9 fraternity
building.
Jos. r. Grogan, Attorney -at-law,
room 400 Fraternity building. Phone
ESQ.
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DAILY THOUGHT.

He who would be leader must
go before"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

Bagby s. Martin, No. 225 Sou,
Fourth street, mp stairs.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

". V. Eaton, 2l7-2l9 Fraternit
building.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-15

7. B. Harrison, IS and IA Columbi
building. Old phone 100.
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Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, f4oo, 10000
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24
THE ElGHT-HOUR DAY.
Printers Preparing to Demand 1t tor

IdE EliHI-HOUR DAY.
Printers Preparing to Demand 1t tor
Book and Job Trade.
The membership of the sInterna
tional Typographical Union has
adopted the shorter or eight-hour
workday in the book and job offices
of the country, to become effective
January l, 1905. The returns have
been received at the headquarters of
the parent body in Indianapolis and
show that nearly 10000 votes were
cast, the eight-hour day carrying by
vote of five to one. All the other
propositions referred to the referen-
dunn excepting the one to raise the
officers salaries were approved.
Taken on the whole, the opposition
to the six propositions submitted
was very small:
Collection of the special assess
ment begins January I, 1908, and
will be one-half of 1 per cent. of
the earnings of union printers all
over the country. President Lynch
estimates that the earnings of the
membership amount to 100000 a
year. On this basis the amount COL
lected will be 100000 a year as de-
Tense fund. Many Of the 700 sub
ordinate unions have already
achieved the eight-hour day or made
contracts to carry out the PROPOSE
ton. Other unions have appropriate
ed lump sums toward the defense
fund.
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A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.

Tomorrow will be Christmas.
Some Of us will be observing the day
in joy; others in sorrow. AS you
sit about your hearths tomorrow,
n1ingling with those you love; laugh
ing with real humor as the baby
gleefully shakes it's new rattle-the
first gift from Santa Claus to the
little one; observing with pride
the pains your seven year old boy
is taking with his new drawing slate;
affectionately admiring the grace
and simple love displayed by your
little girl as she carefully puts her
doll to rest, and occasionally telling
your helprneet that it is the kappiest
day of your life, and you wouldn't
give up your family for everything
in the world. you should remember
that 1t is. not all sunshine for every-
boIy in your neighborhood.
While the year s0y have brought
its joys to you it may have had aor-
rows for others. Possibly the grim
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4 !. .FAlQRs CITY C j J
Union Men Of Chicago Ask for
Charter Convention for
Windy City.
State Legislature to be Asked
to Pass an Enabling Act
for Chicago.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Dec. 22:-Sentiment
favorable to the election in the spring
OF delegates to a charter convention
developed yesterday in the Chicago
Federation of Labor, ad a. committee
of fifty was instructed to consider the
proposition and report at the next ges-
sion Of the Federation.
1t is proposed to ask the legislature
for an enabling act to permit the ell
ectlon OF the charter convention dele
gates by the people and that the char
ter drafted by them shall then be SUBJ
mltted to the voters.
Besides the action taken, the Fedora
tons two delegates to the Civic Fed
eratlons charter convention were with
drawn, as, it was asserted, that body
was not In sympathy with any of the
reforms advocated by labor.
During the discussion on the charter
convention proposition it was charged
that the present charter convention
was preparing to hoodwink the people
by advocating ony such measures as
would satisfy certain interests and that
In order to circumvent the p1otters it
was necessary for labor to decide what
it desired and then fight for it.
Let us tell those people who are ad-
Vocat1ng only the power to levy high
er taxes and abolish the justice courts
that we will defeat their aims unless
we are conceded the provisions we de-
SIRE declared Delegate Haley. Il have
Judge Tuley's permission to state to
you that the legislature has power to
pass law providing for charter con-
Vention. There are about fifteen Or
CARNATIONS in Chicago drafting new
charters. When they all submit their
drafts to the legislature that, body will
say there are too many Of them to con-
slider, and the whole number will be
thrown out. Then the legislature, two
thirds Of the members which live out
side Of Chicago, will make charter.
THE legislature will probably pass
bill abolishing Justice courts and
uniting the various city taxing bodies
and ask you to vote for them. Let us
declare that u1less the legislature pass
es an enabling act to permit Chicago
to hold a charter convention we will
defeat any proposition that may be
passed by the legislature that is ad-
vocated by the Civic Federation's char
ter convention"
Chairman Levine declared that the
bill to abolish justice shops was a cloak
behind which the charter scheme is be-
in gWorked.
The federation then instructed COM
m1ttee to look into the charter conven-
ton plan and report at the next meet
ing.
resolutions We're: adopted calling up
on President Gompers to demand that
Az i lltie e. tiona abide BY the
ofHthe. Aneric lean Federation of La
Dor. s. H %#}1 sT 5si :5 ST
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24
CHRISTMAS CUST0 NJ s
FOUND IN DIFFERENT COUN-
TRIES OF EUROPE.
In Many of Them the Farm Animals
Play an Important Part in
the Observances of the
Day.

In different nations one finds
many odd ideas regarding the Christ
mas season. Among the observances
that grew up by degrees all over
Europe, many of them grotesque ond
absurd, and some with profuse and
unseemly accomplishments, were also
not a few of more pleasing and
humanizing kind, and among the
rural population the brute creation
was included as interested parties.
Among the fancies Of this kind
that longest survived in Europe, and
even became naturalized in our own
prosaic land, was one that the cattle,
at one o'clock on Christmas morning,
whenever they were free to do so,
would turn their heads to the east
ward and get down upon their knees
to worship the King that was born
in a stable; and still another, which
continued to comparatively recent
times, that during the Christmas
season the barnyard cocks were &C
customed to crow with unusual force
and frequency by day and by night.
The early Inhabitants of the great
Scandinavian: peninsula were accus--
toned to celebrate, at this season,
the great festival Of their gods.
When the people of the peninsula
became Christions, although, no less
Jealous OF their Christmas OBJ
servances, they retained some of the
old practices, and are to this day
careful TO- associate with themselves
In its festivities: every living thing
about them" r.: The author OF t'The
Land Of the Midnight Sun tells us Ia
his account OF a.: Christmas In Nor
way: -5%, r. 225> ~ ~ 49," ~
!. .= {: THE Christmas feeding OF the
birds. is prevail Ont in= many Of the
provinces ~ Nor.Wa and 4: Sweden.
Bunches' 81 oats. are placed on the
roofs ot houses, Oh ] trees and fences,
tor them toafeed #ulp d: Il. TWO Or three
days before cart lou ds off sheaves are
brought into the towns. fo1r the spur-
pose, and both tch D and poor buy
and place them everyWlhe Every
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24

poor man and every head Of family
had saved a penny or two, or even
one farthing, to buy bunch of oats
for the birds to have their Christmas.
On this day, on many farms, the dear
old horse, the young colt, the cattle,
the sheep, the goats, and even the
pig receive double their usual
amount of food. It is a beautiful
custom, and speaks we'll for the
goodness of heart of the Scandina-
vian."
A singular cutsom prevails in
Servia and Bulgaria among the or
thodox. If it can possibly be avoided
no one crosses a strange threshold
on Christmas day. In the same
countries an early ceremony has to
be performed by the head of each
household. Before breakfast is
served corn is placed in a stocking,
and the chief Of the family sprinkles
a little of it before the door saying:
"Christ is BORN" to which each Of
the inmates replies: HE is born in
deed." Then the house father has
to wish, and advancing to the hearth
where logs are burning in readiness,
strikes them till sparks fly out, with
good wish for the horses,
another for the COWS, another for the
goats, and so on through the whole
farming stock, winding up with an
extra blow for plenteous harvest.
The the ashes are collected, a coin
is placed among them and the whole
is hidden or, in some districts,
burned. AS for the Yule logs, they
are not permitted to smolder quite
away, but are, carefully garnered, and
the burnt ends placed in clefts: in
fruit trees, so as to insure a bonti-
full crop.