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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
The Good Old Way.

A severe cold or attack OF la
grippe is like a fire, the sooner you
combat it the better your chances
are to overpower il. But few moth
ers in this age are willing to do the
necessary work required to give a
good old-fashioned reliable treat
ment such as would be administered
by their grandmothers, backed by
Boschee's German Syrup, which was
always literally used in connection
with the home treatment OF colds
and is still in greater household ia
vor than any known remedy. But
even without the application OF the
aids German Syrup
will cure a severe cold in quick time.
II will cure colds In children or
grown people. It relieves the con-
gested organs, allays the irritation.
and effectively stops the cough. Any
child will take IL. II Is invaluable In
a household of children. Trial size
bottle, 25c; regular size, Use. For
sale by Dubois, Kolb q Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
BIDS OPENED.

Bids were yesterday opened by
Architect Schmidt for the new Liv-
'ingston building to be erected on
North Second street, where the
wholesale grocery of the concern
formerly stood. It is to be three sto-
ny, and the bids, the contract on
which will be let in about two weeks,
were as follows, Mr.. George KatDbr-
john being the lowest bidder: Kat
terjohn, $500; j. w. Lockwood,
$9,2SS; Gus Lockwood, sS,S47.75;
A. C. Coleman, $10,1S5; AGREE &
Nieman, $9,195; George Ingram,
SASH; william Karnes, 5000;
Davis & Dunlap, $9,397.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
Cured LusnbaSo.

A. d. Cannsn. Chicago, writes
March 4. 1903: Having been
troubled with Lunbsgo at different
times and tried one physician after
smother; then different ointnsas
and linsmsnts. gave It sp altogsther,
30 | tried enss mere. ana cot . bot
tie Of Ballads SNOW Linament,
which gave me almost instant relief.
| can shserfully recommend II. and
will add my name to your list OF for
mer sufferers" sSc. soc ana 900.
Sold by Dubois. Kolb 4 Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

A pretty girl, dressed in white
representing each state In the Union
is a feature of the big rally scene in
George AIDES, "The County Chair
man." which Henry w. Savage Offers
at the Kentucky on Friday night.
II Is at the close OF this scene,
which takes place in an open grove
near Antioch, a Middle Western WI
lage. that the two political factions
have a grand set to which is start
ling In It's realism, This takes place
just after Tillford Vince Ter ths young
candidate for states attorney has de
nounced Judge Rigby, his opponent
as q first class, all around scamp
Seats on sale Thursday morning 10
a. m.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
Imperfect Digestion

Means less nutrition and In eonse-
Quenoe lees vitality. When the liver
fails to seersts bile, the blood be-
comes loaded with bilious properties,
the digestion becomes impaired aud
the bowels constipated. Hsrbine will
reetify this; Il gives tone to the
stomach, liver and kidneys, strength
ems the appetite, clears AID improves
the complexion. infuses new life and
vigor to the whole system. so cents
a bottle. Sold by Dubois. Kolb 4 Co
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

Eva Tanguay and the presentation Of
her new musical travesty. THE Sam
DO Girl"
In "The Sambo Girl" Miss Tan
quay is said to have found a particu-
larry suitable vehicle for the display
OF her unique personality, and her
management have supplemented this
by supplying her with a splendid
company.
Miss Tanguay and Tho San.bo
Girl" will form the attraction at The
Kentucky tomorrow night. Seats
now on sale.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
FITTINGS HERE.
Plant for the Woodworking Depart
ment May Not BE Completed
Before Spring.

The fittings for the steam heating
plant at the woodworking depart
ment OF the local /. c. shops have ar
rived ana are being prepared by a
man especially assigned to this work.
1t was announced several weeks
ago that the road would replace the
stoves now in use in the planning mill
for radiators and make more room
and preclude the possibility Of fires.
The fitting delayed the immediate
installation OF the plant, but now the
work will be pushed but 1t is hardly
possible the plant will be ready for
use before spring Is here.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

artists.
Mr.. Magnus' Interpretation of the
exacting title role and the work of
his associates have been very highly
commended by the critics.
Special scenery and elaborate cos
tunes designed from old English
drawings, will add to the interest in
this engagement, which promises to
be one of the most notable of the sea-
son.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

Majesty and the Maid, in which Mary
Emerson will be seen here on Sltur-
day matinee and night. The plot is
consistent and told in most interest
ing manner, There Is one character
in the play which is not essential to
the development of the story. His
Majesty and the Maid was one of the
few dramatic novelties of last season.
That II was appreciated as such was
evident from the cordial support Civ
en- Miss Emerson by press and pub
lie. The situations are new, and
they have been handled in a novel
manner.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

The remaining stock OF the Fa-
nous Pants Factory is being remov-
ed by Mr.. Louis Levy to III South
Second street. which building Mr..
Levy has leased to close out the stock
OF the defunet concern.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

Have you a friend In the county
whom you like to present with a new
buggy2 Read how you can do It on
page OF the Sun today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

Mr., Hal Powell. who has been at
tending the bedside of his father. Col
l.. V. Powell. has returned home to
Bardwell.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
Theatrical Notes

Yankee Doodle went to town.
He took his sister Mandy,
They went to see "The Sambo Girl"
And she was all the candy"
widespread interest Is being taken
In the first starring tour of Miss
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

Manager English, of The Kentucky,
has invited the ministers of the city to
attend the production of "Eyeryman'
at The Kentucky tonight, and most of
them have accepted.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24

With many plays, the last act IS
tackled on, merely 20 straighten out
the tangles, and wind up things hap
PLY. This is not the case with Ills
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-24
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The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Decrease of White Plague

The modern crusade against con-
sumption is no losing fight, but one
in which every blow tells. 1t is en-
couraging to note, from the first an
nual report of the Committee on the
Prevention of tuberculosis. that the
death rate from this deadly malady is
decreasing quite rapidly, especially
in those places where the public is be.
ing instructed and the necessary sani.
tary reforms made.
The following statements recently
made by Prof. Fisher of Yale show
the encouraging rate at which tuber-
culosis is decreasing in this and other
countries: In England it declined in
seventy years from thirty-nine per ten
thousand of the poulatio1 to thirteen.
Although sanatoria did not exist in
the early part of this period, England
did have (and was the first country to
intrOduce) consumption hospitals,
which served like isolation wards to
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

A detachment of six men were car
rying dispatches from command
rear Red river to Camp Supply. or
the six two were scouts, Amos Chap
man and William Dixon. The others
were cavalrymen. Far from any
refuge they We're surrounded by near
ly 200 Indians. They sought shelter
in a buffalo wallow and prepared to
hold their ground. The attack came
at o'clock in the morning and the
long, long day stretched before them.
In the first rush four these six were
woup"ed. Private Smith mortally.
The other hurts were severe.
They were hemmed in on all sides
in an open plain, and were outnum-
bered almost twenty to one. One of
the scouts, while severe fire was be-
ing poured in at them at close range.
succeeded in throwing up scanty
intrenchment with his bowie knife and
his hands. His comrades held the
Kiowas and Comanches of until this
little help was ready as refuge and
they moved into the treuch, the
wounded walking with brave and pain
full effort
Although Private Smith was wound
ed unto death, he sat upright in the
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Visible to Physicians Eyes

THE medical man is on nodding
terms with death at most street cor
ners in our larger towns"
A writer in this weeks Lancet,
pointing out that a doctor sees many
things which are hidden from the
average mans eye, sums up the posi-
ton in this grim phrase.
The medical man. he says, must re-
main a pathologist in the street, and
he sees many unsuspected tragedies.
Who else would suspect the sword of
Damocles that Is hanging above this
red faced merchant, or see in his
cheeks the signal of fruit overripe?
To the lay mild this portly person
stands for all that is prosperous and
confident, and his appetite is the envy
Of many of his dyspeptic friends-who
will send wreaths to his grave.
See the bluff and kindly manner in
which he hands a shilling to a thin
faced woman selling boot laces in the
gutter. 1t is only the medical man
who will dare to prophesy white hairs
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Paid Debt with knighthood

to tell his good luck to the girl Of his
choice. He explained to her the sit.
uation, how old stamps had been
picked off documents and used again
and how he had invented an elaborate
plan to remedy this. But surely"
said the young lady, "if all the stamps
had date put on them they could not
at future time be used without de-
lection. This rather startled young
Bessemer. But he devised a simple
method of marking the date. The
British government was delighted.
The device was accepted. And as no
change Of machinery or staff was
needed, Bessemer was informed that
no superintendent of stamps would
be appointed. Thus he had deprived
himself of job.
Forty-fve years later. after he had
invented the "Bessemer process" of
preparing iron and had made great
fortune. Bessemer wrote to Lord Rea.
consfield. then prime minister point.
ing out that he had saved the country
millions without the reward of pen.
ny. He no longer wanted money, but
the government acknowledged the
debt and paid it with a knighthood.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Methods of Preparing Tea

An English traveller says in letter
to the London Times: History tells
us that, when coffee was first brought
TO the cities of western Europe the
first makers of it were Turks. They
roasted and ground the berries and
served the liquor, as it is served to
this day in the east, grits and all.
We still drink coffee as we drank 1t
then. with this difference. that we
mostly omit the grits and drink an
infusion instead of a decoction. II
was not so with tea. No Chinaman
was imported with the first pound of
tea to teach us how to make and drink
1t. The consequence has been that we
ha never drunk tea in the Chinese
waj.-that is, as simple infusion.
AT first there seems to have been
great doubt, as to how to deal with
the new herb. 1t is even said that it
was sometimes boiled, with salt and
butter and served up as sort of spin
ach. The old phrase "a dish Of tea
seems to bear out this legend. Fin
ally it came to be settled that the
most wholesome and pleasant way to
treat the tea leaf was to make it into
kind Of sweet soup with sugar and
milk or cream. have personal
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

knowledge of no country in Europe,
but one, where tea is used as in China
Portugal, which got its knowledge
of teamalling from province OF
China, with which, at that time, no
other nation of Europe was in contact.
1T was while travelling on horse
back with a guide in the wilder parts
of Portugal away from shops and inns.
where we had perforce to make ex.
periments in the most economical use
of the few ounces of tea and coffee
that we could afford to carry with us,
that We hit upon discovery. Hav.
ing no milk, we drank our tea, as most
Portuguese drink theirs, as a simple
infusion, sweetened with sugar.
Il remembered to have read, be.
lieve in the travels of the Able Hue.
that, when the Chinese desire to be
thrifty In the use Of the finer and
more expensive teas, they grind the
leaf to a powder and use less for the
infusion. We found that tea could
be ground in a coffee mill as easily
as coffee, that tea made with the pow.
der is as good as or better than when
made with the whole leaf and that the
powder, as it naturally would, goes
farther than the tea leaf"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

In recently published autobiogra-
ply of Sir Henry Bessemer is told
how, in 1898. when he was youth Of
20, he learned that the British govern
ment was losing about 100000 year
through the use Of forged stamps.
He set about finding remedy. In
nine months he discovered how to
forge government stamps with the
greatest ease. This was a risky bit
of knowledge for a struggling young
man who wanted money wherewith to
get married to the girl Of his choice.
But young Bessemer having invented
forthwith the perforated stamp that
is now known everywhere. went gayly
to the government officials with the
forgeries in his pocket to ask if they
were genuine. When Sir Charles
Presley passed upon them as genuine,
Bessemer remarked that he knew they
were Simply because 1
forged them myself" Then he sug.
gested remedy. It was accepted.
Bessemer was offered the post of su-
perintendent of stamps-for plant and
staff must be reorganized-at 50 900 to
$4,000 year.
Young Bessemer went away happily
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
GUN LOADED FOR A WITCH
Charge Consisted Of shiIIinss, Wadded
With Bible Leaves.

Nicholas Vadderman, a retired farm
or OF Angora, has come into posses
sion of what he believes is a relic of
the days when superstition and belief
IN wltchcraft was general. This is an
old hintlock musket which contained
a charge evidently prepared for the ex-
ecution OF a witch. Yedderman, who
devotes his atime to the collection Of
curios, purchased the musket at an
auction sale held in an old farmhouse
recently. From its appearance the
weapon antedated the revolutionary
war; and when found was in a deplor-
able state OF rust In cleaning 1t We'd
derman discovered that there was a
charge In the gun, and this he care
luily withdrew. To his surprise, he
found instead of bullets. two silver
shillings. dated 1881, tightly wadded
with leaves from Bible Of ancient
print. Beneath the shilling was 4
small lock OF hair and a piece of paper
containing an illegible quotation. The
sunpowder was coarse and undoubted.
ly OF colonial manufacture. Vedder-
man, who has made study Of such
things, says it was by firing such
charmed charges that the supersti.
uous believed they could scare of
wltches.-Philadelp Record.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

Alexis began: about a year ago
while our command. under Genera
Kaufman, was pushing its way acros
the Tartary steppes, we had a sharp
conflict with body of Turcoman cay-
airy. We were apprehensive of an
attack by the enemy in force. and
promptly took position to repel any
advance. Night fell, and my troop
was assigned to outpost duty. l wa
ordered to advance as far as possi-
be, SO as to get some idea Of the
Turcomans, II they should prove to
be in force. We fell into an ambus
cade. and l was captured and hurrieI
to the Turcoman headquarters. where
l was thrust into tent and my fate
speedily decreed. In the conflict Of
which l have spoken, the Turcoman
chiefs son was killed, and it was de
termined to kill me by way of re
prisal.
while deliberatine IN my
fate. overheard the Turco-
mans allude to another pris
oner whom they captured, and
his death too was urged. 1t was
pleaded in extenuation that he was
not Russian; that he was 4 civilian
and that he would evidently be heavily
ransomed. Toward daylight I became
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Fou&ht Like True Americans

trench to conceal his crippled condi-
ton from the foe. From early morn
ing until! night this handful OF five
men was under almost constant fire,
often at such short range that they
could bring their pistols into play.
Thus they fought for their own lives
and defended their dying comrade.
without food and for drink only little
muddy water mixed with their own
blood. They killed more than a
dozen Indians and wounded above
score.
Relief came that night, but 1t was
thirty-six hours after the first attack
before medical aid and food could be
given them at the nearest post Pr-
vate Smith died before camp was
reached. Every man was wounded.
Scout Chapman severely and Scout
Dixon several times, but not danger
ously. This band Of four soldiers and
two scouts were of those who had
been fighting and marching for weeks
amid the most dreadful privations.
They were worn to skin and bone.
but their souls were as "big as all
outdoors" and they f1inched at no odds
under heaven. And by such men as
these was this nation made.-Outing.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

conscious that some one was gaining
entrance 10 my tent from tent ad-
joining. and | received a whispered
word of warning in English to pre-
serve silence, that the intruder was
friend. There in the darkness l felt
the grasp of friendly hand. and soon
the stranger began to unfasten the
bonds which held me fast, hands and
feet.
While thus engaged, he muttered
'hush,' and silently drew back into the
darkest part Of the tent. A move
ment at the entrance caused me to
look in that direction. There. as
silhouette against the light OF early
dawn, stood a Turcoman. His face
cleaned with deadliest hate. 1t was
the chief whose son had been killed,
and who had demanded my life.'F In
his hand he bore an uplifted dagger.
could see the cleaning steel. He
INJURED prayer and waited. could
almost feel his hot breath on my face!
Suddenly there was a flash and a re-
port. The Turcoman fell. shot through
the brain. At the same moment our
troops with wild cheer charged the
Turcoman camp, and we were saved.
Cobb, my friend, my dear friend here,
was the man who fired that shot and
saved my life at the risk of his own!"
Bravo! Bravo!" Brave Cobbt"
Noble American!" Gallant soldier!"
were some Of the exclamations which
followed the recital of Alexis thrill.
ing adventure and rescue. As he
finished he turned, and grasping Cobb
warmly by the hand, he added:
Now friends, aid me to show our
brave American that we Russians are
not ungrateful!"
{1o be continued.)
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
RELICS OF THE BRONZE AGE,
Many Articles Excavated at Renfrew
shire, Scotland


Until recently vestiges of the
Bronze Age civilization in Renfrew-
shire have been rarely met with,
though there were. doubtless, many
skilled craftsmen and an extensive
population in this as in many other
parts of Scotland during the period in
question. which is thought to have
ranged in time from about the. six
teenth to the second century before
the birth OF Christ. Lately, however,
remains undoubtedly of the Bronze
Age in Renfrewshire have been
brought to light by excavations near
the railway station at Newlands. Mr..
Ludovic Mann, F. S. A. Scot, who de-
scribad few weeks ago the New
landa finds to the Society Of Antiquar-
les, Ut Scotland, has had the good for
tune recently to locate another
Bronze Age site. 1t is situated be.
tween Kilmalcolm and Bridge of Weir,
and the most important relic found is
beautifully shaped perforated stone
axe-ha a'nmer. ornamented with knobs
and mrldings, and in perfect preserva.
ton.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Baby Seat in London Zoo.

A baby seal has just arrived at the
London Geological Gardens after q
series of thrilling adventures. It was
first sighted near Heligoland from an
English yacht, hrd a large killer-whale
(grampus) was in full pursuit. With
the idea of getting out of the water
somehow or other the seal made for a
passing steame'. but the killer-whale
headed it off. it then made for the
yacht. AS it came alongside, practi-
cally exhausted, the crew slipped a
couple of ropes around it and haule4
it on board The owner of the yacht
sent to the Lon.on Zoo. 1t is very
young, and it is doubtful if it can be
successfully reared, but the Geological
people are doing their best for it. 1t
doubled like hSre in trying to get
away from the kl lerwhale.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18
Peculiar LIE Insurance,

A curious form of life insurance is
springing up in French manufacturing
towns under the Lame of La Fourmi"
the anti The popularity is that the
longer a man lives, the less he be-
comes entitled to- The payment Of
As a month ASST res the payment Of
f200 to the heirs of a man dying be-
fore the age of sS. the payment dim
inishing proportionately to G102 at 81.
The idea seems to be that If man
dies young his children are likely to
be in want, br' that when he is fifty
they will be a. lie to earn their living.
London Ans Hers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

for her long after her benefactor has
been gathered to his fathers.
Behind sunburnt cheeks-cheeks
that make all these other jostling
faces look pallid and worn by contrast
the medical man is quick to recog.
nize the imprint Of the health resort,
other things pointing to an ominous
diagnosis.
The woman with the curious red
spot upon her face affords him a SOM
ber chapter for reflection. Whether it
be lupus or epithelioma or rodent
ulcer, it will mean far greater obses-
sion of bodily and mental pain than
that Of any broken limb.
But, on the other hand, the doctor
has compensations. He sees that the
pallid man with his arm in a sling
will in a few weeks be able to dig or
ride to hounds: that the hopeless Grip.
pie appealing to the charity of passers-
by is in no pain, and probably as we'll
able to enjoy life as any one else.-
OndOn Mirror
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-18

prevent the spread of infection. These
hospitals, together with the English
love of out-of-door sports and the use
of ventilating appliances and open
fireplaces are probably the explana.
tion of their growing freedom from
consumption.
I'm Germany, during the past fif.
teen years. the death rate has de-
clined from thirty-one to nineteen and
one-half-a full third less.
"ln the United States the death
rate in 1900, in the area for which
registration has been we'll kept, was
nineteen, as against twenty-six in
1890, showing decline of TWENTY-FIVE
per cent in ten years. In New York
city, owing largely to the work of War
ing and Biggs, the death rate had
diminished in twenty years nearly
forty per cent. 1t is a conservative,
prediction that the next three ID
cades will each see more remarkable
improvement"