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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
Daily Thought.
What is left undone stays
undone."
SPEAKING OF LAWYERS.

1t has never been very clear in the
lawyer should be allowed to defend
guilty man and try to have him ac-
quilted. or to prosecute an innocent
man and attempt to have him hang
ed or imprisoned, all for money,
and usually for money only, when
a man in any other profession on
earth who would through such mercen
AIRY motives attempt to thwart right
and justice, would be ostracised and
condemned by all decent, respecta-
BILE society, Yet IL is fact that law
yers will do either-attempt to free
man they know to be guilty of the
most heinous crime. or attempt to
have one hanged they may have ev-
cry reason to believe is not guilty.
Editor w. |. Clark. of the Smith
yer himself, and a judge, and he
seems to think that the legal profess
sion needs little elevating, and
that the average criminal trial nova
days is a farce, with which many will
heartily and readily agree.
People talk about the jury sys-
TEN, and In truth II is bad enough
but there is nothing that SO obstIucts
and thwarts justice as the legal pro
fession. Ii is responsible for many
of the court dockets being continual
ly crammed with untried cases. and
with men having to stay in Jail at the
expense of the taxpayers because
there is not time to try them-and
for many other things. We havn'i
time to attempt to enumerate them.
We simply reproduce Judge
Clarke's editorial from Tuesdays pa
per. He is a prominent lawyer and
his utterances are likely to be widely
commented on throughout the state
and may result eventually In needed
reforms. He says:
SHOULD a man who has willfully
anu hnoWlnBiy Nloidttu 'h' Jaw w
defended by a lawyer who has taken
an oath to support the constitution
and the laws Of his state? And
should a lawyer try TO clear a man,
when he knows that he is guilty of
crime? We answer no, to both OF
the above questions. There Is dit
ference between a lawyer represent
ing a guilty man, on trial, and a
lawyer defending a guilty man on
trial.
ANY lawyer Is justihable In rep
resenting a man that he knows "a
be guilty, but he is not justifiable In
trying 10 have guilty man declared
innocent by jury of his country
The duty OF the prosecution and the
duty of the defense should be one
aud the same. viz; TO thoroughly in
vestigate the charge and ask that the
law should be applied accordingly
II the accused be guilty, no sort OF
sympathy or public sentiment should
excuse him. and no lawyer should so
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
A Kettle of Ftsh.

The phrase "a kettle of fish" mean.
ing an awkward enlargement. most
probably has no connection with our
word kettle vessel in which water
is boiled. II has been with much rea'
son derived from the word Riddle"
French "quidel." n stake fence set in
stream for catching fish. Inspector
Walpole reminds us that this kidcllus
net, or klddle, was mentioned in Mag
ma Charta and In other early statutes.
London Standard.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
The JOY of Life.

The true Joy OF life Is the being used
for a purpose recognized by yourself
as mighty one. the being thoroughly
worn out before you are thrown on the
scrap heap. the being force OF nature
instead Of a feverish. selfish little clod
OF ailments aud grievances, complain
ing that the world will not devote IL
self TO making you happy. - Bernard
shaw.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

al contracted q severe cold several
years ago, which from neglect developed
into urinary trouble. and threatened
Brigh,'s disease. I used Peruna faith
fully for three and one-balf months,
when my health was perfect once more.
have never had any trouble since
O. Fred Lindsirom.
Catarrhal inflammation OF the mucous
lining 81 the kidneys. also called
4" Bright's disease" MAY he either acute
OF chronic. The acute form produces
symptoms Of such prominence that tho
serious nature Of the disease Is ut ones
suspected, but the chronic variety may
come on 50 gradually and insidiously
that its presence Is not suspected until
after ~ has fastened itself thoroughly
upon its victim.
At the appearance Of the FIRST symp-
tom Pcruna should he taken. This REM
edy strikes at once at the very root of
the disease.
A book on cstsrrh sent free by The
Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus. q.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
THROUGH CONNECTION AND
BEST TIME.

Is now made to Washington. Balti-
more. Philadelphia. New York, east
ern cities. Richmond. Norfolk, vir.
ginia and North Carolina points, b.
Illinois Central train No. 1902, con
Meeting In Louisville with Chesa.
peake and Ohio Ry., leaving Louis
vile at 600 p. m. A strictly modern
train. solid vestibuled. electric light.
steam heat, dining cars. Pullman
sleepers. See thar your tickets read
over the Picturesque Chesapeake and
Chic Ry.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

The board of works has served
final notice on the water and gas
companies to remove their surface
boxes from IN pavements The po-
lice officers who recently made in
spection all over the city report i3
of the gas company's boxes that need
lowering. and 2S of the water com
pany's II these are not lowered i'm
mediately the city will prosecute.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
lHR. GEORGE KING, Deputy sh rim

M n. GEORGE KING, Deputy Sh rim
tVI Of RENSSELAER, Co., n. Y, for years
was = we'll known merchant Of Troy.
In letter from No. ~ King St., Troy,
y. v, he writes:
"Pc runa cured me from what fhe
doctors were afraid would turn into
Brighf's Disease, after, I had suffered
with catarrh of the bladder and kidney
trouble.
"Peruna Is blessing 10 sick man.
Eight BOTTLES made me well man and
were worth more than thousand dol
lars TO me. ! cannot speak too highly
Of IL. IL Is now four years since ! was
troubled, and | have enjoyed perfect
health since. "-Gcorge King.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
Police Court .

Police Judge u. l.. Sanders had lit
tie business before him this morn
ing.
Joe Green and Rob wilkins. white
were fined 81 and costs on motion OF
the prosecuting attorney. for a breach
of the peace.
Charles McCarty was fined 3 and
costs for being drunk.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

Members of the board of works
state that they have done their best
to get clean, healthy city. $50 far
as we are concerned" one declared
today. 1--WE have done our best to
have certain ordinances enforced. but
for some reason they are not. There
was recently an ordinance passed pro-
hibiting the sweeping of trash on
the pavements or streets, and yet
every morning ladies and others are
almost stihed by havi-y 1t swept
right into their faces on Broadway,
and never has a single warrant been
issued, although the Broadway police
can find n dozen cases any morning.
The only way to enforce these regula-
tions is to get warrants and make a
few violators pay for II. The others
will then stop mighty quick.
mot long ago 1t was found that one
concern on Broadway was emptying
it's cuspidores on the brick streets,
and its slops into the catch basin for
rain water on the corner. II was re-
ported but nothing has ever been
done about It, and | understand the
same thing is still being done every
day. We are not going to bother
about these ordinances any longer"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
Has Had no Time TO Complete
Specifications for New Work.
Mayor yeiscr Says Most Comments
On Cow Ordinance Are In Its
Favor.
NUMBER OF CITY NOTES

The delay In preparing speclfca-
lions for Kentucky avenue and JEFF
ferson streets, which have to be fin
ished before the board of works can
advertise for bids. is occasioned by
the city engineers being kept busy
giving the South Third street contrac-
ors the grade for curbing. These
contractors have started out like they
mean business, and are laying curb
ing as rapidly as IT can be put down.
Next week Engineer Washington
will have time to complete the speci-
fications on the other streets, and
bids will be advertised for.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

All confidence is dangerous II II Is not
entire. We ought on most occasions to
speak all or conceal all We have al
ready too much disclosed our secrets
10 n man from whom we think any one
single circumstance Is 10 be conceal
ed. Bruyere.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

The action of the municipal boards
in passing the COW ordinance seems
to have met the approval of the pub
lie generally and Mayor feiser is
stihi holding up the ordinance for
signature for the benefit of COW own
ers.
Mayor Yeiser stated this morning
that Ne had received complaints from
several COW owners relative to the
ordinance, but that the majority of
those who have approached him on
the subject and expressed themselves
at all, stated that it was a good ordi-
nance and should have been passed
long ago. Mayor Yeiser has instruct
ed Clerk Henry Bailey not to bring
him the ordinance for several days
yet, as he wants to give everyone time
to prepare for IL.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
Licensed Ia Marry.

E. q. Davis. aged 80. to Efne Al
len. aged rs, of the city. First mar
riage of both. Henry Digs. colored
city. aged "a, to Hattie Hayes. city,
aged 90. First marriage of both.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
SuelI Out On Bend.

Contractor X. u. Suell has execut-
ed bond at Paris. Tenn. and return
ed to Paducah. lie is charged there
with abducting his half-niecc. Miss
Goodall, assistant postmaster at
Mansfield, Tenn.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

The luxury which Is now regarded
as necessity Is one OF the evils which
are undoubtedly tending toward the de
generation o. all classes OF English so
ciety,'~ Hospital
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

Hook Bjones Is the most melancholy
fellow I know. Nye-Thats quite
true He proposed 10 girl once by
asking her how she would like to b
his widow.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

II sometimes happens that faith,
hope and charity MI the stage to the
exclusion OF gratitude.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20
4 Prominent Member 81 I. q. O. 2.
Threatened With Brisht's Disease
Pe-ru-na Restored Him to Health.

q. Fred Lindstrcm, Past Grand Master
Independent order Of odd Fellows,
writes from 1928 University Ave, st.
Paul. Mimi,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

The hoard OF public works will
probably require all excavations for
water, gas and sewerage connections,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

You will never mud time for anything,
n you want time you must take it,
Buxtoa.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-20

friends They all took II as a good
joke, however,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
Hot air is not always esteemed.
When a man shoots off his mouth
all a woman has to do is look daggers
No, Maude, dear; the dealer in glass
eyes is not necessarily an ideal man.
When fellow bets his last cent and
loses there is no chance for the bettcr
Isn't it queer that in the dim. misty
cestors?
Some revenge may be sweet. but
most of it is really a case Of sour
grapes.
It's a good thing to make your
money last as long as it viii, but it's
better to make it first
HoaX-'I had hot old time last
night" JOax-''What did you do %
Hoax-'I burned lot of last years
calendars"
Wigg-'I have unconsciousIy ac-
quired the habit Of talking to myself. Sc
Wagg- don't you give yourself
a good talking to %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

rabbit would go pretty good about
now said the rosy-faced drummer.
Wont everybody come in2'
There was a general movement Tor
ward to the buffet car, Mr.. knocKfeller
staying a moment to throw his over
coat on his shoulders, for he was SUD
3ect to colds. The exultant men VINO
mad preceded him talked Jubilantly OF
his generosity.
There was a sudden joIting, again and
again, and the train moved slowly along
the tracks.
The Welsh rabbit ordered. the genial
drummer said: Didn't John D. under
stand that he was to come in too?"
Maybe he don't want to butt in
among men Of our position" said one
IN go get him. said the drummer, ana
went back, only to return in a moment
with some excitement of manner
Isn't back there. His hat and coat are
gone too We've gone about a mile.
drummer's heels, said: I see that tan
gentleman open the vestibule door an git
of jess befo' the train started-I tOl. him ne
might git left, an then was called away
ed at each other seriously.
rs that John D. KockfeIler's sigma
ture?" said the dry goods drummer lock-
ing at his check
Search me- said the first drummer.
Wait a minute said one Of them. He
magazine. 1t contained a portrait of the
aged hnancier, together with his auto
graph.
No more like it than nothing at all. ="
he declared.
John D. Rockefeller is slfuF' said
the drummer explosively. The corporation
counsel looked amused. I've heard that
before he said.-Charles BatteH LOOMS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

EFrom the Atchison Globe
Some days it is so quiet in Atchison
that you can hear a pin drop.
Ever think how many times during
the day you hear the expression, too
BAD ?"
When a Missourian meets you in
the road, he never speaks to you. He
passes the time Of day"
As a proof that he takes care of
the baby, a man will point to the
candy spots on his clothes.
One farmer says a separator robs
the milk of cream SO completely that
the skim milk is not fit for hogs.
Our education was so limited that
we are unable to tell the difference
between rufianism and college
spirit"
The first day that a woman owns a
horse and buggy, she has tied a rib
bon on the whip and spoiled the
horse.
It is not very complimentary to lee
turers, but it is fact that people pre-
fer a good square meal to an intel
lectual feast
boy soon learns that his father
expects him to be man, and that his
mother is content if he will always be
Ter baby.
A Kansas City man is unable to get
rid OF a certain blonde. It's a pity
get a divorce.
A mother is never very grateful for
natural curls in the family when they
are on the boys head, and the girls
hair is straight
The conscience, like the appendix,
Is suDerfiuous. What use has a man
with conscience when he has
neighbors to tell him what to do?
When a good looking man rnarries
q hOmely woman. there is ALWAYS
more wonder why than when a pretty
woman marries an ugly man.
If man should advertise a medi-
cine guaranteed to bring the dead to
life, he would do a big business. Peo-
pie will try anything that doesn't
cost more than dollar a bottle.
1t is said of an Atchison young man
who has been devoted to a girl for
some time: why doesn't he marry
her; he is in love with her?" But
marrying and being in love are two
different things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

Dan Lockwood told this story as a
cloak room tale. and he insisted that
II was true story. James /. King of
Buffalo, well-to-do, became i'll and was
sent to the Bohemian spa for treatment
Somehow or other, the Bohemian local
MIN as James l., King of Buffalo,
America"
This blunder seemed humorous to Mr..
King at first, but serious symptoms
soon developed which made him vince
and squirm. All of the parvenus.
parasites, tuft-hunters, snobs. syco-
plants and beggars sWooped down UDOn
poor King; the hotel people heeced him,
and everybody seemed to join in a gem
efaI conspiracy to mulct him. He
couldn't turn around without spending
money The hands of bell-boys and
walters were constantly before him. His
bill was jammed full of extras which
but they were things that the King of
Buma1o or any other king ought to
have; and he had to pay.
In vain did he endeaVor to convince
his prosecutors that it was all mis-
take; that he was no royal parsonage,
nor believer in royalty. They would
only smile and tell him that if he want
ed to travel incognito he should have
begun right They bowed and scraped
before him; always holding out hands
to catch the royal pence; and he sue
cumbed to their deliberate and deter
mined Establishments, until he was
obliged to leave the spa and go else
where for treatment.
Ever afterward. wherever he register
ed, it was as Thomas Thompson of
Boston" Only by thus living under the
cover of an alias was he able to remain
abroad for treatment and afterward to
do" Europe.-Sunday Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19

Keep in the sunlight; nothing beauti-
full or sweet grows or ripens in the
darkness.
Avoid fear in all its varied forms Of
expression. 1t is the greatest enemy Of
the human race.
Avoid excuses of all kinds; they are
injurious. The long life must be a
temperate, regular life.
Don't live to eat, but eat to live.
Many of our ills are due to overeating,
to eating the wrong things and to irreg-
ular eating,
Don't allow yourself to think on your
birthday that you are a year older and
so much nearer the end.
Never look on the dark side: take
sunny views of everything; a sunny
thought drives away the shadows.
Be a child; live simply and naturally
and keep clear of entangling alliances
and complications of all kinds
Cultivate the spirit of contentment;
all discomfort and dissatisfaction bring
age burrows prematurely to the face.
ForRo a habit of throwing off before
going to bed at night all the cares and
anxieties of the day-everything which
can possibly cause mental wear and
tear or deprive you of rest.-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
JAYHAWKEIs JOTs.


The passing. of the pioneers at Troy, this
week included a pug dog Il years old
Topeka has abolished curfew. Some Of
these days we may have a decent opera
house.
Kansas that claims a healthy Erowth''
rather than BOOM
Winfield has lost an old landmark.
residence was painted this week for the
first time in q YEARS.
The .old maids" club of Goodland has
the same number of members they started
with and $50 in the treasury.
winfield firm has a crow on exhibit
ton in its window and the town is talk
ing about the rare black eagle"
saIina sports are wagering their wealth
on the result of the Russian-JaDan sea
battle. Tae stakes are Il o. ." paper.
The beer sales in a Coneordia joint sat
urday amounted to $50. It's a fair state
ment TO say that 800 of the deal was
profit-
A Udan merchant has gained some no
toriety by purchasing eggs and chickens
to the amount Of S1,542.g worth in one
month.
has tried 1917 police cases. What that
town needs is more rock piles and new
police force.
Iola's new chief of police will hang out
a May basket for the gamblers. The tenor
Of its contents will be pack your clothes
and 60"
a Mcpherson physician thinks kissing
will soon go out of style. Doubtless there
are a great many people who will refuse
to follow the fashion.
The unfailing sign Of spring at Concor-
dia is: viii Dannebarger, with his tan
shoes and open work socks. Mr.. D. was
on the streets yesterday.
A Coffeyville lemon raised in a hot
house weighed an even pound. This item
railroad excursion advertisements.
A Republic county seer SAYS it will be
1000 years before we have another Easter
so late as this. At least the present gen
GRAFTON can not accuse him of being a
false prophet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
The DevolII,ing Element.

The exciting, soul-shivering, gizzard-
striclzling yell of fire rang out on the
still air at IL O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing. The musical court house bell, in
rapid cadence, sent the alarm abroad,
The small boy took up the acclaim
and strained his suspenders yelling
Court was in session and the whole
outfit made a drive for the door, the
judge in unusually lengthy strides
bringing up the rear. In the mean
time the populace from the busy
marts of the city had rallied to the
warning bell, and the dozen men who
dashed along the street with the reel
and rose reminded us of Hale's fire
fighters at the Worlds fair Then,
in amazement, we stood and gazed up
into the heavens and with quivering
lips said to the excited man at our ell
bow, where's the fire, where's the
fire? When the tension had become
so tight it was liable to break at any
moment, a man on horseback dashed
up and announced that it was only a
spark on the roof of J. A. Thompson's
house on Water street and had been
extinguished with one dipper of wa
ter without the loss of a single life
Abingdon Virginian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
TESTING SEED CORN AGAIN.


1t is stated that out of eight hun
dred samples of seed corn tested at the
Iowa Agricultural college, 20 per. cent.
would not grow. In other words. 20
per cent. of the corn that Iowa farm
ers intended to use for seed would not
even sprout.
Kansas plants six and a half million
acres of corn. If the same percent
age OF poor seed corn holds good in
Kansas as in Iowa, it means that Kan
sas farmers viii plant 100000 acres
of corn from which they win get no
returns unless they test their seed.
That is, the seed planted on that
amount of land will not even come
up and make fodder, and doubtless
much of that which does terminate
and make stalks viii be so weak that
it win grow only ''nubbins" if it raises
ears at all.
This again emphasizes the fmpor-
lance of testing seed corn to see if it
viii grow. Kansas farmers can hard
ly afford to throw away the use Of
100000 acres of land. when they can
avoid doing so by taking care to get
seed corn that will grow. The i'm
portant thing is to test it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
The Presidential Nimrod.

Now what a frightened. crush we see
AS all the brutes go by;
The wolf would like to climb tree,
The boar would ike to fly.
The beasts of prey are praying now
Or else they're on the run:
It's time for action, they allow.
When Teddy gets his gun.
The grizzly bear. whose waddlinE gait
Is ike a sailors roll
Doth not show fight, nor hesitate
To hunt a likely hole.
The wildcats fairly wild, they say,
And fees from sun to sun;
He'd like to be some leagues away
When Teddy gets his gun.
And yet their speed they only waste
For they will all be caught:
They'd better spare the headlong haste
Which will avail them uaught-
They'd better far crave merey's boon
When all is said and done
And own the corn like Crockett's coon
When Teddy gets his gun.
-PittsbuEg PSs1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

LFrom the Chicago News.
Vanity and hypocrisy are the par
ents of Drudery.
And the higher a man climbs the
harder will be his fall
Platonic love is also blind; it can
never see its finish.
When hard luck strikes the average
man it doesn't get a cent.
A man isn't so very poor if he can
afford to keep but one dog.
Some men pray for their friends
and some others prey upon them.
Never judge a mans knowledge of
human nature by the opinion he has
of himself.
A dog makes almost as much noise
when he barks as a man does when
he baFks his shins.
A royal flush, Cordelia, may be on
the face of a blushing maid-and
then again it may not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-19
OPPORTUNITY.

Master of human destinies am I!
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by
Howell and mart and palace. soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate!
If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before
turn away. Tt is the hour of fate,
And those who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hes
itate,
Condemned to failure. penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and useIessly implore;
answer not. and return no more.
John J. Ingalls,.