The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-20
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goes to school, can read the papers,
and had accompanied his father to
the new market house the other day,
Papa, what IS an alternating light,
ihuhg"
AN alternating light" explained
the fond father as he watched the
lights flicker, rattle, die down and
then flare up until they would have
made tho spot light at the Kentucky
theater look like a hole in the
ground, "is light that burns a while
and then goes out awhile"
You're sure on" observed a
butcher who happened to overhear
HIM.
Mayor D. A. Yeiser has turned hu-
morist and this morning was making
puns on Bill Watkins Moon, which
made its appearance a few weeks ago
after an eclipse of several years.
Mayor Yeiser was asked if the re-
pairs to the city power house had
been completed and stated he
thought not but that they would be
in a few days.
I'VE have the Moon, you know"
he explained "and really need no
ether lights The break down at the
power house came at a time when
providence seems to have been with
US. Now If we can just have the
Moon to continue shining we will be
all right, and will write Bill Wat
kins at Mayheld and urge him to
order the Moon continue"
*ss
A small negro boy who had no
means to buy a sled recently en-
ioyed just as much sport at coasting
as his white friends who had finely
painted sleds bought at the hard
ware store"
The little negro had stood all one
afternoon watching the boys coast
and once or twice had been given
the privilege Of trying it once" He
liked the sport and looked with visit
full eyes and much envy at the coast
ers. Finally a thought struck him
and he bounded off for home.
Taking his mothers dashboard,
he nailed two barrel slaves on the
bottom sides and taking his crude
sled out to the hill was soon enjoy
ing the sport as much as anyone. In
fact so smooth running was his
novel sled that he got to trade rides
several times with the white boys,
but no inducements could get the
sled from him, possibly because he
knew his mother would have to use
it again next wash day"
$50
Meerschaum pipes are the most
beautiful Of all pipes if properly col
ored, but few people know how to
color them. The average smoker
who cares for the smoke and not
the beauty of the pipe, will cram the
bowl full of tobacco and smoke away.
Generally the bowl gets too hot and
the pipe is burned" and viii not
color except around the bottom of
the bowl and along the stem for an
inch or two.
A young man who was given a
handsome meerschaum pipe for a
Christmas present was afraid he
would not be able to color it, and
asked every ones advice about the
best methods Some said smoke it,
amy old way" and if it colors all
right, we'll and good, and if it don't
why just don't bother because some
color and others do not" A few
such answers convinced the young
man that he must depend on his
own ingenuity and he started out to
color his pipe.
He secured a large false bowl, one
over three sizes larger than the
average bowl used in coloring such
pipes ~ ID uuutIolDOu mat AlAt pipe ]
coiors from Che nicotine soaking into |
the composition, and the false bowl |
which sets on top of the real bowl |
holds the tobacco and let's the smoke
go through the bowl of the pipe,
thus keeping it slightly warm and |
only the nicotine from the smoke |
the composition. He |
wanted quick results and thought |
what an excellent idea it would be to
rig UP a motor suction fan to suck |
the smoke from the pipe. He Sc
cured small dentists motor and
rugged up a suction fan, attached a
rubber tube to it and filing the bowl
of his pipe with tobacco. starts it of.
The steady stream of smoke pouring
through the pipe continued until the
tobacco was consumed and the
young man found that he would
have to refill the pipe. He didn't
stop the motor but simply cramrled
more tobacco on top of the fire and
Kept a continual stream OF smoke
onnt,tfuor "a couch tI.c ,,f,,, g.. O. ,,,.-t