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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
PROUD PEACOCK.
Went to His Death Because He Was
Robbed of Plumase.

Went to His Death Because He Was
Robbed of Plumase.
"The saying AS proud as peacock
Is not a bit overdrawn, and I am re-
minded of the fact by thing which
happened a good many years ago.
while 1 was living in the country"
said an old-time citizen, land I want
to say right at the beginning that II 1
had not been thoroughly familiar with
the facts I should probably have
doubted the story. But it all hap
pened and happened to an old lady ac-
quaintance Of mine. She owned a
peacock, and he was one Of the most
gorgeously plumed fowls I ever saw.
And he seemed to know it. He was
noticeably proud Of his feathers. He
seemed to know that he could laud 1t
over other things Of a feathery kind In
that section Of the country. One day
my old lady friend concluded that she
would pull out the peacock's tail feath-
ers. and make a duster to use around
I1e house. SIle dClSu dSSoi oh6iy <AS
soon as she relinquished her hold on
the fowl he went up in the air like a
rocket. Round and round the place
be circled all the time. The old lady
simply looked on in amaZement. She
thought the peacock would come back
TO the ground after awhile. But he
kept going up. She watched him un-
I'll her neck fairly ached. His Shrek
ing grew fainter and fainter until she
could scarcely hear 1t, and finally the
fowl became a mere speck in the sky.
She lost him altogether on account Of
the distance. And from that day on
she never heard of him again. She
told the story to her neighbors, and
asked If they had seen or heard any
thing Of the peacock. They had not.
He was gone for good. Probably he
got up so high he could not get back
to earth. At any rate, there is no rec
ord of his ever coming back. Now, the
point is, that the peacock was so put
out by the fact that he had been rob-
bed Of his plumage that he simply lert
the earth. He could not stand to meet
those who had known him under more
favorable circumstances so he decided
to pull out, and that was the last of
him, so far as was ever able to learn"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

DISTANCE LENDS ENcHANTMENT.-1r
one Of Mr.. Chases classes in painting
was a young chap who could not paint
pictures much better than he could save
money, and the allowance given to him
by his father was very often gone be.
fore he. knew it. One day Mr.. Chase
was talking to the class on the subject
Of perspective, and this particular stu
dent did not appear to get the idea very
clearly. To make it plain Mr.. Chase
went back to the rudiments to get g
good start.
you understand" he said, that the
farther you get away from any object
the smaller it appears?"
The young fellow shook his head.
NO" he replied doubtfully, "Pm moi
so sure about that"
Mr.. Chase was provoked and not g
little surprised at such ignorance anG
said so.
It's all right as to some things" re.
sponded the student, but not all
Now there's a ten dollar bill. The
farther I get away from that the big.
ger it appears
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
recounting some unconscious witticism

recounting some unconscious witticism
of lunatic.
Sometimes he would tell Of the criti-
cism a lunatic woman made on a SER
mon that was preached in her asylum
This criticism was brief, but it was
telling.
ITO think" said the woman, point
ing toward the clergyman-"to think
of him out and me .in!"
On another occasion Mr.. Spencer and
a friend were walking toward an asy-
lum they proposed to visit. Their way
led them across a railroad, and seated
near the track they saw young man
reading. Thn young man was luna
tic but they did not know it at the
time.
my friend" said Mr.. Spencer, paus-
ing, where does this railroad go to-"
The lunatic looked up from his book
and gave his interrogation a long stare
Of scorn. Then he replied:
1T doesn't go anywhere. ... We keeI
1t here to run trains on!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
Aumurolts department.
The INTELLIGENT Rabbit.

.Well, SIR said the colonel, as he
settled back on the easiest sofa In the
club and motioned the boy to bring
him the usual, you can talk about the
intelligence of animals, but 1 want to
say right here that rabbit has got EN-
all beat. Yes, Stree. 1 never knew
rabbit was so smart. Smart? Say. II
If one Of them long -eared bunne fel-
lows had a little education and knew
how to mail seeds to his constituents
hanged If we wouldn't be sending
them to congress. had read in the
papers that somebody up at Fox Lake
had thought up smooth scheme TO
+, get around the law forbidding the
hunting Of rabbits with ferrets. The
scheme this chap worked was to take
a phonograph and hold ferret in front
fof It. He would pull the ferret's tail
until it would squeal and howl and
meantime the phonograph was taxing
down the record. Then he would take
the machine and put it out in the
woods in front of a rabbit warren anu
start the thing agoin'. The rabbits
would hear the weasers yell and think
1T was coming right in after them. Out
would pop the rabbits. and then bang
bang, bang would go the guns. Well,
I have a fine hound at my house, a
great hunting dog. He hurt his foot
the other day just as wanted to take
him out on a rabbit hunt. So 1 made
the dog stand in front Of the phono-
graph and bark, and then I took out
the machine and put 1t in front OF
rabbit warren and went away. 1 saw
a rabbit bob out, but instead of run
ming it sat down in front Of the brass
horn Of the phonograph. 1t sat there
awhile and then disappeared. l took
the phonograph back home and started
it going to see whether the barks OF
the dog could have been recorded plain
enough on the cylinder. Just as the
machine got to going hanged If my
hound dog didn't jump on it, and be-
fore I could stop him he had that
machine killed dead. Yes, sir, it was
Just scattered all over the house.
What made the dog act that way,
colonel?" asked an interested listener.
"Well, you see, that rabbit had made
a noise into the horn that had gone on
to the record and made the hound
think a rabbit was inside"
What kind of a noise can rabbit
make?" asked the interested listener.
What knd?" said the colonel, look
ing up in surprise. why, he made a
noise like a rabbit, Of course"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

WANTED A REST.-At a certain court
the other day a man was charged with
wife desertion.
The evidence showed the woman in
a very unfavorable light, and the opin-
ion was pretty freely expressed that
the man was more sinned against than
SHINING.
However" said the chairman of the
bench to the prisoner, "the fact re-
mains that you have broken the law
When man marries a woman he must
keep her. You know, of course, that
we have the power to send you to
prison?"
Eyes, sir" responded the prisoner.
"Well, we don't wish to do that
Couldn't you allow her 10 shillings a
week."
. "I could, sir, but it wouldn't do Bit
o. good" was the reply. Il want to
get away from her for rest, and she
follers me about and makes life mis-
cry. If you'd put me in Jail for month
and guarantee to keep the missus out
side you'd do me real good turn
Have bit O. mercy, gentlemen.
Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

THE WICKED MULTIPLICATION TABLE,
"A minister was hearing his Sunday
school repeat the catechism one Sun
day preceding confirmation when a boy
from the class of small children ven
tured to ask a question of the minis
ter.
Turning to the clergyman. the boy
inquired in an anxious tone, Why does
the multiplication table make people
wicked?'
The minister thought at first that the
child had taken occasion to PROFOUND
a conundrum at most unseemly time
and was about to reprove him when the
earnestness of the expression in the
upturned face assured him that the
question was asked in good faith and
required reply.
why do you ask such question.
John? 1 never knew it to do" he said.
John turned to his catechism and
read from it with mystified air the
question. Did man grow worse as he
began to multiplying" and the accom-
panying answer He did"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

THE SUN Is SELDOM ON TIME.-The
sun does not keep good time. He is al
most always too fast or too slow. Once
about the middle of April he is just on
time, then not again before the middle
of June. At the beginning of Septem-
Der he joins the clock third time, and
lastly once more late in December.
Now, it would seem as if he were star
tied at the way he had neglected us.
In February he fell back until he was
fifteen minutes late. BY the beginning
of March he had made up five. minutes
of his loss, and before the month is
over he will have caught up to within
five minutes of the schedule. Mean
while the days have been growing long
er very rapidly. We begin March
with our nights longer than our days.
We end it with our days longer than
our nights. In the one month we have
added to the length of our day an hour
and twenty minutes, bigger gain than
any other month can show.-Prof. S.
G. Shmucker in Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

1.-TWO OF a KINDA man who had
just finished comfortable meal at a
restaurant the other day suddenly rose
from his chair, grabbed his hat and
umbrella that stood against the wall
and rushed out of the building
stop him." exclaimed the cashier.
THAT fellow went away without pay
ing!"
I'll stop him. said a determined
looking man who rose up hastily from
a table near where the other had sat.
He took my gold handled umbrella.
I'll stop him, and I'll bring him back
with policeman. The Scoundrel!'
Without moments pause he dashed
out of the house in hot pursuit of the
constituencies villain. And the CASH
Ter, a cold, hard, unsympathetic kind
OF man. has begun to suspect that
neither of them will come back.-Ex.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29

IMMovABLE RAILRoAD.-To the late
Herbert Spencer, the English philoso-
pher, the minds of lunatics had an odd
fascination. says the Chicago Record
Herald. Mr.. Spencer was frequent
visitor to number Of asylums. and he
would never laugh so heartily as when
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
The "Farmers'
Favorite" Is
Selected by the
|Experts---

In competitive tests the Bickford &
Huffman Drills always carry of the
blue ribbon. They have done this
great many times in the past and will
Dc the same trick many times In the
future.
At the State Fair, Raleigh, N. c., in
October, 1900, the manager OF the
State Agricultural Farm, located near
Raleigh, selected the Bicford & HUFF
man Combination Hoe and Disc
Drills in preference over six other
drills which were put up for selec-
tion at the same fair.
Recently the Virginia State Exper-
mental Farm selected the Bickford &
Huffman improved 8 disc drill to be
used on the farm lately established by
Virginia. This selection was made af-
ter a close comparison with every 9TH
Ter make Of drill sold on the Richmond
market.
The Farmers Favorite-that Is the
Bickford & Huffman Drill, Is used on
the Clemson College Farm.
Are these facts not enough to con-
vince the most skeptical? II not II
you will give US the opportunity by
coming to see us we Will point out the
various advantages Of these drills that
We have them for sale and prompt
delivery at the right prices and on the
easiest terms.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
Furniture, Stoves,
Carpets, Mattings,
Hardware.

TABLE and POCKET CUTLERY,
CLAUSS SHEARS, RAZORS, GUNS,
| CARTRIDGES, c etc.
W.. MOORE g. CO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29


Gastonia Gazette, January 26: At
the home of his son William. near
Harden, Mr.. Jacob Friday, died Sun
day morning. The funeral was held
at the home yesterday morning at IL
o'clock. Mr.. Friday was about seven
ty years old, and was twice married,
but neither wife survives him. Be-
sides the son at whose home he died,
Mr.. Friday leaves one other son. Rob-
ert and also a daughter. Mrs. Charley
Costner. ... Mrs. Fred w. Phifer. q
niece of DR.. ]. c. Galloway, was Sc
vere!y injured in a runaway accident
at Statesville Wednesday. Mrs. Phi
fer was out driving with her husband
when their buggy collided with one in
which their nephews. Messrs. Fred B.
and Eugene Phifer, were riding. She
was thrown from the buggy and both
bones of her right leg were broken just
above tie ankle. Mrs. Phifer was to
have visited Dr. Galloway's family here
this week. She has visited here pre-
viously and has friends here who will
regret to hear Of the accident. .... The
young lady students Of Jones Semina-
ry will give a unique and interesting
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
NEARING A CLOSE
NOTED>BALLARD COUNTY CASE
ALMOST FINISHED.

Wickliffe, KY, May Captain j.
o. Dupoyster has received 3 letter
from the clerk of the U. S. circuit
court of appeals, Cincinnati. o.. in
forming him that that court had
affirmed the decision Of tho lower
court In the case OF Bryan VS. Dupoy-
ster. This Is a case in which Bryan
sued the Dupoysters for money paid
on purchase of land. The Dupoysters
beat the case ut Paducah last fall and
Bryan took an appeal to the court
named above with the result as given.
Gradually this famous lawsuit is COM
ing to close. Last weex one part of
st was settled by Special Judge Clarke,
of Smithland and now comes the Sec
ond point.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
STATE LAUNDRYMEN
Convention at Louisville. Cities
in This Section Organize.
The First Set of Officers Chosen for
New Association.

Mr.. 4. q. CLARK, OF Paducah, has
gone TO Louisville, to attend the
state Laundry association's meeting.
There arg no members in this part Of
tho state, but probably soon will be.
A few days ago owners OF steam
laundries at Russellville. Hopkins
VILE. Bowling Green. GAINESVILLE,
franklin. Guthrie and jacksonville
met at Guthrie and perfected an or
gsnizstion. The purpose of the meet
ing was TO take steps In the interest of
the laundrymen and to formulate
plans for guarding against certain
Irregularities that exist IN the bust
ness. The organization will doubtless
ut some future time join the Southern
of luandrymcn. The fol.
lowing officers were elected: W. II.
Pickett, of jacksonville, president; b.
K. Doris, of franklin, vice president
Clarence Major, of Hopkinsville.
treasurer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
MORE COAL COMING
SPRAGUE AND TWO OTHERS ON
THEIR WAY DOWN.

The Oakland passed up with emp
ties yesterday. The J. b. Finley,
Joe b. williams and Spra0ue are due
down from Louisville with tows.
Henry Nye and John Pesrce are pilots
on the Sprsgue. W. II. Hsptonstall
and Harry Doss are ON the Joe b
Williams aud Bob Houldon and Billy
Smith are on the J. B. Finley.
Coal dealers say that the last run
from Pittsburg was one Of the largest
and most successful they have ever
had. About 90. 900, 900 bushels came
south OF Pitisburg without barge
being lost
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
LASTED 81 DAYS
QUADRENIAL WEIGHING OF
THE MAIL is COMPLETED.

The weighing of the U. 8. mails,
which takes place every four years,
will be finished tomorrow, on this d.
vision, where II has been weighed
regularly for 81 days. The mail is
weighed to secure an average on
which to base the compensation the
railroads are to receive for the next
four years for hauling It.
While no estim,tes are obtainable
by the local officials, it is known that
the mails are much heavier than when
the last weighing occurred. and the
railroads will receiv greatly increas-
cd rates.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
WENT Y-FIVE CENTS

DR.. Towards specific for the cure
of constipation and dyspepsia ia no,
an unknown remedy. 1t has made
many remarkable cures right her In
paducah and 20 positive is Druggist
Lang Of its great superiority in curing
dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache
and liver troubles that they will In sd-
di,ion 10 selling IL Mt half price, re-
fund the money to anyone whom 1t
does not cure.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
ANOTHER KNOCK OUT
AUDITORS AGENT LUCAS LOSES
BANK TAX SUITS IN
CIRCUIT COURT.

Auditors Agent Frank Lucas. of
Paducah, has now also lost in the cir
cult court in his suits against state
banks to collect taxes on deposits
for five years back The Bank of
Commerce suit at Louisville, was
selected as test case. and was decid-
ed by Judge Greg CRY. in county court,
against the Auditors agent. Mr..
Lucas took an appeal, and by agree
ment Judge Muir was selected to try
IL in circuit court, whore 1t went
from county court. Judge Muir, at
Louisville, has rendered a decision
sustaining Judge Gregory on every
point. Mr.. Lucas, il will be remem-
bered, claimed that the banks should
pay taxes on all the money deposited
with them, because these to whom
the money belonged sometimes did not
list it for taxation.
Judge Gregory dismissed the suits,
although holding that the auditors
agent had right to bring them with
out the authority of the auditor.
Judge Muir sustained him, and the
agent will appeal to the Appellate
court, where the question will be
finally settled, and it is the intention
to get it settled as soon as possible.
The aggregate suits in the state are
for about 81. 900. 600 back taxes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
GREENSBORO, TOO
WANTS NEXT YEARS MEETING
OF TRAP SHOOTERS.

According to the Greensboro papers
Greensboro has "cinch" on the 1905
meeting of the Kentucky Trap Shoot.
ers' League, which Psducah wants
and will send a delegation to Mt
Sterling to get it. The shoot this
year takes place May "a and 25 at Mt.
Sterling IL has been understood here
that the league would be glad to hold
its meeting next spring in Paducah,
and it is believed that Owensbor is
only -four flushing" in her claim of
having received assurance of gotiiug
IL.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
SPECIAL AGENT
GOVERNMENT MAN MAKING AN
INSPECTION OF KENTUCKY
CROPS.

J. J. Darg, of Washington, special
field agent of the United States argi-
cultural department, has come tn
Kentucky TO inspect the crops in the
state. He has recently inspected the
crops in indiana and several other
northern states, and will report to
Washington that they are the best in
many years.
In Kentucky he will remain several
days, working from the eastern to the
western section Of the state. He will
come to Paducah along towards the
last.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
EXPOSURE.

To cold draughts of air, to keen and
cutting winds, sudden changes Of tenn
perature. scanty clothing, undue ex-
posure of the throat and neck after
public speaking and singing, bring on
coughs and colds. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is the best cure. Mrs.
A. Barr, Houston, Texas, writes,
Jan. 81, 1902: lone bottle of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup cured me Of
. very bad cough. 1t is very pleasant
to take" e5c, 500. sl.00. Sold by
Du Bots, Kolb & Co., Paducah, Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
CHANCE FOR
sun READERS
COUPON WORTH 25O III PRE-.
SCENTED AT LANG BROS.
STORE.

Ia order to test the Suns great cir
culaiion and its superior advertising
value, we have made arrangements
with Lang Bros, the popular drug
gist, to offer one Of their best selling
medicines at half price to anyone who
will out out the following coupon aud
present IL ut their store.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09

President Mitchell, of the Miners
Union, has advised Western Kentucky
miners to accept the first proposition
OF the operators, which is the renewal
of last years contract, with IA AZ per
cent. reduction In wages. President
Mitchell says that strike at the pres
ent time would end in a failure and
prove disastrous to the national organ
ization.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09

NEWS GATHERED
FROM OYER STATE
Hearst Club With 537 Members
Started at Mayfield.
Fulton Has q Commercial Club-Al-
legged Forger Caught in
Tennessee.
DEATHS IN TRIGG COUNTY

Fulton, Ky, May "a commercial
club has been organized In Fulton with
nearly 90 members aud the following
two tickets have been nominated for
officers, the election TO be held to-
night:
For President-Herbeit Carr, W. J.
Cox; for secretary, J. G.. Hall and
u. S Shacklhett; for treasurer, @. Il.
Rioe, Harry Ekdabl
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09

A dispatch received by the Red
Cross Society at st. Petersurg says
hat Chinese brigsnds attacked and
maltreated Russians who were wound
ed in the fight on Yalu river.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
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BEST TWO IN THREE
WON BY PADUCAH
The Indians Arrived Today for
a Series Of Games.
Cairo Yesterday Defeated Them
Large Crowd at Park Yes.or-
day Afternoon.
BASEBALL NEWS OF DIAMOND

Tho PAducah X. l. T. league base
ball team defeated the Poplar Bluff
boys yesterday Afternoon at Wallace
park grounds by score of II to 8,
the game being won by superior play.
ipg and the superb pitching OF FREQ.
man. for Paducah.
Tho game was witnessed by NO verul
hundred spectators and started at
three thirty. lasting nearly two hours
Paducah began In the first inning
by making two runs and repeating
the dose sgain in the second inning
In the third inning I've scores were
Tailed and two scores were Melted in
the NTH and sixth innings successive
ly. In the eighth inning four scores
were made, making the total OF II
scores
Poplar Bluff made nothing until the
third inning when they made four
scores through two base hit and
several errors. A strong wind was
blowing aud the balls were hard to
jadge, Poplar Bluff players seeming
10 suffer from this source more than
the home boys che other score made
by the visitors was made in the tifth
inning when they notied il through
an error OF shortstop virgils.
The Paduosh players seemed 10
have their slngsipg clothes on and
bsttcd Talbot all over the field
Freeman was not easily found by the
visitors. 80
The summary Of the game briefly
outlined Is ms follows:
Alb r. II Pc. A. T.
Psducsh-- 40 II 10 81 q
Poplar Bluff 35 8 8 ~ 10 .
Batteries Freeman and Land, for
Psducsh; Talbot aud Keene. for
Poplar Bluff.
Freeman struck out nine men aud
gave passes to none while Talbot
struck out six men and walked five.
The errors made were oxousable on
both sides on account Of a strong wind
blowing
Paduoah made only earned runs
and Poplar Bluff but I. Paducah
had eight men left on bases while
Poplar BluR had but four.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
CAUGHT IN TENNESSEE.

Fulton, KY, May 9-Edmund De
Berry, negro wanted by the Illinois
Central for nearly year. was cap
tured ut Jackson, Tenn, and brought
here TO answer to charge of forgery.
He 10 alleged to have impersonnted
Hugh Lacy, an I. o. employee. and
drawn ESQ on check payable to Lacy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
WORLDS FAIR EXCURSION.

On Tuesday. May 10th, 1904, tho
Illinois Central Railroad company will
sell round tiip tickets from Paducsh to
81. Louis and return for So. 10. good re-
turning until May 10th, 1904.
These tickets will not be accepted
for passage in parlor or sleeping cars,
but will be good only in coaches on
all trains.
Very little baggage should be car
ried. J. T. DONOVAN, Agent,
@. A. LITTELL,
Ticket Agent. Union Depot.
Paducah, May 9TH, 1904.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-09
BRIDE Is FOURTEEN.

Hopkinsville, Ky, May 81. +.
Adcook and Miss Bennie Harrison, Of
Herndou, eloped to Tennessee and
were married. The bride is only
fourteen years old. This Is the Rroom's
third marriage.