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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

Outlook. At 20 points in the dark
ness Of his night, and depending for
safety on the clear, instant workings
of his mind, are swiftly moving
trains Of Pullman cars loaded with
sleeping men and women whose wax
ing rests with him alone. This man
is no genius; he is the plain, everyday
American that one meets in the street
car or in the crowd. He cannot choose
his days for playing his games; he
plays every day from a. m. till 4 D.
m. or from a till midnight; or he
takes his transfer at midnight and sits
in his chair through the last watches
Of the night. He cannot play 20 game
and rest; he must for eight hours be
ready steadily for every game that come
over the wire againt him, whether
storms. blockades, breakdowns or
wrecks. He cannot load up with
coffee or with strong cigars for the
strain Of one night, because he must
meet the same conditions on the next
night and on every night. No one
marvels concerning him; no one cod
dies him; no one pays any attention
whatever to him, until after perhaps Q
thousand or five thousand such nights
have successfully passed he makes
one night q mistake, o fatal mistake.
and from those people who themselves
never forget anything a CRY for ven-
geance goes up. Other men may make
mistakes; not the dispatcher. His
nerve must be iron and must never
faR, never wear. Sitting in his den,
he directs his train movements every
day and his life, burned out like the
electric current at his key Ia one Of
the little sacrifices we exact as the
price OF our living in the country and
doing business in the city. Of crossing
. continent in days inste ad Of weeks,
Of getting our letters with the speed
Of kilograms and our papers and maya
zines wet from the distant press.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
OBJECT TO WHIPPING.

Evansville, Ind, May tS-Oitizens
OF owen'ville. Ind, were at Prince
ton consulting attorneys with . view
Of tilins an injunction suit against
Prof. T. b. LAslie Of Owensvills to
prevent his being retained as supsrin-
tendept Of the owensville schools
Prof Laslie created q sensation some
time ago by whipping 81 pupils in one
day in the room Of Miss Bertha Mont
eomery. Miss Montgomery went In.
sane day after the whipping and
died about . month ago in the insane
asylum.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
WILL ROW $500 MILES.

New York. May ls--Two brawny
sailor men are planning to row from
New York TO St Louis, without leAv.
ing their boat for an instant on the
trip. SO far as distance is concerned
the feat surpasses the traversing of
the Atlantic ocean. From this city
TO st Louis via the Atlantic ocean,
Gulf OF Mexico aud the Mississippi
river Is, approximately, $500 miles.
The distance to England is little more
than 5000 miles. The two are Arno
Deitz, 81 years old, and Emil Wiser.
~. They hope to accomplish the jour
ney in as days.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
A Man Cut Open to Recover a
Stolen Ring.
Chicago Man Oourted 30 Years-Big
Worlds Fair Policy--Sailors to
Row $500 Miles TO Fair.
AND TWO GIRLS TO WALK

Galveston, Tex, May lS-Having
made restitution Of q $3.50 diamond
ring. Paul Clarkson escaped prosecu-
tiop. Restitution was made with the
aid Of two surgeons. an x.ray machine
and q scalpel.
The stone. after being located by
means OF tile machine. was removed
from Clarkson's stomach and turned
over to the owner. The owner paid
for the operation and the prisoner was
released.
While he was being searched the
stone, which he held in his mouth,
slipped down his throat by mistake.
Clarkson is recovering from the opera
tion
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
99.YEAR ENGAGEMENT ENDS.

Chicago, May ls-After an engage.
ment Of 20 years and an acquaintance
OF IS years Henry s. Osborne and
Miss Mary X. Waller. OF this city,
were married today Both are wealthy.
The wedding marks the elimination
OF romance began just after the
Close of the civil war. when Henry 8.
Osborne, thon a young lawyer, settled
In Chicago. The couple, it 10 said.
postponed their marriage from year to
year because each had n mother TO
care for.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

After several months delays and
suspension of work. the block on
Third street between Ken lucky and
Broadway has been paved, and the
people on the street are very glad. As
soon as rolled and the brick are placed
between the car tracks. the street will
be ready to receive.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

The regular Gun Club practice
will take place tomorrow afternoon,
and the 800 match between Messrs.
Ben weille and W. B. Kennedy will
be pulled of.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

Mrs. Ann Sledd and Miss Fife
Black. Of Murray, are visiting the
formers brother, Attorney George
Duiguid.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
Written at Random.

Two prominent attorneys are telling
. good joke on each other. A few
years ago they were engaged to prose.
cute together damage suit against
the street car company for striking q
mans wagon. They held Q confer.
ence. and one of them said: "why, !
know OF my own certain knowledge
that those cars 60 10 or Is miles along
there. have seen them and timed
them "
They went along and made II pretty
hot for the street car company. Time
passed and one OF the attorneys became
counsel for the other side, and the
same man was hurt again and brought
another damage suit. Il happened
that the former partner of the attor-
ney brought the suit, and they
CHANGED to meet down town before it
came mp.
well have no trouble beating
you," declared one. "You know that
car wasn't going fast"
~ don't know any thing of the
kind. retorted the other with a wink,
"but l do know you once told me that
Of your own personal knowledge the
cars went 10 miles an hour along that
same plsoe, and that you had timed
them, and think shall use you for
q witness"
They both then laughed knowingly
and dropped she subject.
Yet the work of this marvel fixing
for moment the attention Of the
world is only the work Of the train
dispatcher. who, sitting under his
night lamp blindfolded by four white
walls, his right hand on the key and
hts eyes fastened on the figures Of q
train sheet, forces his mind, when
other men are asleep, to visualize the
long. winding miles OF his division,
its trains, its passing tracks and
curves Its owners and stations, its
semaphores and switches. says the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

Mr.. Robert l.. Reeves has returned
from Louisville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
TO WALK TO ST. LOUIS.

Wabash, Ind, Nay is-Three girls
who are working in newspaper Office
in Rochester, Iud., have made a
wager to walk to st.. Louis In 25
days, and not have even a penny when
they leave home. At St. Louis they
are to attend the worlds fair for three
days and then ride home in palace
cars They hope to be successful in
furnishing their experiences to the
newspapers along the route. The trip
10 to be made beginning September 1.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
NJ rs or
TIE RIVERS.

Observations taken at a. m. River
15.4 on the gauge, fall of IL in the
last "a hours Weather clear and
warm. Temperature So with north
west winds.
8. A. FOWLER,
Local Observer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18

The Buttorf left ct noon for Nash
Vile.
The Duffey went into Cumbt rland
river today.
The Joe Fowler 10 today's Evans
vile packet.
The Peters Lee 10 due up from Mem
phis Saturday.
The Dick Fowler cleared on time
today for Cairo.
The Rees Lee is due down fro m
Cincinnati Sunday.
The Royal arrived and departed on
time to-day for Golconds.
The Memphis and Savannah are due
from Tennessee river Friday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
FEATHER WEIGHTS TO FIGHT

New York, May lS.-Jimmy Britt
aud Young Corbett have agreed TO
fight again and will GROSS arms in a
battle for the feather weight champion
ship Of the world In San Francisco.
No date has been set for the contest,
IL being agreed that the bout take
place not later than December /.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
DEWSES A NEW MEDAL.
General Staff Gets Up Substitute for
the Old Form Which Has Been
Copied So Generally.

A new design for government med
al of honor has been adopted. 1t is
to take the place Of the old medal
which has been copied so generally by
outside military and social organiza-
tons. The emblem of the Grand Army
is said to be an almost exact duplicate
of the old medal of honor. The new
design is the work Of the general staff
and is said to be entirely satisfactory
to the limited number of people who
have seen it.
Congress made an appropriation Of
$4,000 at the last session for the man
ufacture of new lot of medals which
are to be issued to replace those now
out, provided the soldiers desire to ex-
change them. General Gillespie, for
merly chief Of engineers, has been
the leader in the movement to adopt
a new design for the medal of honor.
Bids have been asked from a num-
Der of manufacturers on the cost of
furnishing large number of the med
ais, and the proposals will be opened at
the war department shortly. The new
medal, which is to be made from light
gun metal, is a distinct departure from
the old pattern.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
WOMAN is A CENTURY OLD
Mrs. Coston, Whose Grandfather Once
Entertained Roger Williams,
Enters Tooth Year.

Grandma" Ruth Coston, who has
entered her one hundredth year, at
Rochester Heights, Wash, is one OF
the oldest as well as one Of
the most interesting persons in the
northwest Although so weak that she
has not been moved from the bed for
year, and is almost blind, she takes
a lively interest in events of the day.
Her memory for the most part is
good
Grandma" as everybody calls her,
eats well, enjoys her meals, likes to
talk, recites poetry and sings at
times. When asked how she felt, and
how long she thought she would live,
Mrs. Coston said: st am ready to die
when the Lord sees fit to take me.
l have lived good life, and am not
afraid to die. Mercy knows how long
God will keep me. He has been good
for long time. I don't know wheth-
er He will take me in an hour, week,
or month, or when, but He has been
awfully good to me so far. Sometimes
I can remember well, and sometimes
not. Come and see me again and I
will probably remember farther back. -
Mrs. Coston tells an interesting
story Of how her grandfather enter
tanned Roger Williams when the lat
ter was ordered to leave the Puritans
in 1885. The first meal he had after
being thrown from his Puritan home
was at the home ct Mrs. Coston's
grandfather.
Her father lived in Rhode Island,
near Providence, till the birth of Mrs.
Coston, and then moved to New York,
where she was married. She crossed
the plains to The Dalles. Ore, in 1852.
At meeting held in Portland last
year it was found that Mrs. Coston
was the only living person who
crossed the plains IN 1852. Mrs. Cos
tons daughter, Mrs. Matte Smith,
aged SO years, lives in Seattle
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
Going East This Summer

Get the vacation habit. Drop your work
and take trip to some of the Famous East
ern Summer Resorts so easily and quickly
reached by the Nickel Plate Road. Stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauqua on aE tickets. Three elegant
~ equipped trains made up of modern Day
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars, running
thru from Chicago to Fl. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York, Boston and in
termediate points. The Dining Car serv-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date,
inexpensive and as good as the best. Indi-
vidual Club Meals are served at prices rang
ing from IS cents to $l.00. Meals are also
served "a la Carte" Passengers using the
Day Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, re-
gardless of the class of ticket held, may be
assured of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the
Nickel Plate Road are from so cents to
$500 lower than tickets of the same class
between the same points via other lines
All trains arrive at and depart from the
New La Sale Street Station, Chicago. For
full information regarding tickets, rates,
routes, sleeping car reservations, ETC., cali
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. III Adams ST.. Chicago, Ill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
FRIENDS FOR A MINUTE.
Levy and Cohen Try to Make Up,
But Soon Strike Discor-
dant Note.

Levy and Cohen came out of the syna-
gogue on New Years day. 1t was the day
of atonement, of forglving, of making up,
relates the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Levy approached Cohen and extended a
great fat hand.
Cohen" said he, I've hat not shpoken
for. dyendy years. Come! We make
Cohen silently shook.
Now, Cohen" continued the reconcile
ant, we go Offer to Bungleheim's unit hat
a drink"
Arm in arm they crossed the street.
Drinks were ordered and set before them.
Cohen, convinced at last of the sincerity
Of the others advances, spoke for the
first time.
Levy" he said, Il am glad of it. l
raise my glass to you, Levy. Wish me
somedings!"
Nit all my heart replied Levy, and
raised his glass in turn. Cohen, my dear
frendt,''' said he, Il wish you shoost vat
you wish mel"
The growing smile faded from Cohen's
face and he set his glass down with q
bang.
"Py Abraham" he exclaimed. Now
you're shtarting it all over again"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

States and now the department of agri-
culture has published an exhaustive
pamphlet descriptive of the stranger
and his work
This document, which is entitled
"The Habits of the Kelep, or Guatema-
Ian Cotton Boll-Weevil Ant sings
the praises of that insect in no uncer-
tain key. Prof Cook, who has pre-
pared it, has made a close study of the
anti 1000 of which were brought from
Guatemala and deposited in the cotton
belt of Texas. He feels authorized to
declare that relief from the ravages of
the boll-weevil has been found He
states that the ant attacks and kills
the adult boll-weevil and thus holds
this most injurious insect in check and
permits the regular harvesting of
crop of cotton even under conditions
favorable to the weevil."
The ant, he finds, Injuries no form OF
vegetation and takes nothing from the
cotton plant except the nectar secreted
for it on the leaves and floral envel-
opes. He further finds that it is readi-
~ capable of domestication, transpor-
tation and colonization in the cotton
fields of Texas. Two questions yet re-
main to be determined, one is whether
Keleps will survive a winter climate Of
Texas and the other whether they can
be propagated in sufficient numbers to
protect the whole of the cotton belt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
AS EASY.
Needs Only a Little Thinking.

The food of childhood often decides
whether one is to grow up well nour-
ished and healthy or weak and sickly
from improper food.
It's just as easy to be one as the 9TH
er, provided we get proper start.
A wise physician like the Denver
Doctor who knew about food, can ac-
complish wonders, provided the patient
is willing to help and will eat only
proper food.
Speaking of this case the Mother said
her little four-year-old boy was suffer-
ing from a peculiar arrangement of the
stomach, liver and kidneys and his feet
became so swollen he couldn't take a
step. 1--WE called Doctor who said
at once we must be very careful as to
his diet, as improper food was the
only cause of his sickness. Sugar espe-
cially, he forbid.
80 the DR.. made up diet and the
principal food he prescribed was Grape
Nuts and the boy, who was very fond
of sweet things, took the Grape-Nuts
readily without adding any sugar. CDR.
explained that the sweet in Grape-N Nuts
is not at all like cane or beet sugar
but is the natural sweet of the grains.)
We saw big improvement inside a
few days and now Grape-Nuts are al
most his only food and he is once more
healthy, happy, rosy-cheeked young
ster with every prospect to grow up
into a strong healthy man." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
The sweet in Grape Nuts is the Ma
ture-sweet known as Post Sugar, not
digested in the liver like ordinary
sugar, but predigested Feed the young
sters a handful of Grape-Nuts when
Nature demands sweet and prompts
them to call for sugar.
There's reason.
Get the little book .The Road TO
Wellville" In each pkg.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
Shouting Their Praises.

= Friarpoint, Miss, Aug. % Especially
Cured Of Bladder and Kidney Trouble af-
ter 26 years of suffering, Rev. II. n.
Hatch, of this place, is telling the pub
lie the good news and shouting the praises
of the remedy that cured him-Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Rev. Mr.. Hatch says:
have been suffering from Bladder
and Kidney Trouble for 26 years and I
have tried everything that people said
would do me good. But nothing did me
any good except Dodd's Kidney Pills.
haven't felt pain since 1 took
Dodd.s Kidney Pills. They gave me health
and | feel like a new man altogether.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best I ever
had"
All Urinary and Bladder Troubles are
caused by diseased kidneys. The natural
way to cure them is to cure the kidneys.
Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure
diseased kidneys in any stage or place.
They always cure Backache and they are
the only remedy that ever cured Bright's
Disease
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31
ILLUSTRATIVE FOWL FABLE.
Showing That Parents Cannot Al
ways Follow Their Children
Into Society.

There was once an humble hen. who
Matched out, by mistake, flock of owls,
says Judge.
Of course, SO soon as the owls were big
enough to make their debuts they began
staying out until all hours of the night,
and mingling in the giddy whirl of soci-
ETY..
To this, however, Mamma Hen object.
ed, saying that she had not been brought
up in such way, and she did not believe
that it was proper for her children to go
gallivanting around.
At this the owl-chickens conferred
among themselves, saying:
Poor mammal! With her antecedents
it naturally is hard for her to know who $
whoo."
Moral-Sometimes it is difficult for the
parents to enter society.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

tremendous an
nual saving in fuel and other expendi-
lures can be made.
1t is proposed that one set of engines
supply the power needed in the white
house, the state, war and navy build
ing. the treasury, the new municipal
building, the city and general post Of
flee, the new hall of records, the de-
partment of justice and other build
ings as they are authorized and built
Then it is proposed to utilize the ex-
haust steam from these engines for
the heating Of the buildings during the
winter season. 1t is possible that this
idea may be put into operation in
limited way with the present arrange
ments. AT the capitol, for instance,
the exhaust steam from the engines is
now turned into the sewers and new
coal has to'be used to make steam suf-
ficient to heat the big building. If
the waste steam from the engines that
run the dynamos could be turned into
the heating apparatus at the capitol
it is estimated that a tremendous saw
ms would be made. Huge condensing
engines at central station. it is
urged, could use water over and over
again and furnish steam enough to
heat large number of buildings.
Prof, Woodbridge will probably
make report on this subject at the
next session of congress when an ap-
preparation will be asked to put it into
effect. The plan of heating separate
buildings from central plant is not
new one, as many towns and cities
have it in operation
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

SIlSSl6 vi lnO Id
lional capital. He is so we'll known
rs Senator Davis that lots of people
believe that he is still occupying seat
n the senate chamber
In the winter season Senator Davis
makes his home in Washington and
takes a prominent part in public af-
fairs. He is not regarded as a politi-
cian and every other one of his &C
luaintances had to stop and think
.wice before they could locate him po-
litically before the st. Louis conven-
lion gave him the second place on the
democratic national ticket. After his II
years service in the United States SEN
ate Mr. Davis again came into public
notice here on account of the great in
terest he displayed in the Pan-Ameri-
can congress, which first convened in
this city and which has since held
sessions. The senator has had a great
interest in matters affecting Central
and South America and is understood
10 be very largely connected with bust
ness enterprises in those sections, par
ticularly in Mexico.
The democratic vice presidential
candidate is staunch Presbyterian
and while in Washington he worships
at the Church of the Covenant, which
is jocularly and popularity known in
Washington as the Church of the
Government" 1t is an offshoot of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian church
where President Lincoln worshipped
and among it's founders we're the late
President Harrison, James G. Blaine,
Justice Strong and Others
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

every national campaign for big bill
Of expense. These documents repre-
sent many thousand tons of mail mat
ter which, if they paid the regular
rates OF postage, would cost hundreds
OF thousands of dollars to distribute
through the mails
This is educational work and 10th
parties take advantage of the liberal
laws that permit public documents to
pass through the mails free. The DEM
ocrats are now reaping the harvest
they sowed last session when they put
forward their best speakers in the
house and senate to make arguments
which they concluded would be useful
In the conversion of voters in this
campaign. 1t is a remarkable fact,
however, that of these speeches now
being distributed IS per cent. were de-
ivered by southern men whose adj
dresses will be Of no advantage in
those states south of Mason's and Dix
on's line. 1t is admitted that the solid
south" needs no campaign material in
the educational line. All of this south
ern contribution is intended for north
ern and western consumption.
There are only five northern demo-
Gratis who have contributed to these
campaign documents and four of them
are serving their first terms in con-
gress. The congressional committee
decided that these new members
should be given show, so they were
accorded the privilege of the floor and
made addresses to be utilized in their
districts for their reelection.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

States none has
been so warmly
welcomed as a
stranger n a M e d
Kelep. This alien
comes from Guate-
mala and has been
quickly natural
lied, his American
name being Boil
Weevil Ant. He
was only discover
ed April 20 last,
but was immedi-
ately urged to
comn To the Tinted
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

And the athletic girP' whose vigor il
the vigor of man, whose talk is the talk
of man, who invades his smoking room,
his billiard room, shares with him the
whisky decanter and the cigarette box and
will not even let him have his tailor to
himself-she is not likely to keep her in
fuence over him for long.-Boudoir.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-31

gested and is now
being worked out
by Prof. S. H.
w o o d bridge, OF
the Massachusetts,
Institute of Tech
nology. 1t is that
of a central heat
ing and power
station for IA of
the great public
buildings in this
city. 1t is esti-
mated that if such
a scheme can be
put in operation a