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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
The Total Assessment for the
City is $9,756,677.
This WIN Raise $3.50. tos.52 In Tax
cs-Franchise Taxes WIN In
crease II TO StSi,ii3.
$4,000 FROM OTHER SOURCES.

The tax rate in Paducah will be
s1S5 this year, according to pres
ent calculations. The city super
visors have completed their work,
and the total valuation of city prop
erty for taxable purposes Is s9.756.-
GU. This amount, at the maximum
tax rate of st.S5, will bring to the
city in taxes s1SO,49S.52. Adding
to this the citys revenue from
licenses and other sources, which Is
about $4,000 year. possibly not
so much, we get the amount the city
will have this year to defray all ex-
penses, a total of $500, 1850, ex-
elusive of franchise taxes.
The apportionment ordinance pass
ed sometime ago appropriates for all
purposes $224,O0O. in round num-
bers
1t is seen from these figures that
the city, with the highest tax rate
possible. $1.S5, will still be about
$4,000 short. exclusive of franchise
taxes. The ordinance apportioning
various amounts for various pur-
poses has been passed. and every APP
preparation, It is claimed, has been
shaved to the last notch. II seems,
therefore, that there is no escape
this year from s1.S5 tax rate.
which will certainly not be pleasant
news to the tax payers. considering
the high city taxes of the past three
years and the ruthless manner in
which they have been gouged in the
matter of state and county taxes.
With s1.65 tax rate the city
would raise but 100000, which
with the $4,000 revenue from other
sources would make but 5000, 900,
about $4,000 short of the amount
needed.
To the above, however, must be
added the franchise taxes for local
corporations, railroads, etc. It is
anticipated that the assessment on
these viii increase the total assess
ment to s9,9GS,2S0. The franchise
taxes are fixed at Frankfort, and the
increase in the total assessment by
the franchise taxes, making the to-
tai assessment $9,9GS,2SO, with
s1.S5 tax rate, would make the total
amount of taxes raised this year,
s1S4,413.4S, or with the $4,000
raised by licenses, etc, s224,413.4S,
about enough to carry the city
through If all the taxes and licenses
are collected, and the expenses do
not go over the amounts already APP
There is little hope,
however, of getting along with less
than $1.S5 tax rate.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
MEDICAL EXAMINER
OF the United States Treasury Recommends
ps-rlI-na.
Other Prominent Physicians Use
aud Endorse Pe-ru.na.

nR. LLEWELLYN Jordan, Medi.
- cal Examiner Of the Y. =. Treasury
Department, graduate Of Columbia Col
lcge, and who served three years at West
Point, has the following to say OF Pcruna
'AHow me 90 express my graft
.fude 10 you for fhe benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth n vast change and now
consider myself a well man after
months Of suffering. Fellow suf.
ferers, Peruna win cure you"
A constantly increasing number Of
physicians prescribe Pcsuna In their
practice. IL has proven its merits SO
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome thcirprejudlcea against so call
ed patent medicines aud recommend u
TO their patients.
Perunasoccuplcs n unique position in
medical silence. II Is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known 10 the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone will admit, l. the cause " one.
half the disease which afllcts mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases allict
one half Of the people OF United states.
,'s..ss.sss.e-
+. Robert Il. Roberts, NJ. d., Wash :
. ington, u. c., writes:
I Through my own experience
! as wen as that OF many OF my
! friends ard acqUainfances who
! nave been cured or relieved ofca-
. farrh by the use of Harfman's
PerDns. can confidently recon-.
: mend 10 10 those suffering from such
. disorders, and have no hesitation in
prescribing n 10 my patients. "..-
I Robert X. Roberts.
'ess-s-s-s-sss-e-sss
Or. Il. Robbins, Muskogce, /. r.
writes:
"Pcruna Is the hes, medicine know
OF for coughs and 20 strengthen weak
stomach and TO give appetite. Resides
prescribing IL for catarrh, | have ordered
1t for weak and dcbiiitatcd people, and
have not had patient but said IL helped
him. 1t an excellent medicine aud il
fits so many cases.
81 have n large practice, and have a
chance 30 prescribe your Pcruna. l hope
you may live long 10 do good TO the sick
and the suffering"
DR.. NJ. G. Gee, w ties from 5l3 Jones
St., San Francisco, Cal:
"Peruna has performed so many won
derful cures In san Francisco that am
convinced that IL - n valuable remedy.
! have frequently advised It's use for
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
Another Hermann.

Mr.. Lawrence Hermann, time
keeper at Master Mechanic II. j.
Turnbull's Office here, is not the
Hermann who is under arrest at
Nashville for alleged grand larceny,
The Two names are similar, hut the
persons different, and to avoid con
fusion the distinction is made.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

II will likely be some little time
until work on storm water sewer
age, sidewalks and streets Is resum-
ed, as although the weather is fav,
orable enough, IL is not likely to re-
main so. and the ground Is still froz-
en- below the surface. Contractor
Ed. Eaker intended to begin excava-
tions for sidewalks on the south side
of Broadway several days ago, but
was prevented and will likely not
now begin until there is more assur-
ance of warmer weather.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

Monroe street, No. 323 North
side between Third and Fourth, 5
rooms. Lot 50xl15. Bargain at
$1,000. One-third cash. Lot nearly
worth the money.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

The butchers who have stalls on
the market are becoming rank pessim
lists, Their dispositions are aDDar-
emily being utterly ruined, and II is
all over the lights in the new market
building. There has been nothing but
trouble for them ever since they went
into the new building. There have
been three sets of lights, and each
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

mans duty to man." or what
the Men of Paducah need" will be
the subject Of a special sermon to
men at Grace church next Sunday
morning at 1880. to which the men
of the community are invited.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

Monroe street, north side, between
10th and 18th. Lot 50xl65 to al
ley $3.50. per cent off for cash.
Whittemore's Real Estate Agency,
Fraternity Bldg, both phones S35.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

The racks for the new market
benches are expected anytime, but
have not yet arrived, They We're ex-
pected by the board of works several
days ago, but have probably been de-
layed on the road somewhere, The
butchers are not Inconvenience any.
as they have temporary racks which
answer all purposes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

The New York Herald talks about
Kentucky rinemen" being ready to
take up arms for Caleb Powers.
Boshl All anyone wants is a fair
trial for Caleb Powers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

City Engineer Washington is going
to the trouble and expense of max
ing a fine profile and specifications
of the proposed South Third street
improvement, but IT is not known
that the Improvement will be made.
1t is impossible to determine how
many of the improvements will be
ordered and how many of them kill
ed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
Death In Graves.

w. b. Hobbs died at his home, one
and a half miles southeast of Fancy
Farm, Graves county, Ky, Feb. 2S,
aged 73 years. Funeral tomorrow at
a. m. at Fancy Farm.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
Monroe Street Bargains.

Monroe street No. $40; 2-story, G
room house; rents for s12.00 per
month. $1,000, one-third cash.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

keeps your whole insides right. Sold on the
money back plan everywhere Price 50 cents
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

Cheapest soap ever offered. Call
az any Of Biederman's stores and see
samples.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

Louisville is again wide open.
Mayor Granger has returned
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
Daily Thought.

Every sorrow may be the seed of
some great JOY"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average for the month. 80. 1892
Personally appeared before me
this day e. J. Paxton, general mana
ger of The Sun, who affirms that the
above statement of the circulation of
The Sun for the month of January,
1905, is true to the best of his
knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. %.
1908. .r..
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01
The Weather.

Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-01

The above prices will continue I'M
iii Saturday Early buyers get the
choicest selections.
HARBOUR'S BOOK DEPARTMENT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

What is believed by antiquaries to
be the oldest paper book in existence
is the Red Book of Lynn" an ancient
register belonging to the corporation
Of Kings Lynn, England. This vol
ume is known as the Red Book" from
its original binding having been Of
that color The first entry Is tran
script of the will of Peter de Thorndon,
burgess of Lynn, dated 1909. The lat
est entry is dated in the fifteenth yeal
of King Richard II. Fifty years ago
the book was repaired and rebound,
and the leaves. which age had reduced
to a loose, fibrous substance, were
carefully resized as an aid TO preser.
walton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Somewhere in the world life is at
stake every minute of the day. Right
at our own doors, perhaps, is going on
struggle as grim aud fierce as any fight
or flight on record. You hear the hol-
low tearing cough see the ooze of blood
which tells of the wounded lungs; mark
the emaciated body and hectic cheek,
and know a life is at stake.
The use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery has saved many life in
Just such a crisis. 1t cures obstinate,
deep-seated coughs, stops the hemor-
rhage, strengthens uweak" lungs, and
restores the emaciated body to its nor
NAL weight and strength.
There is no alcohol in the "Dfscov-
cry" and it is absolutely free from
opium, cocaine, and all other narcotics.
al desire to send you this brief unsolicited
testimonial" writes Rev Joseph H Fesperman,
Barium Springs, Iredeli Co. y. c. r1n 1898 one
of my daughters suffering ON account Of
severe cough, hectic fever, wasting OF flesh and
other symptoms of diseased lungs. promptly
gave her Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
with gratifying success, and she now enjoys
excellent health This experience caused me
10 recommend Dr. Pierce's medicines to my
neighbors who, without exception, used them
with favorable resultsn
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers is sent free on
receipt of IL one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing Only, or if cloth
bound volume is desired send 81 stamps.
Address Dr.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
Strange Reward For Life savers.

81 have seen a good many drowning
accidents" said an old sea captain,
land l have seen good many queer
rewards. Once a young man rescued
a young widows little son from the
sea. The widow, In her gratitude,
asked for the young mans photograph.
He sent II to her. and two months later
he received a magnificent painting, by
Smith, that showed the scene of the
rescue accurately, with the little boy
and him, both perfect likenesses, strug
Cling like mad in the water.
"A farmer, one of the pinkertons
told me, came from the west to meet a
gold brick man. As the farmer and
the swindler crossed on the ferry the
swindler fell overheard, and the farmer
rescued him. He was SO grateful that
he gave the farmer a brick of solid
silver.
II saved a pretty girl from drowning
in my YOUTH the captain ended. "She
gave me a present that weighed 100
pounds. She gave me herself, and I've
still got her. She may not be in as
good condition now as sue was then,
but in my eyes somehow she is as
sweet and pretty as she ever was
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
FRUIT PUNcTuRED BY cURcU11o.


ing, cultivation, spraying and fertiliz-
ing-engenders conditions favorable to
the multiplication of curculios and also
Of other pests. Weeds and grass grow
unrestrained, tree tops become dense,
and the consequent heavy foliage af-
fords deep shade. The insects are I'M
disturbed, they find protection against
natural enemies, and their processes Of
development go on unchecked.
The factor of location has an intu-
ence. If cultivated orchards are in
close proximity to badly neglected or
chards or to bodies of timber in which
the native food plants-hawthorn, wild
crab and wild plum-are abundant
such orchards may be invaded by cur
culios and the fruit greatly injured.
1t seems possible to attack the cur
culo in three different ways:
First.-By spraying with arsenical
poisons. This method aims at the de-
struction of the adult or beetle stage
of the insect only.
Secondly destruction of fallen
fruit. This method of attack aims at
the egg and larva stages of the insect
All fallen fruit must be taken into
account, not only the larger fruits that
fall in late summer, but more partic-
ularly the small apples that fall in
June and early July. The early fallen
fruit is usually ignored, but is really
more important from the standpoint Of
attack on curculio than the late fallen
fruit, because oviposition and larval
development are at their highest early
in the season.
Third.-Cultivation. This method Of
attack is directed against the insect in
the ground and may affect the three
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
From jail to the Bench.

Francis Pemberton 1G25-90 was i'm
prisoned In the Fleet for debts con-
tracted during period of youthful ex-
travagance. While In jail he applied
himself to the study of law and came
to be regarded as kind of legal oracle
by his fellow prisoners, who nicknamed
him Counselor With the fees they
gave him for legal advice he bought
books to continue his studies. He then
prevailed upon his creditors to grant
his release from prison that he might
the sooner earn money TO pay off his
debts. Called to the bar In 1854, after
a brilliant career In the palace court at
Westminster and subsequently In the
house of lords, he became puisne
judge. He was knighted in 1915 and
ultimately, on the dismissal of Scroggs
was made lord chief justice in 1851.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
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CURCUCiO AND APPLE.
Intensive Culture In Orchards Ia
strongly Urged.

Intensive Culture In Orchards Ia
strongly Urged.
BY CHARLES S. CRANpALL. Illinois
experiment station.
In all sections of the state of Illinois
where orchard fruits are grown may be
found fruits that are more or less de
faced by deformities. by euriouSly
made surface cuts and by small cylin-
drical excavations. These marks are
found upon plums. peaches. apples and
less commonly upon pears and ounces.
The same marks are common on fruits
of the wild plum. wild crab apple and
of the red fruitcd hawthorn.
The insects responsible for the in
jures above referred to are the plum
curcuio and the apple curculio. Both
species feed upon and breed in the ap-
ple-in general. 1t is the plum curcuio
that does the greater damage.
The primary cause of serious injury
to apples by cuculios can in the ma
jority of cases be traced to conditions
prevailing i'll the orchards Neglect
Of the four cardinal principles of good
orchard management-namely, prun'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Concerning the alleged resemblance
between Christianity and Mohammed-
anism Rev Napier Malcolm, in give
Years In a Persian Town" says:
There are really not many resem
blances to note. An officer of Indian
troops replied to a Mussulman's sug
gestlon that there were resemblances
between the two religions, There is
hardly n single practical point where
Mussulmans and Christians are not en-
tirely at issue, whereupon the Mus
sulman said: 'Sahib, you have read
your Bible and have also read the
Koran. l always make that remark to
Christians. made 1t to padre the
other day, and they almost always say
VERY true Mohammedanism has a
great deal In common with Chris
tianity." Well, sahib when they say
that, l know that they have not read
the Koran and that they have not read
their Bibles"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
PnIey on Private Property.

Archdeacon Paley, who died on May
25, 1905, wrote Evidences of Chris
tianity." The archdeacon likened "the
divine right of kings" to the divine
right Of constables" and satirized the
institution of private property by the
smile Of a hundred pigeons in field
of corn II, instead of each picking
where and what 1t liked taking just
as much as 1t wanted and no more"
ninety-nine of them were to reserve
only the chaff and refuse for them
selves and heap UP the rest for the
weakest, perhaps worst, pigeon of the
flock" that, said Pahy, would be just
like human private property.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Lima beans are getting to be another
uncertainty. Even after we have
grown the vines we do not feel at all
certain whether we will harvest crop,
as so many blossoms and tiny pods
drop prematurcly Some of us have
tried to overcome this by leaving only
one plant to n pole and trimming that
one but with only partial success. 1t
would be interesting to know whether
paintings on a hillside, where there
was good air drainage, have in this
respect Jared any better than ours on
the fiat river lands. | have been I'M
able to try 1t myself, as our farm is
not high enough above the riyer.-H. G.
TAYLOR.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
Turn About.

An Irish doctor was asked to attend
a patient on Tory island, Off the Irish
mainland The doctor said that he was
willing to go, but that the fee would
be f2 $50, payable in advance. The
Tory islander paid the money and fer
land himself The physician finished
his duties and wished to start back.
The only way to get back was to be
rowed back by the same man who had
carried him over. The doctor asked
what the charge was. 1.-TWO pounds, p"
said the Tory island man, payable IN
advance" 1t was paid.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

In France in former times a horse
that possessed four white stockings
had the privilege of being free from
toll. There is a passage In one Of the
works Of Frederick Mlstral, the famous
poet of Provence, to the following eff
feet: by the rule of the road there
was an old custom which was respect
ed by all, that the carter whose leader
had four white stockings, whether 60
ing uphill or downhill, had the riqht
not to leave the road-that Is, the mar
row paved part when the rest was In
q bad state--and thus arose the prov
erb, Who has four white feet can pass
everywhere
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

stages-larya, pupa and beetle-but is
more particularly intended to destroy
pupae.
The majority of the new crop Of in
sects are in the ground during July
and August. Short exposures to di-
rect sunlight are fatal to both larvae
and pupae. Ants and other predaceous
insects, as we'll as birds, prey upon
both larvae and pupae.
In the light of these facts, superficial
tillage for a period of thirty or more
days from July 10 is commended as an
efficient means of attacking plum
curculio
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
How to Eat German Carp.

The Clifton Hill (1o) hustler gives
the following directions for eating
German carp: When fishing, If you
catch a German carp clean it and hang
It out In the sun six weeks to dry, then
nail it to a pine board and cover it
thoroughly with salt or mud. Let It
stand for two months longer, and then
bake 1t two days. Remove the nails
throw the carp over the back fence
and eat the board, but never eat the
carp
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Directly or indirectly we are all In
terested In the pursuit of the desirable
male, for whom every function is real
ly arranged whatever be the ostensiblt
reason. When one sees on all sides
how eligible men are run after, fawnet
upon, flattered cajoled and hum
plugged, can the truth of 1t be denied2-
Ladies' Field
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
Peculiar Disappearance.

j. D. Runyan, of Butlervile, o., laid
the peculiar Disappearance of his pain
full symptoms, of indigestion and bill
BUSINESS, to DIR Kings New Life Pills,
He says: "They are perfect remedy,
for dizziness, sour stomach, headache,
constipation, etc." Guaranteed at Geo.
E. SIMPSONS drug store, price Csc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Mrs. Wickwire-Tf woman were
given the credit she deserves, l don't
think man would be quite so prominent
in the worlds history. Mr.. Wickwire
i expect you are rieht. If she could
get all the credit she wanted, he'd be
in the poorhouse.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
The Artists Industry.

Bacon-You say your artist friend is
industriousi Egbert-Yery. Why, I've
known him to work over four years on
one picture. Bacon-Is that possible?
Egbert-It is. lie was a month paint
ing 1t and four years trying to sell It'll
Yonkers Statesman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Few homes can have such reunion
as that which Mr.. and Mrs, Written of
Palmyra enjoyed, last week. Their
and grandchildren to the num-
Der of 10 we're all with them, death
never having broken the circle. Mr..
and Mrs. Written are both over so.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03
More ApproDrtntN.

Rita-Did you say This Is so sud
den" when JACK proposed?
mo. l intended to, you know, but
was so fustered that | forgot and
cried, AT last" instead"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

Pepsoids cure the worst forms of Dys-
pepsia and all other Acute or Chronic
Stomach Disorders byrepairing the worm
out lining of the stomach and destroys
all disease germs. Dyspepsia once cured
in this way never returns. Pepsoids is
not patent medicine, but the successful
prescription of DR.. Oldham who has
cured thousands of cases of Chronic
Stomach Troubles, among them Cancer
of the Stomach. 1t cost more money to
produce Pepsoids than any similar prepa-
ration on the market, owing to the large
Sold I'm
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-03

quantity of the purest Pepsin and other ex-
pensive drugs each tablet contains, (see
formula on bottle.) Pepsoids are sold at so
cents bottle on an absolute guarantee to
cure, or money refunded. We will send
you, if you have not used Pepsoids before,
a 5o-cent bottle FREE; merely send us
your name and address, and you will re-
ceive promptly full sized bottle. You do
not obligate yourself to pay cent All we
ask after Pepsoids have cured or greatly
benefited you is, that you recommend
Pepsoids to your friends. Every man
Skowhegan by C. n. FoCC,