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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
Has Written Another Paper.

Postwar Jesse G. Curd. of Padu-
cab, has contributed to the last num-
Der of The Postal Record, published
in Washington, ID. c., fine article
on approximation in the Govern
ment Service" Ii is the second from
his versatile pen within few months
and his friends are pleased to find
him developing into such success
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
Conditions Alarming.

DR.. Tom Moss of Woodville, is in
the city. having just arrived from
Memphis. He reports the yellow fe-
yer scare very bad indeed in the
south. DR.. Moss started down in
Mississippi to visit his brother, Mr..
Jesse Moss, who is running an en-
CINE ON a southern road, but on ac-
count of the strict quarantine decid-
ed not to go and returned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
Poisons In Food.

Perhaps you don't realize tina;
many pain poisons originate in your
food, but some day you may feel 4
twinge of dyspepsia that will con-
vince you. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are guaranteed to cure all sick
ness due to poisons of undigested
food-or money back. 25c at w. b.
Mcpherson drug store Try them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
Pledged Many Acres.

Messrs. ]. W. Usher and w. l..
Brand spoke at Loves Saturday in
the interest of the Dark Tobacco
Protective Association and 100 acrea
of tobacco was pledged to the asso-
citation. Esquire Usher spoke at
Pottsvile Monday" and 1870 acres Of
tobacco pledged to the association, ~
Mayneld Monitor.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
Chicago Excursion.

The annual excursion to Chicago
via the Illinois Central railroad will
be run August 22, 1905, by special
train, leaving here at a. m, via
Cairo, fare for the round trip SO.
Tickets will be sood returning until
August 80. No extensions will be
granted.
J. T. DONOVAN. Agent, Paducah,
Ky.
G.. c. Warfield. II. A., Union Depot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
To Ruild Fraternity Hall.

Murray. KY, Aug "a plan IL
on foot here for the fraternal orders
of the town, Masons, Odd Fellows
Woodmen, Red Men Carpenters I'm
ion. Maccabees, Ben Hur, Golden
Cross and other orders to unite in
putting up a fraternity building II
this city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-09
No Sales nj MayiieId.

There were no sales on tobacco on
the local breaks. today on account
of the Sth of August and the desire
OF the breakers" to attend. There
viii be sales Thursday ~ Mayiield
Monitor.
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full literary man. He is also one of
the best postmen on the force.

Prime lump. Kentucky coal, II,
a bushel during August. Lay in
your supply now. West Kentucky
Coal Co. Both phones 25i.
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Adiudged Insane.

Mayield, Ky. Aug. 9.--Mr. J. T..
Cox was tried before Judge Webb
ken to Hokinsvlle. He was 20 years
old aud unmarried
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

was burning Incense, he began about the
fever, asking me il ] We're afraid OF 1t;
replied that was. but that le5who WaS
born to be hanged would never be
drowned, and doubted whether Yellow
Jack was to be the cal use Of my taking
off. }s
II hope not, said tho ministers ''and.
indeed, don't want to alarm you; but
a woman had the yellow fever IN that
building to tho right q man has Just been
taken to tho hospital from the building
over there, and q third party Is aillng
below, where we arc sitting. M
AS he said THAI felt my face grows
Ing yellow, mo minister continued:
''Still, the danger IS not very great. II
will only occur In case you are bitten by
a female stegomyia that has already fstl
upon n yellow fever paticnt.sIf Its bloody
Jaws get into you, you are gone &.
"A stegomyia,n said i, inqulringly, think
ing OF the panthers, tigers, palnted rao;
hits, iguanas and other dangerous beasts
OF the Isthmlan jungles-'s n stegomyia!
What Ia a stegomyia? 1 never heard Of
|sit.'' g ,5s 4. II
1.-THE stegomyla IS the yellow fever. mos
quito. 1T Is about one third the size OF
1.-The Jersey MOSQUITO. a As black and
white With zebra stripes upon Its body
u
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VI
Well You must attend to thatln once"
And withthat Minister Barrett Went with
mo to my room and aided ine in my
amounting. Said he:
"You want good lot on the TIPS Of
your ears. on he backs OF Your hands.
about your ankles where your legs poin
the shoes, and you had better put some
on your hairEand the bald spot on your
bend, if you have one. Let US dofit right
now" S,lS
"a took the bottle and went through the
motions, even to the bald SPOT on my head,
which Is as big as n quarter The result
was. when through, + was Eperfpmed like u
country barber, and that is my condition
as Il write this letter. Tho odor, on The
Whole, is not unpleasant. have been
here several weeks, and SO far no mos
'quitoes In the world, each having is own
oil twice day and Garry ~ little bottle
about my vest pocket ready for another
amounting when the mosquitoes are bad.
So far II have not had q bite. a
You may Imagine however, that this
reception did not soothe my troubled
mind. l went to sleep that night under
u mosquito net, and dreamed Of little
devils with zebra stripes of black ana
lwlllto about their bodies and legs, and
SecretarSI Lee, who was In tho next room.
said : talked in any sleep, ssay!ng; Go
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

en- hundred on short notice. An,ice plant
and cold storage rooms are to be put up
there. and also central steam Kitchen
which will feed ono thousand persons
The Beauties Of Ancon.
Indeed, Il doubt whether there Is ssa;
more beautiful spot In the VIC rld than An
4 con HILL on the slopes Of which Hhel
4 Panama Hospital Is situated. The hill;
rises almost straight up from he sea on
the edge OF Panama City, commandlng8as
&wlde view OF tho Pacific Ocean and tho;
SCulebrn Mountains. It's top is wooded
and rs lower slopes were laid out by
the French In q grqa landscape garden
Beautiful .driyeWays shade ed by royal and
cocoanut palms. wind thelI way from level
to level, and along, t. EN- s}1rr 1lnded py
grassy lawns and tropical flowers ana
plants, stand B tho forty-odd COTTAGES
which make up the hospital. The houses
are all OF one-story, rooted with reg Is
tiles. They have high ceilings, vide
doors and many windows. They are sur
4 rounded BY verandnhs, and are SO situ-B
$ated that the winds from the ocean and
mountains blow through them day and
night. year In and year out. The air IS
never hot at Ancon, and the windo ws ana
doors are 80 covered with netting that
they can be nj ways left open. ", d
spent some timeg going through the
hospital. Many Of theItwards have pa J,
tients convalescng. Here the boysa3slt
on the beds and chat with one another,
or move about from place to place..gln
other words. they are kept apart. and IN
the yellow fever ward each patient lies
+ in ~ bed inside wire cage about v ten
feet high. eight feet wide and Z Twelve
feet long. This ls to keep the patents
away from the mosquitoes. and the mos
Squitoes away from tho patients. me me
precautions are such. + am told. that. not
( a mosquito has been found in the yellow
fever ward since, the first yellow fever
patient was brought there months. ago,
This hospital and all the hospitals !, are
in charge Of efficient, doctors ana \ Of
American trained nurses.
Il FRANKsG, CARPENTER.
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MALARIA stands out in the first para
graph and below 1t are directions how
10 escape it,. The directions say that
malaria comes from the bite Of q female
mosquito and they urge every one to use
mosquito bars and take thrco grains Of
quninc each day before going to bed. he
clrcular8!s signed by Colonel Gorgns, the
chief sanitary officer
j received such circular on landing,
i heard moro fever stories when Went
to the washington House for my dinner
and as crossed the Isthmus on he rail-
road a ghoulsh friend pointed out
Monkey Hill Cemetery as my future rest
ing place and remarked |: ",lhat lit lie sta
ton further on Is known as Matachln, q
Spanish word meaning dead Chinaman,.
because two thousand Chinese died
sthere."3
My Yellow Fever Ghost,
My fears Increased MS ] approached
Panama city and We're by y no means all
layed by a conversation had upon mr.
riying at the American legation, Which
has formed my home for part Of my
stay,
Our minlstersto Panama, John NJ, BAR
rett, while he &apparently has no fear Of,
! tho fever himself, going. everywhere and
almost daily visiting the yellow fever
wards Of the hospi tails, believes In being
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when the Panama railroad ,yls building
the mortality was So great that n man
died for each tie in I he track and some.
perhaps, say that the funeral trains still
move ins and out. carving the dead to
Monkey Hill. The truth Is, there have.
beer no such trains for many years, and
the story is OF doubtful authenticity.
The passenger however. does not know
this He grows more and more alarmed
n he lands at Colon and Is handed q
circular OF health warning by the quar1I1-
tine officers.
/ This. circular Is issued by the canal COM
mission. IN capital letters the word
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HEALTH CONDITION.
ON THE |: Is J I. 4 VI IS
yellow Fever and Malaria On
Uncle Sans fen-Alilc Strip
Of Territory.
is NOT A HEALTH \ RESORT E:
The Terrible Mosquito and How
He Works Virtues Of Citro-
nello Oil and Quinire.
is NOT a HEALTH RESORT
By Frank G. Carpenter.
ccial Correspondent Of The Times Dis

Especial Correspondent OF The Times Dis.
patcll) Isl
PANAMA, April AL want to give you
some idea of the health conditions Of
AZ the Istbmus OF Panama. Most people think
. there Is only sheet OF brown paper be-
tween this place and hades, and that
our life Is made UP OF ~ continuous flsht3
with tho climate. The truth is Panama
woold be Il paradise IL t were not for the
levers. The air hero is as soft and sweet
as that OF Ohio IN June. Tie isthlhus is
only about forty miles wide md tie
breezes from The Atlantic and tic Pacific
are always blowing this way and that
We go about in our summer clothes but
tho average temperature is about ST., the
4 nights ara cool, and toward morning one
Il needs an extra cover. AT Culcbra and IN
the other mountains Of Uncle SANS zone,
sitsis still colder and the air is still fresh
4 er. These conditions prevail about all the
year round. 1t Is mover as hot as our
Central States In midsummer and there IS
seldom q might when one Is not able to
!. sleep. WA
Not Health Resort,
And still the Isthmus OF Panama Is not
and never has been a health resort, The
gloWlnndsa are sWanlpy ana there mas DceD
much mulariul fever. About half the
American employees have at ono time or.
another been on the sick list and about
per cent, of the 1000 men at work here
arc now In hospitals. We have had be-
tween thirty and forty cases OF yellow fever
during the past year, and about one-thrd
Of the yellow patients have died This5is
& not q high yellow fever death rate In a.
population:of 10000 or $1,000 and altogether
tho conditions ARE not bal considering the
fact that we have just begun to wipe out
tho mosquitoes and to Improve tho santa
I ton and watcrgsupply Tho percentage In
HE hospitals at present is not as large MS
at most of our army posts and the mala-
.'lal fever here2is not to be compared in
Its Injurious effects TO the Grip, typhoid
X orpneumonia, which they have at home
Looking for Trouble.
Indeed, tho man who comes to Panama
(. is liable to get tho fever from fright. The
moment lie leaves New Work. the pas
sengegs conlple with him upon the aWflll
conditions. They 30 Dyer tho yellow fever
cases OF the last year, and tllc men Who
have been on the Istllnus tell stories u
the deaths Of the past. They relate hoy
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careful and IN trying to frighten every
American with whom he comes in con-.
tact into doing likewise. 9s$35
When entered the legation found
him as solemn as he traditional owl and
as serious as one looking on the dying
face Of his best friend for the last time.
He took me into his office and sat me
down between him and pot Of Persian
insect powder, which burned away. fill
ing the room with not unpleasant, but
spungent smoke.sI afterward learned that
this was to stupefy the mosquitoes or kill
them on the wing.
Before could ask him to what joss he
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and legs. If d female of that breed bites
a yellow fever patient It's blood becomes
inoculated with yellow fever bacteria, and
in case she then bites you, you will have
the fever sure" I.3 81 B IL
The Virtues of Citronella.
1T But, by the way the minister con-
tlnued, .'haYe you any citronella oil?
The mosquito does not likesth smell Of
that, and II you use It It WILL keep her
away n hill
Yes. I have some Mr.. Minister" said I.
"But have you rubbed itson you?
'iNo, not yeti, 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

Do NOT NEGLEc BAD COLD
Never allow agcold to take Ats course,
TOO often Mt this sea son of the year its
course Is toward pneumonia. Chamber
Jams Cough Remedy VIII promptlySscurs
in this direction. There Is nothing better
for acute threatened lung troubless For
sale by all druggists, &
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

wife a richly embroidered costume
and was cruelty hooted and told that
it was just like a man to have
bought something that was in the
year-before-last's style. It was en-
tirely too baggy, and the sleeves
were too big to be stylish. To be
up-to-date things must be made in
Shanghai style, just at present, with
rather close-fitting jacket and rela-
lively narrow sleeves, though these
last are not too tight TO permit the
numerous bracelets to slip easily up
and down the arm.
One day one of the ladies dressed
up in American fashion and enjoy
ed herself hugely switching the
train up and down over the lega-
tons hardwood floors. She tried to
complete her toilet with an Ameri-
can hat. But she had to give 1t up;
she could not make a stiff American
hat stay on her smooth Chinese
head. They sincerely admire the
dress of the American women; but
they will tell you American dress
pretty; Chinese dress more comfort
able" Doubtless, however, the con-
spicuousness of their native costume
will soon force the women TO put
ting on American clothing.
They certainly are cruelty stared
at whenever they appear on the
street in their native costume. And
to a woman reared in the seclusion
customary in high caste Chinese
families being stared at is much
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altogether good, he concluded that a
little more liberty for Mrs Wu-just
a little-would not be entirely sub
versive of family discipline
So he brought his wife out of her
seciusion, and one day Washington
was electrified at seeing the little
lady crouching on footstool at his
feet as his excellency spun down
Connecticut avenue in his automo-
bile. 1t was strangely, almost a
terribly, exhilarating experience for
Chinese lady, and one that would
have been out of the question at
home 1t was noted, however, that
the heavens did not fall, nor was
Mrs. Wu any less dutiful wife for
being treated approximately as
human being. And so it has come
to pass that the legation ladies in
Washington are being allowed oc-
casional glimpses of life through
western spectacles.
Even at that the life of the women
of the Chinese legation is not of the
strenuous sort. 1t is rather Of the
sweetly calm and placid variety.
They sew a little, perhaps, but they
do not embroider and they do not
paint. They can sit TRANQUILITY for
hours with their pretty hands idly
folded Sometimes. they read-oh,
no, not the works of CoDfucius. at
all-up-to-date novels and current
Chinese magazines.
They have dozens and dozens of
costumes and get whole lot of fun
out of them Sometimes they amuse
themselves by appearing in four or
FIVE different toilettes in the course
OF an afternoon. And such be-
wildering rainbow of color as they
make. AS to style-think You not
that styles are ali alike in China
One of the. secretaries returning
from a visit TO China, brought his
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openly studying the picturesque lit
tie figure. These curiously noted
that the small feet were shod in
pointed-toed, French kid shoes of
distinctly American make = the
smallest to be found in the local
stores, but still far too large for the
tiny feet inside of them-and that
her slim hands were incased in
American white kid gloves-an
American parasol over her sleek
Chinese head
1t was mot because she could not
buy Chinese shoes in Washington
that the little Chinese lady wore
American shoes. They are to be
seen, in all degrees of elaborateness,
in the windows of the leading shoe
stores here, and society girls wear
them with their. komonos in their
own rooms when they happen to find
any that they can get their honest
American feet into But the Chinese
legation ladies all wear American
shoes, partly because they think
them less conspicuous, and partly
because in this one detail they find
American dress more comfortable
than Chinese, affording better sup
port for the foot. They are also
rather infatuated with white kid and
white silk gloves, these being I'M
known in China, and put them on
. on all possible, and on some impos-
sible, occasions. 1t will be noted in
the. photographs that both the
ladies. Miss Liang and Mrs. Chow,
wear American ruching in the neeks
of their Chinese jackets.
The couple described, who attract
ed the attention of the F street
shoppers, were probably Mr. Chow,
first secretary of the Chinese lega-
ton, and his wife, who came to this
country about eighteen months ago
on the vessel which also brought
Prince Pu Lun, the commissioner
from the Chinese government to the
ST. Louis exposition. Mr. and Mrs
Chow live at the Chinese legation,
and there Mrs. Chow's bosom friend
is Miss Liang. But Miss Liang
never goes shopping; she would not
dare face the crowds. She probably
would never have dared face the
camera had not Mrs. Chow persuad-
ed her-and stood by her through
the ordeal.
And after all this seems the
natural attitude for Chinese girl
of seventeen, bred in land where
an upper class woman never shows
her face on the street The freedom
of the Western girls seems wonder
full, and to a certain extent an en-
viable thing. But TO use an Ameri-
can expression, they have not the
nerve for it.
Still the Chinese ladies are enjoy
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

ing an dnheard of degree of freedom
in Washington. And the word '-en-
joying' is used advisedly, for they
all like life in this country. Not
one of them wants to so back TO
China. And they all like the Ameri-
can woman, seeming to be not at
all shocked by anything she does, or
says, or wears, even her decollete
gowns, accepting everything strange
as part of the custom o. the coun-
try. Perhaps an influence that leads
them to look kindly upon the Amer
lean woman is the presence in their
midst of Mrs. Yung Kwai, the Amer
lean wife of the secretary interpre-
ter. This marriage is. the result OF
a boy and girl romance, for Mr..
Yung Kwai is ons of those Chinese
boys who was brought over to this
country as little fellow.te be edu-
Gated in American schools, and Mrs.
Yung Kwai was a little girl he play
ed with and his boyhood's sweet
heart Mr.. Yung Kwai is a graduate
of Yale, and his youngest child.
boy, is named Dana Kwai, after his
favorite professor.
Most advanced of all the little
ladies, however, is Mrs. Chang, the
wife of another secretary, who lives
at the Westover, one of Washing
toms numerous apartment houses.
As you go in to make your call upon
her, you observe playing on the
steps, guarded by his white nurse, a
glorious eighteen-month-old Chinese
baby, attired like an American baby
in a little white dress. His nurse
calls him George" and you after
ward learn that this is George
Washington Chang The Chinese
have great admiration for our ma
tional hero, and the ladies were
much delighted with a recent visit
to Mt Vernon. 'Washington's
home," they called it, Mt. Vernon
they did not understand.
Mrs. Changs apartment in the
Westover is thoroughly American in
all its appointments, tables, chairs,
and piano, which Mrs. Chang does
not play. Mrs. Chang has been in
this country two years, and speak
English very well, much better than
her big husband To the question:
Which would you rather be, an
American woman or a Chinese wo-
man." she answers promptly.
American woman" To the further
question. "Why?" she responds.
American woman always free"
"Ah, but Mrs. Chang you are ham
py." speaks up the nurse-maid, who
is watching the baby taking his bot
tie with his head on pillow on the
floor And Mr.. Chang is happy-
too," smiling up at Mr.. Chang, who
smiles back blissfully
The Washington times., 1905-10-15


the courage to face the strenuous
social life of the diplomatic set
Last fall newspapers from New
York to San Francisco hailed her as
an interesting debutante of the
Diplomatic Corps" The item was
generally accompanied by portrait
which was sometimes Miss Liang,
though more often it was not But
Miss Liang-they call her Miss
Lang quite in the American fash
ion--had not the slightest intention
of undertaking the strenuous life OF
the Washington social season. She
was quite too shy and quite too con-
scious of the curious glances leveled
at her.
This year the item is being numer-
ously printed that Miss Liang will
be seen more in society during the
coming winter, as she is learning to
speak English quite WELL" 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the little
lady is really any Drawer for her
summers experience. Just now the
Chinese minister, Sir Chentung
LANG -Cheng, and his pretty daugh-
ter are getting settled in Washing
ton after a summer spent for the
most part at Amherst, Mass. Miss
LANG has had probably her first ex-
perience of American life as Ameri-
cans live It; for she has visited at
the summer home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Foster. at Henderson Har-
Dor, a quiet enough experience from
an American girls point of view, but
probably as thrillingly interesting to
the young Chinese girl as-well. say.
Miss Roosevelt's visit to the En-
press of China was TO her.
Freedom undreamed of at home
has come to the women of the Chi
nese legation in Washington-not
freedom as an American girls knows
it, but freedom unknown to the
philosophy of Oriental womanhood.
1t began in the social experiments
OF Wu Ting-fang, most progressive
of Chinese diplomats. He lived here
so long that it was almost inevitable
that he should become inoculated
to some extent with American ideas.
He saw the Americas ways, and
while he certainly did not find them