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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
A Sam Jones Story.

The best of all stories ever told by
Sam Jones was that which brought him
to a clear understanding with his wife
the morning after they were married.
He told it in a sermon hand, and
had every eye in the congregation
moist. There had been a great deal of
strife in some households, spats be-
tween husbands and wives, separations.
divorces and other troubles. Sam
said: I'm goin' to try to stop it.
It's all nonsense. Maybe l can't get
at you old fellows who have been nagg-
ing at your INVESTOR many years, and
been nagged back till you have lost
your manhood; but I'm goin' to say
something for the young married folks
and those who contemplate matrimony.
''You all recollect when me and Mrs.
Jones got married. Most of you
veterans were there that night and ate
of the weddin' supper We sall had a
good time. We stayed up late. The
young folks danced and we looked on.
BY and by the midnight hour sent you
all home, and Mrs. Jones and went
to bed. When | woke up next morning
there she was, sleeping like an angel,
along side of me. She was beautiful to
look upon as you all know. She's beau
tiful yet, God bless her Beautiful in
her love for me and our children, beau
tlful in her domesticity, beautiful in
character. To have such a wife is a
pinnacle of hope, the summit of hap
piness. To think of her is to praise
God!
l awoke her with kiss and said
Mary, what is all that white stuff on
the rocking chair? ] never saw it be-
fore :"
Why, Sam. it's my clothes, she
replied, with a lovely blush. Then |
pointed to another chair and said
And, tMary, what are thosejthings?
They have familiar look She an
swered:
. Why. Sam, dear, those are your
breeches. Why, do you ask such silly
questions.
q Because, Mary, | want to have a
plain, clear, frank understanding with
you. We have agreed to travel the
long road of life side by side. There
will be things for you to do and things
for me to do. Let us make up our
minds there shall be no conflicts on the
journey. There are your laces and
rickracks; there are my breeches.
Mary, / want to ask you which you
intend to wear during.our life, the laces
and the rickracks, or the breeches.
She didn't hesitate a moment, but said
Sam, you wear the breeches; I'll
stick to the laces and rickracks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Hearst's Last Race.

William r. Hearst, recently Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of New
York, was at San Antonio, Tex, Satur-
day, on his way with members of his
family, to Monterey, where he has
mining interests. In discussing what
his future couse Will be in reference to
politics in New York, he said:
Il will never again be a candidate
/ shall continue to reside in New York
and advocate and support the princi-
pies of reform which have already
stood for. but these principles are now
sufficiently understood by the general
public for it to be no longer necessary
for met to be candidate.
"You probably know it is by no means
pleasant to be candidate. | am glad
in the future it is my privilege to stand
for the principles of government
have alwayssadvocated. without being a
candidate for office, and on that account
attacked with such bitterness.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Expected a Letter.

"I'ze 'spectln' letter, sah," he said
as he entered the postoffice and braCed
up to the general delivery window.
Where from?" queried the clerk.
Cant 'zactly say, sab, but reckon
he'll write"
us it q. very important ;.letter?'
1T is so very important, sab, dat
blood will probably flow like water in
consequence of it. 1t will be letter
from de Hon. Samuel Green, sab, and
it will be directed to de Hon. Tony
Brown, sab, and in dat letter he Hon.
Sam will call me a liar and william.
He will, eh? And on your part,
you will"
L shall remark de cognizance of de
same. sab, and shall perceptively slip
razor into my pocket and luxuriantly
stroll around town until | met de gem
man referred to.
And them"
Den, sab, shall gin him de oppor-
tunity to render an abjeck apology, and
if he refuses to do it de grim hand Of
de .feIl destroyer will reach out and
moshun dis way and moshun dat way,
and de Hon. Sam Green Will be gather
ed to his ladders, and dis world Of
turmoil will know him no mo foreber. =
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Notice to Members of Burnley To-
baccO Society.

By the authority vested in me as
Chairman of the initial meeting Of the
Burley Tobacco Society, by the Consti-
tuition of said Society (Art. Sec. u and
in accordance with its provision, here
by call the first meeting of the mem
bers of the Society for the purpose of
electing precinct representative of the
County Board. All members who have
pledged their tobacco to the Societ are
instructed to meet at the usual place
of voting in their respective precincts
at o'clock, Friday, November Both,
and to select their representative on the
County Board. Further, the represen-
tatives so selected are instructed to
meet in their respective county seats
at o'clock, Saturday, December 1st,
and select their representatives on the
District Board. And furthermore, the
members of the District Board thus
elected are instructed to meet at 2
O'Clock in the Office of the Society at
Winchester, Kentucky, to organize as
the District Board, and to select the
General Manager and to take charge
of the affairs of the Society.
The precintc meetings shall be or
gained by the selection Of a temporary
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
The Rest Beloved.

William Stitt. beadle at Durrisdeer,
in Nithsdale. Scotland, was a man of
about six feet two inches in height,
with broad, heavy. shoulders. There
had been succession of ministers dur
ing his official career, says a writer in
Blackwoods Magazine, among them
the Rev. ID. Morrison, who was sub
sequently translated to the Iron
church, Edinburgh, a minister of de-
cidedly larger build that his predecess-
ors. One of the farmers in the parish
said to the beadIe one day:
viii, you have served under a good
many ministers. Which of them all
did you like best?
'Morrison's clo'es fitted me bestl"
Will replied CURLY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23

chairman and secretary, and the meet
ing shall proceed at once to the cleo
ton Of a representative on the County
Board, whose election to the County
Board shall be certified by the tempo
rary secretary.
The County Board shall be organized
by the selection of temporary chair
man and secretary, and shall proceed
at once to the election of a permanent
county chairman and permanent secre-
tary. The secretary shall certify the
election Of the chairman, which certif-
cate shall constitute his credentials as
member of the District Board.
q Done this Goth day of November,
1906, at Winchester, KY.
(Signed) G. NJ. HANNA, Chairman.
H. E. SWAIN, Secretary.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Want Justice Harlan to Kuu.

A telegram from Frankfort, Ky, to
the CourierJournal says:
Dispatches from Greensboro to the
effect that the Hon. E. T. Franks, the
Second district Republican leader,
would see the nomination of his party
for the governorship next year has set
Republican politicians here to gossiping,
and developed that Mr.. Franks will
find opposition for the honor of heading
the Republican ticket for State Offices
next year.
A well-known Republican here, who
spends much of his time out in the
State and who is close to the leaders
of the party, says that within the last
few days, since the Democratic nomi
nations have been made, movement
has been set no foot to induce Justice
John M. Harlan, of the United States
Supreme Court, to return to his old
home and round out his public career
by leading fight of his party. 1t is
said that the matter has been discuss
ed with John w. YerkeS at Washing
ton, and that it will be taken up with
President Roosevelt during the next
few weeks, with the idea of prevent
ing a machine made" nomination in
Kentucky. Judge Harlan, this Repub-
llcan says, has been talked with upon
the subject, and that, while he did not
give assent to the proposition at once,
he seemed pleased with the idea. Judge
Harlan's name was mentioned some
time ago, and attracted much favorable
comeent from Republican leaders in
different sections of the State.
Others who are mentioned by Repub-
licans here are Judge Edward c..
O'Rear, of Montgomery county, men,
Der of the Court of Appeals; former
Judge A. R. Burnam, of Madison
county, and State Senator William H.
Cox, of Maysville. 1t is said here that
fully 60 per cent. of the Republican
voters out in the State favor the can
didacy Of Judge O'Rear, but that he is
not inclined to make the race, He
likes the judicial work in which he is
engaged, and aspires to go to higher
place upon the bench.
Judge Burnam would, it is thought,
look favorably into the matter if a
boom should be started for him, and
would have considered following to
start with. He is said to be favored
by several influential Federal office
holders.
Senator Cox may be expected to an
nounce early in the new year for a
place on the State ticket. He would
like to be the nominee for Governor,
but would accept the post of Lieutenant
Governor, for which he thinks his years
of service in the Stae Senate would es-
pecially fit him. Another man who
has ambitions in this direction is State
Senator A, S. Bennett, of Ohio county.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Free Reclining Char Cars.

The Southern Railway has inaugur-
ated free reclining chair car service
between Louisville and Evansville on
their fast through trains leaving Lou
isville at 80 a. m. and p. m. daily,
and running solid to Evansville, with
out change. This line also operates
rec reclining chair cars on night
Lexington and Danville to ST. Louis,
also Pullman Sleeper through from
Danville to ST. Louis. The Southern
Railway is % miles the shortest from
Louisville to Nashville and forty three
miles the shortest to St. Louis. If
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
The Official Count.

The Democratic State Executive
Committee met at Frankfort Tuesday
and canvassed the returns from the
primary for State officers and United
States Senator held November 6. The
official count makes slight changes in
the majority of several of the candi-
dates, but no change is made in the re-
suits as already announced.
Governor Beckham's majority over
McCreary for Senator has grown to
1,117, while Hager's majority over
Hays for Governor, which was believed
to be over 1000, has been reduced to
80, 1872. Hendrick's majority over Car
ter for Attorney General is 80, 551.
Winfrey's majority over Gullion for
Superintendent of Public Instruction is
5,57 while Newman beat Crenshaw
for Agricultural Commissioner, 5, 320.
The largest vote was cast in the
Senatorial race, the high water mark
of l54, 081 being reached. The vote in
the gubernatorial contest, the next
highest, was over 10000 less. The re-
turns show that Governor Beckham
carried seven out of the eleven con-
gressional districts of the State, carry
ing the First, Third, Fourth Seventh,
Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh. In the
gubernatorial contest Hager lost only
the Fifth and Sixth Districts.
The report of the finance committee,
as presented by Secretary Mott Ayres,
showed that the primary had been con-
Quoted for the sum of So, 23., leaving
a balance of So. 60 to be refunded to
the candidates pro rata, according to
their assessments. Of this $500 will be
retained to pay off any bills which may
still be out.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Where Did He Come From?

Archbishop Ryan was once accosted
on the streets of Baltimore by man
who knew the Archbishop's face, but
could not quite place it.
"Now, where in hell have l seen
your he asked rerplexedly.
From where in hell do you come,
sir?'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
cure For Nervousness.

A Swsis doctor has discovered has
discovered that tea made with melted
snow is cure for nervous diseases.
The doctor declares that he has cured
people with this elixir when all other
remedies have failed. He melts the
snow over slow fire, and then boils
the water.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23

A pocket book, lost between Baldwin
Bros. meat market, on Main street,
and the Link Grocery Co., on Eighth
street. It contained about 81 in money,
several receipts and two pair rosary
beads. Finder please return to this
Office and get liberal reward. 1t
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Kentucky Crop Report.

We take the following Kentucky crop
report as issued from Commissioner
Vreeland's Office, at Frankfort, Novem-
Der Is, 1906:
The wet weather prevailing in Sep
TENDER continued until the first week in
October, and wheat seeding and corn
gathering were prevented Since then
the weather has been favorable and
this work has proceeded without inter-
ruption. The average of wheat sown
will be short, being 80 per cent. COM
pared to 1905. That which was sown
early is coming up nicely and with
favorable conditions a good stand IS in
Dictated.
The corn yield will be large, being
rated at 102 per cent compared to 1905,
which was also large yield Corn is
damaged from the wet weather and
lack of sunshine, maturing badly, and
at least 20 per cent. of the cropswill be
understandable.
Winter Oats: The acreage will be
short on this crop, being 80 per cent.
compared with 1905.
Acreage on rye annd barley about up
to an average.
In the Burley District, as also the
Dark District, no improvement is shown
IN condition of the tobacco crop. A
severe freeze occurred on October 10th
and found much tobacco uncut in the
field, which was total loss. The dam
age on hurley from various causes is
estimated at "a per cent, and the esti-
mated yield is Sc per cent.
In the Dark District, reports indicate
that the crop is 20 per cent. and the
percentage of yield is SO per cent. A
large percentage of the tobacco crop
will be of poor quality.
Meadows and pastures are good and
live stock in fine condition.
Very little disease exists among
stock. Mules are high and in good de-
mand.
Labor very scarce in all sections.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Omen Mouthed.

Conceited Actor You should have
seen the audience sitting open mouthed
when / was playing Hamlet last night.
Critic-It must be dreadful to see an.
entire audience all yawning at once.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23

What a strange scene if the surge Of
conversation could suddenly ebb like a
tide and show US the real state of peo-
pies minds.-Scott.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23
Engraving.

If you want the very latest style in
engraved cards, leave your order at this
Office.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23

at 3 O'Clock the farm by at
DEATH This farm is situated Pleasant
miles southwest of Carlisle
turnpike roads leading to both Cities contains
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-11-23

Just ceveda lot of Samples
dren's Cloaks Fine Millinery,
sell at about onehalf the regular price.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01

that never happened before, and per
haps never will again. But this is no
great matter since it is very easily
grown from seed, self-sOwn, in fact,
Mrs. GeOrgiana Townsend says it
doesn't look like a poppy, but it smells
like one. She says too, that she never
saw more shiny flower, but l have.
The wild buttercup has a brighter
sheen, and whole fields may be as
yellow here in New York as her happy
covered foothills. The EschscholtZia
flowers here, month after month, es-
pecially if the seed pods are kept
picked off. Any scotsman will sell
the seed for five cents per packet. The
old orange sort is better than the new
''hybrids'' i'm my opinion.
E. S. Gilbert.
New York.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
Kosteletzkya Virginica.

That is long name and not easy to
speak, but, so far as we know, it has
no common name Any one, who was
not an expert bOtanist, would be sure
to pronounce it a Hibiscus 1t belongs
to the same botanical family, the Nal
vaceae The only difference is that
while the Hibiscus has many seeds in
each cell of the capsule, in KOstelet-
zkya there is only one seed in each
cell.
We have a plant, grown from seed,
very SNOWY and beautiful in the morn
ing 1t has five or six stems from six
to eight feet high, with numerous
branches.
The clump is covered in the morning
with hundreds of pale pink flowers.
each looking like Il small Hibiscus
blossom. They close up by the middle
of the afternoon or sooner if it is
very hot But the next morning it is
50 closely covered again that it does
rot seem possible that it is an entirely
new lot of flowers.
This plant is Il native of swamps.
but as is often the case. thrives quite
well on dry land. but likes rich soil.
1t grows readily from seed and should
be found in all Florida gardens.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
Memories of Chi1dh OOd.

Softly signs the evening zephyr,
Floating through the leafy trees,
And the scent of purple NiOlets,
SweetIy breathes from dewy leas.
And the murmuring of the brOOklet,
As it ripples through the dale,
Tells of birds, and fragrant flowers
Blooming in the messy vale.
Oft i'm childhood have i rambled
Through the meadows cool and
green,
Culling flowers fair and fragrant,
Ry the pure and silver stream.
Loving playmates frOlicked with me,
Through the long, bright summer
day;
And our happy voices mingled
In il merry roundelay.
o, sweet Memory, how | love thee,
With a love akin to pain,
For you bear me back to childhood,
And the old loved scenes again.
TO the Old familiar faces,
Father. Mother. Home and friends;
And those dreams I'll fOndly cherish,
Till this weary journey ends.
Till | pass the glowing portal
To Il World that's free from pain,
And mid scenes of Heavenly beauty,
Find my long lost youth again.
Parks Floral Magazine
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
The Rudbeckia Golden Glow.

This hardy herbaceous plant is just
as desirable in this state as at the
North. The flowers look more like
round yellow Dahlias than any thing
else. The plant needs rich soil and
plenty of moisture A correspondent
of the Epitomist tells about it as fol-
lows:
The above plant, the Rudbeckia Gold
en-GlOw, is all that its name implies;
its flowers make perfect sunburst
on the lawn or in the garden wherever
they may be located. Some years ago
pair twenty-five cents for one of
these plants, set it out in the vegetable
garden and it grew like veritable
weed. That same year it sent up
great aspiring stalks of buds and
blooms, U suppose hundreds of buds)
and many brilliant blossoms, looking
somewhat like Il Crysanthemum, the
flower petals having more substance,
hence the flower a little cOarser maybe.
This plant grew and grew from year
to year and was divided many times.
l thought nothing could kill it, but
learned that it could be so i'll used as
not to try again. The only thing that
ever affected it was that it was cut
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
The Information Box.

In the last MayfiOwer. Mrs. La
Nance. in the InfoI7ma ton Box, ans
wers number of questions which
seem likely to he of interest to our
readers. We want to ask o,Ir readers
some questions about the plants which
she mentions. How many of Won
have any success with Manettia or
SwainsOnia?
We have never been able to make
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01

either grow thrifti1y. In our climate
the red spider seems to live and multi
ply in spite of drenching with water.
SwainSOnia we could never get to
live long enough to bloom.
Has any one tried the Japanese
Naples in the open ground? If so
with what success?
Poor Manettia! The Manettia
vine is a lovely vine when in good con-
dition, but one must ask Mr.. Red
Spider whether it shall be in good con-
dition or not Give good sized speci-
men in a warm, close room, this miser-
able little pest will seize upon it with
avidity, starting colonies under every
leaf and sucking out the juices until
all that is left is a poor, blanched- out,
half-dead plant. The remedy is 40
either grow Manettias in moderately
such a way that they can be taken
down at will and the whole length of
the vine immersed in luke-warm wa
ter. Red spider and water are always
mortal enemies.
Swainsonia.-The Swainsonia is an
easy plant to succeed with if certain
points in its culture are needed. 1t
is most impatient of poor drainage,
and it dislikes hot sunshine. There are
few window plants as persistent
boomers as this, when in heaithful
condition. 1t will literally boom sum-
mer and winter, spring and fall. Cut
away the old branches, one by one, as
they become worn out and the fresh
young shoots always springing up
from the crown will perpetuany renew
it's youth.
Japanese Maples-The majority of
Japanese Naples grow only eight or
ten feet high with ordinary cultivation
They start readily from seed but grow
so slowly that it does not pay to try
this method. Japanese Naples are
reliably hardy as far north as New
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01

York City, and it is claimed by some
that they are hardy where the winters
cold goes to thirty degrees below zero.
Geraniums and Shade. Gera-
NUNS grow better in shady place"
SO far as foliage is concerned, L
rather think they do, but no one grows
them for leaves. 1t is the gay trusses
of bloom that have made Geraniums
the flower for the millions, and the
Geraniums must have sunshine to
bloom. Scented Geraniums and silver
leaved Geranfums, that are grown for
their foliage, enjoy partial shade, and
are much ranker, and have larger,
handsomer leaves than when grown in
full sun.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
News Notes.
New York.

news NOCeS.
Under this title a correspondent of
the Florists Exchange, writing from
Los Angeles, California, mentions
some plants which are grown in this
state The Jacaranda is usually cata
lOgued as j mimosaefOlia. A subscrib
er wrote to this department, some
years ago. about its blooming for her.
We have had Il plant of it for several
years, but it was killed down by frost
each winter until the last 1t passed
through that unhurt, and we have
some hopes that it may bloom for us
this season.
The TecUma STAINS is quite common
in South Florida, being usually known
as yellow Elder
PlumbagO capensis is not nearly so
abundant in cultivation in this state,
as it deserves.
Jacaranda Ovalifolia has been in
bloom for a month, and gorgeous
sight it is to see large trees covered
with spikes of bloom II to "A inches
long. The flowers are Il dark purple
about the size and very much the
shape of those of the large Towering
pentStemons. The tree sheds its
beautiful, fern like foliage before the
flowers appear. 1t is one of our most
desirable shade trees, and is largely
used as street tree standing well
the dust and cramped quarters the
curbing affords.
Tecoma STAINS is just now coming
into flower The blooms are not so
large as those of its near relative
BignOnia Tweediana-but are of the
same beautiful golden color, and it
has the merit of great prOfuSiOn of
bloom for three or four months. 1t
is shrubby in habit of growth, and
dure the winter climate.
The drOuth resisting character of
PlumbagO capensis has only been dis
covered by the writer. never before
having seen it growing away from
other plants that required water At
present he has care of 30 foot
hedge that has not had Il drop of wa
ter for two months. vet it is in vigor-
Gus condition. covered with its beau
tiful blue flowers. 1t seems to he As
drouill-resistant as the Lantana
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-08-01
California Poppy.
(ESC+hSchOltZia.)

Editor Floral fiepdTfmcHt:
This fine plant. of the Poppy family,
does well here in New York. 1t is Il
perennial. and one year when deep
SHOWS came early and lay on till
spring. few plants lived through
and blOOmed the second year. a thing