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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
The Breckenridge News.
WEDNESDAY, June Il, 1905.
Political Friendships.

A few months before he died Ho-
ratio Seymour said to one of his
friends, Dwight Lawrence of New
York: Dwight, | feel that am near
the end of my career, and | want to
tell you something. l have had e cal
deal to do with politics and with poi.
ticians in my time, and as look bach
over the past | can clearly see that tie
best friendships of my life have been
formed in politics. 1t is in politics that
/ have met the manifest men, the most
generosity. These friendships have
been enduring too. Many of them have
continued throughout life. | believe
politics brings out the best there is in
man. 1t teaches the narrow man TO be
broad the selfish one to be generous
This is true because friendships are es-
sential to success. In that field of ac-
tivity one must have friends or he
can't get on, and if he wants friend
ships he must deserve them. l would
not advise any young man to stay out
of politics because of the danger of be-
ing demoraliZed. If he is the right
kind Of man. 1t will do him good"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

Blackstone. the popular English come
dian and dramatist, was rather fond Of
telling the following story, although it
was somewhat against himself:
One night Fechter, Sothern and Buck
stone were leaving the Haymarket
theater some little time after the per-
Torrance was over, when suddenly
Blackstone discovered billsticker post
ing an election placard right upon the
front of that sacred house OF comedy.
How dare you, sir" he said in his
peculiar cultural and jerky manner.
How dare you post bills upon my
theater?'
The man paid no attention, but went
on lathering the placard. which he put
up with an air Of quiet defiance.
You miserable billstlckerw said
Blackstone. his mannerism coming out
very pointedly with his temper. "If you
don't desist, you scoundrel, I'll have
you locked up"
Whereupon the man, quietly making
a closing dab at the poster, said, TN
have you locked up, you imposter, II
you don't mind, for givin' such bad
imitation of Buckstone-could do It bet
ter myself."-London Telegraph.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Norway And Sweden Part.

Christiana, June S.-King Oscar s
refuaal to sanction the bill passed by
the Storthing providing for separate
consular service for Norway culmi
mated in the passage of resolution
by the Storthing declaring the disso-
luton of the union of Sweden and
Norway, and that the King had
ceased to act as king of Norway.
The dissolution Of the union be-
tween Sweden and Norway has been
pending for some time and had Its
growth in the desire which gre W
stronger as time pass ed for the estab-
lishment of a separate consular sys-
TEN tor the two countries. King Oscar
recently voted at Stockholm the meas
ure pr, scented 20 him by the council
of state providing for separate consul
lar representation and the Norwe-
gians maintained that the king by
go doing and partly by his absence
from Norway mad suspended his
rights and duties as king OF Nor
way.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

A correspondent sends to the Pioneer
(Allahabad) the following notes on the
fact that case has been reported of a
crows nest having been found which
was made out of telegraph wire: ANY
thing resembling twig is pressed into
service. In the days of old, before
glass stoppered bottles came into use
for soda water, many nests were made
of the wires used to keep In the corks
Of such bottles. A nest constructed
out of brandy bottle wires was once
taken in a palm tree outside Madras.
Another nest was found composed of
bits of tin stolen from the tin bazaar in
Madras. One pair of crows constructed
q nest out of gold and silver spectacle
frames purloined from the factory Of
Messrs. Lawrence & Mayo in Bombay.
The materials for this nest, of which
the value was 400 rupees, were stolen
by the willy crows during the luncheon
hour. 1t was noticed that the spectacle
frames were disappearing from the
factory in a mysterious manner, but it
was some time before the thief was
discovered"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Great Scarcity of Horses.

L. B. Shropshire, writing in the
Kentucky Farmer and Breeder, says
Never in the history, of our country
has there been such shortage Ct sad
die and carriage horses in the market
as today. In New York the past seas
on it has been impossible to supply the
demand. The public sales have been
attended by more puyeIs than ever
before. At these sales the bidding was
unusually strong and the demand for
high class horses was never 30 great.
In fact, the condition has become
so alarming that many city horsemen
are already predicting a famine OF
fancy and business horses in the near
future and there seems to be little
likelihood of western shippers being
able to cope with the demand.
Throughout the State of Kentucky
dealers with perfect unauimity state
that they have never known horses to
be so scarce, and what is still more de-
plorable, they report that the supply
of young horses coming on is INSULT
cient TO meet the demands even in
ordinary times
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Blackburn Instructions.

Elizabethtown, KY, June 6.-Sen-
ator J. c. S. Black burn addressed an
audience Of 80 Democrats in his city
this evening.
Whereas, 1t is apparent to every
Democrat of intelligence that the
Democratic voterc Of Hardin county
are overwb elmiDgly in favor of the re-
election to the United States senate Of
thai brilliant and lifelong leader of
Democracy, the Hon. J. c. s. Black
burn. Be it
Resolved, That We, the Democrats Of
Hardin county, in mass convention as
sembled, do hereby instruct our NOM
inee for the house Of representatives,
Mr.. Henry Miller, 20 vote in the Demo
cratic caucus fer Senator Blackburn
and to use all honorable means to secure
his reelection TO the United States
senate. We also instruct the nominee
for the state senate, hoover be may be,
to vote in tie Democratic caucus for
Blackburn as senator.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Mahogany.

Or. Gibbons. an eminent London
physician in the latter half of the sew
enteenth century, had a brother, West
India captain, who brought over in his
ship some logs of this wood as ballast.
AS the doctor was then building a
house in King street, Covent Garden,
London, his brother thought they might
be Of service to him, but the carpen-
tiers, finding the wood too hard for
their tools, laid the logs aside as use
less.
Soon after Mrs. Gibbons wanted a
candle box, and the doctor called on
bis cabinetmaker, Wollaston, in Long
Acre, and asked him to make one of
some wood lying in his garden. VOL
laston also complained that it was too
hard The doctor said he must get
stronger tools. The candle box was,
however, made and approved, inso-
much that the doctor then insisted on
having a bureau OF the same wood,
which was also completed and was so
much admired, especially by the Ouch
ess of Buckingham, that the fame OF
mahogany rapidly rose, and 1t soon
came into general use.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Remarkable Run of Train.

Pittsburg, June S.-The distance
between Chicago and pIttsbuTg over
the Pennsylvania lines, 46S miles,
was covered in the phenomenal time
of 44O minutes without much effort
today.
TIE train left Chicago Union Sta
ton about half past : O'Clock Thurs
day morning and rolled into Pitts
Ourg Union Station at exactly ? 40 p
IN. The average speed of CD j3-1O0
miles an hour was maintained, in
GLIDING all stops. The train was
standing still twenty-eight minutes
and the speed per hour while the
train was in molten was Is Ito
miles.
From Clark station to Fort Wayne
a distance Of ~ miles, the speed per
hour averaged 20 $40 miles, includ-
ing stops. The record shows that mile
after mile was made at the remarK-
able speed OF from AZ to A seconds.
Regardless of the high rate at which
the tram was running, the passengers
aboard enjoyed smooth riding.
No particular effort was made to
crowd the tram to the limit, but its
movement Indicated that the perfect
physical development of the roadbed
and the Pennsylvania standard OF mo-
tive power and equipment can main
tain quicker schedules without any
parti cular preparation or difficulty.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Contest City In the World.

There is nothing coy about New
York. 1t is not a city where stran-
ger can readily make a nest and feel
at home. 1t does not welcome the for.
eigner with smile and polite Now
make yourself happy and comforta-
ble." 1t says tacitly. "Well, now that
you're here 1 suppose you'll have to
stay, but don't get in the way and
bother people" Paris, on the other
hand, is the contest city in the world
1t welcomes the newcomer in a thou
sand ways. 1t offers him the finest ed
ucation in the world for nothing. Be
fore him for miles lie the charm and
wonder and mystery of those fascinat
ing streets, each with its own char
acter, some as full of history as an egg
is of meat.-New York World.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
The Kangaroo Mt Bay.

When pursued the kangaroo, II posi-
BILE, directs his flight toward the river.
If he reaches it, he enters and, thanks
to his great height, is able to go on
foot to a depth where the dogs are
obliged to swim. There he plants him.
self on his two hind legs and his tail,
and, up to his shoulders in the water,
he waits the attack of the dogs. With
his fore paws he seizes by the head
the first dog that approaches him, and,
as he is more solidly balanced than his
assailants, he holds the dogs nose I'M
der water as long as he can. Unless
second dog speedily comes to the res
cue the first one is sure to be drowned.
liza companion arrives and by his at
tacks on the kangaroo manages TO set
the captive free the half drowned
brute is glad to regain the shore as
quickly as possible. In this way a
strong and courageous male kangaroo
will hold his own against twenty or
thirty dogs, drowning some and fright
ening others. and the hunter is obliged
to intervene with a bullet.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
ApprOprintiOns.

"Our language is strange thing
When the Methodist board of missions
appropriates hundreds of thousands OF
dollars for work among the heather
there is rejoicing among church peO-
pie. When congress appropriates a
good sum for river and harbor i'm
provements we all agree that it is
quite good thing. But when clerk
appropriates a few hundred dollars OF
his employers money he is sent to the
penitentiary. The first sorts Of appro'
priations are quite appropriate, but the
last sort is altogether Inappropriate
Savannah News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
A Chicken That "Piayed Possum.

Here is Il chicken that played pos
sum-" A correspondent writes: 1.-The
cat of our household entered my room
the other day, dragging nearly full
grown chicken in its mouth The chick
en- made no resistance and was quite
motionless, and when l made the cat
drop it the chicken lay apparently
dead. l chased the cat from the room
and on my return to the chicken l was
surprised TO see it slowly open its
eyes, raise its head and look cautiously
round. AS soon as it felt sure of the
disappearance of its enemy it got w
and ran off as fast as it could"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Farmers Holding Together.

A dispatch from Hopkinsville says;
"The Christian County Executive Com
mittee of the Dark Tobacco District
Tobacco Growers Association has COM
piled figures on the tobacco situation in
this county which show that the 1904
c op was about rs per cent less than in
1908, and that from the present acreage
the 1905 crop will be nearly 40 per cent
less than leO4. The reduction in acre
aye is one of the strongest features OF
the farmers organization, and the one
in which most faith is placed for the
securing of higher prices. This speaks
we'll for the organization, and, although
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
"A - TO RIA.
Bs,,,tba a The Kind You Have kIwayS Bought
'''; 4 GhA11Z1
M M Painfully Bitten by Dog. :. :.

: Mrs. Lodavlc--. Thompson qnd Over
Seaton were painfully bitten, though
not seriously, by dog at the home Of
Mrs. Thompson, last Wednesday morn
ing. They were bitten Just after Mr.
Thompson committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the heart, IN an
upstairs room at his home Mr.
Seaton was passing the house about
the time the shot was fired and ran
into the yard. The cog seemed 10 be
affect ed by the excIten ent which fol-
lowed and sprang on Nj. Seston and
bit hun. He then bit Mrs. Thompson
in the arm.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
THE LEMON IN THE TEA.
II Is n Survival From Very Ancient
Chinese Methods.

Whence the slices of lemon with -.e
tea in Russia?
Okakura Kakuzo, a japanese artist
and critic, writing in the International
Quarterly, says they point to a survival
from very ancient Chinese methods,
when tea leaves "were steamed, crush
ed in a mortar, made into a cake and
boiled together with rice, ginger, salt,
orange peel. spices, milk and some
times with onionsw
Okakura tells also of the work OF
Luwuh, the poet. who in the eighth
century became the first apostle of tea
and wrote in three volumes and ten
chapters the "Chaking," or Holy
Scripture of Tea" Luwuh instituted
the code of tea and is become the tute-
larry god of Chinese merchants Of the
leaf.
According to this master, the noun
tain spring furnishes the best water,
then come river water and plain spring
water. There are three stages of boil
ing. The cake tea is roasted before the
fire until 1t becomes soft, like baby )
arm" and is shredded into powder be-
tween pieces of fine paper. Salt is prt
In the first boil, the tea in the second.
At the third boil a dipperful Of cold
water is poured into the kettle to settle
the tea and revive the youth of the
water" Then the beveragesis poured
into cups.
1t was of such beverage that Lo-
tung another poet, wrote: The first
cup moistens my lips and throat, the
second cup breaks my loneliness, the
third cup searches my barren entrail
but to find therein some 5000 volumes
of odd ideographs. The fourth cup
raises a slight perspiration all the
wrong of life passes away through my
pores. At the fifth cup l am purified;
the sixth cup calls me to the realm Of
the immortals. The seventh cup-ah,
but l could take no more.'
"Tea began as a medicine and ended
as beverage" Also it has had rituals.
ceremonies and PHILOSOPHERS. In Japan
It became 1.-The religion of the art Of
lllt, anu NhC iCu iOOAi "t'' 'A O''''S
in the dreary waste Of existence" This
was in the fifteenth century, and the
philosophy Of Teaism which then arose
is described as "a cult founded on the
alteration Of the beautiful among the
sordid facts of everyday existence. 1t
inculcates purity and harmony, the
mystery Of mutual charity, the roman
ticsm Of the social order"
strangely enough" says Okakura,
humanity has so far met in the tea
cup. 1t is the only Asiatic ceremonial
which commands universal respect.
The white man has sNpffed at our re-
ligion and our morals, but has accepted
the brown beverage without hesitation.
The afternoon tea is now an important
function in western society"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Electric Light Bulbs.

While grasping small incandescent
electric lamp one night Professor Som
mer a German scientist, happened to
observe that on contact with his hand
the bulb of the lamp would show a
luminosity comparable with a mist of
light, Illuminating certain parts Of the
glass as well as his fingers even before
the electric . current was completed.
This phenomenon could be produced
several times by rubbing the electric
bulb with the hand. Not all electric
bulbs are suitable for the experiment.
Those which have been used for some
time and which show the well known
dark coating Of carbon particles are
especially apt to fail. After rubbing Il
new or nearly new lamp containing no
metallic conductors strongly on the
skin of the forehead or lower arm, to
withdraw the lamp suddenly from the
skin will cause the bulb to show the
luminous phenomenon. Withdrawing
the lamp and stopping it suddenly
causes its outlines to stand out dis
tinctly Illuminated, while IN the middle
a bright spot is observed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Horse Runs Five Miles.

a horse attached TO a buggy broke
loose from a bitching post at the re
sidence OF LaIAin GibsC n, late last We'd
nesdav afternoon, aud ran nearly to the
Riddel farm, five miles east Of this city,
before caught. The horse and buggy
was the property OF VIM. Gibson, who
lives about two miles east of the Riddel
farm. The buggy was PARTIALLY demol-
ished, one wheel and other parts being
found along the road. No one was in
the buggy. The horse was not frighten-
ed when he broke loose and was not
injured in his long run, his only object
seeming to be to get home as quickly
as possible.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
The SaI,e that Penetrates.

DeWItt's Witch Hazel Salve penetrates
the pores OF the skin,a by its anlisep-
ic. rubifocient and healing influence it
subdues Inflammation and cures Boils,
Cuts, Eczema, letter, Ring Worm and
all skin diseases. A specific for blind,
bleeding, itching and protrudipg Piles.
The original and genuine Witch Hazel
Salve is made Y f. c. Dewitt d Co,
and sold by All Druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
Better than a Doctors Prescription.

Mr. J. w. Turner, Of Trubart, Va,
saws that Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets have done him more good
than anything he could get from the
doctor. If any physician in this country
was able to compound medicine that
would produce such gratifying results il
cases of stomach troubles, biliousness
or constitution, his whole time would
be used in preparing this one medicine.
Fer sale by Short d Haynes
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Railroad Seems Assured Fact.

/, The Hartford Republican says: "A
proposition to build railroad from
jacksonville to.Fordsville or Clover
port, extending through the. entire
length.of Ohio county, entering.-,st
Point Pleasant and running via Cen
tertown, Hartford and Dundee, :. is
again on foot ana it is now almost
an assured fact that the road will
be built. A company. has argeed to
build. the road at once, work to begin
within ninety days If the right-of-
way and s25, 600 can be procured
IN the county by.means of voluntary
contributions.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Curran's Retort.

Curran's friend was tickled by the
orators retort apropos of the jury sys-
TEN. The friend was Dragging of his
attachment to it and said, with trial
by jury / have lived and, by the bless
ing of God, with trial by jury l will
dier'
"Oh," said Curran in amazement,
"then you've made up your mind to
be hanged, Dick"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

When a Scotch schoolmaster entered
the temple of learning one morning he
read on the blackboard, Our teacher is
a donkey"
The pupils expected there would be
cyclone, but the philosophic pedagogue
contented himself with adding the
word driver and opened the school
MS usual
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
No Genius Wanted.

Really, l think your son is a gen
ius,"
.Oh, don't say that! We have beer
hoping all along that he may grow W
to be a good, sensible man and finally
succeed his father in business."-Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
4 Bad Scarce.

Some day you will get a bad scare,
when you feel a pain in yorr bowels,
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in
DR.. Kings New Life Pills a sure cure,
for all bowel and stomach diseases,
such as headache, billiousress; costive-
ness, etc. Guaranteed at Short q
Haynes drug store, only 25c. Try
them
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Will You Celebrate

The Fourth of July? If so, be sure to
have bottle of Psracamph hanly. You
will need it for a Burn, Cut or Bruise,
because it heals quicker and better than
any other known remedy. Prevents
Blood Poisoning, relieves pain instantly
and heals without leaving ugly scars.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Fourth of July

Celebrations often result in serious acct
dents to boys and girls. So get a
bottle of Paracamph, First Aid to the
Injured, the remedy which heals Burns,
Cuts, and Bruises quicker than anything
else. 1t relieves pain and heals with
out leaving ugly scars. Every bottle
guaranteed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Sounded Nice.
hon.

Miss Nellie Gaunt-At the zoo liked
the monkey house best. Mrs. Ellie
Gaunt-Don't say monkey house."
child; it sounds so common. Please
call it the "apiary. "-Cleveland Leader.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

Wilkins-You've never worked day
In your life, have you? Bilkins-No,
but I've worked lots Of people.-De-
1oit Free Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Not the Only One.

Toskins-I don't object so much to
Fanny kissing her dog, but / prefer
her to kiss me before and not after.
willins-I know, but don't you sup
pose the dog has his preference tool
Boston Transcript.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

Christian county is one of the least or
ganized in the district, the association
is making rapid strides, and every
farmer who has signed is sticking to
his pledge with tenacity which shows
that they are in the movement to win if
such thing be possible"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
Neuralgia Pains

Are sometimes almost unbearable. Para
camph relieves Neuralgia and Head
ache instantly by opening the pores,
stimulating the circulation aud remov-
ing the congestion. A free application
will convince you of its merits. So
don't suffer but keep Paiacanph in
your home. You need it every day.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14

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THOUSANDS THRoNGED
STREETS AND CORRIDORS.

New York, May 3.-Nan Patterson's
trial to-day attracted larger crowd
than ever before and the guards were
ouadrupled to keep the court room and
halls clear Of those who were not al
lowed to enter the court room. Thou
ands thronged the streets In vain
endeaVor TO enter or get word OF ex-
pected results.
Recorder Golf began Go charge the
jury at I0:40, outlining the case and
charging the jury not to- give too
much credance to the statements OF
the counsel, as they, the jury, must
be the sole judges of the facts from
tne evidence submitted. Thesase was
finally given 10 the jury at O'Clock
The jury retired at once and one
hour later went to lunch. At $40 they
sent a request for the coat and vesi
worn by Young when shot and the re
yoIyer with which he was snot. These
were sent to the jury room. The jury
also asked for the dummy skeleton
USED in the case, sketch of the cal
| in which Young was killed and a dia
gram of the street where he was shot
At $3.50 the jury went to supper
and il was reported that If a verdic
was not reached by 10:3O the cour
would lock up the jury for the night