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The bee., 1906-05-17
LYCEUM COURSE.
Prospect for Series Of First Glass Enter.
tainments and Lectures During the
Coming Season.

An effort is being made to
provide n course of first class en-
tertainments and lectures in
darlington during the season of
1906 or.
For several months negotla-
tions have been pending with
the Redpath Bureau of Chicago,
and splendid course of four at
fractions has been agreed upon
provided sufficient number of
season tickets can be sold to
cover the expense.
The numbers consist of the
Wathena Concert Co., Mr..
Aurthur McMurray, a mono
logist, and Mr.. Edward Amherst,
o. w. All of these are special
lists in their line and will fur
nish splendid entertainment and
instruction as well.
Howard j. Brazelton is MAX
ing the canvass for season
tickets which are placed at the
low rate of one dollar and fifty
cents, making each number cost
the holder of a season ticket the
small sum of thirty. seven and a
half cents. 1t will be necessary
to secure signatures for one hun
dred and sixty tickets before the
course can be contracted for.
Such an undertaking should
appeal to every lover of good
music, helpful entertainment'and
instruction, and the opportunity
which it affords should not be
allowed to pass. Let every one
assist in bringing to our town
such course and in making it a
permanent feature of our social
life.
The bee., 1906-05-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
In 1908 to be Held in Louisville. Ky.

The twelfth International
Sunday School convention will be
held in Louisville for five days in
the latter part of June, 1908.
These dates were tentatively de-
cided upon this week at a confer
ence between the Louisville COM
mittee and officers of the Inter
national association, which was
held in the Second Presbyterian
church. w. N. Hartshorn of
Boston. chairman of the Interna-
tional Executive committee, and
Marion Lawrence of Toledo, gen.
eral secretary of the Interna-
ton, addressed the meeting and
offered many suggestions for
providing for holding the big
convention.
The exact date of the conven-
tion will probably be from
Thursday, June Is, to Tuesday,
June %, although this date is
subject to change. One of the
most important suggestions made
was to designate one of the five
days as Laymans' day and have
present John Wanawaker and
III. j. Heintz, prominent laymen
Sunday School workers. A pas
tors day will also be designated,
when 1000 Southern pastors are
expected to be present.
The appointment of the follow
ing committees was suggested:
Entertainment, reception, fin
ance, transportation, halls and
decoration, music, ushers, pages,
press, printing, publicity, infor-
nation, pulpit and Sunday school
supply, exhibit and general COM
fort.
John Sites, chairman of the
local committee, presided over
the meeting.
The bee., 1906-05-17
JUDGE GORDON.
Keeps Up His Reputation for
Rapid Work.
THE DOCKET IS WELL UP TO DATE.

Judge Elem Gordon is keeping
up his reputation as a rapid
worker and at the present rate
will dispose of the majority of
cases on docket for this term of
court. Following are the most
important cases disposed of so
far:
Henry Cowen charged with
cutting James Jewell with in
tent to kill was fined $50. Jas.
Haynes was fined $50 for selling
liquor to a minor.
Cord Handy, accused of carry
ing concealed and d e a d Y
weapons, was fined $25 and
sentenced to ten days in jail.
Earnest Bryant, colored, was
given eight years in the peniten-
tiary for breaking into the house
of X. t. Whittinghill.
Sam Chammass was fined 5000
for conducting a gambling house.
The case against DIR. Bartlett
of Carbonate, charged with
shooting with intent TO kill. was
holly contested. 1t was given
to- the jury at 2 O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon. The jury was
discharged Friday without an
agreement and the case will
come up again at next term.
The case against Major
Gather. colored, for killing
Scott Holeman, also colored, at
this place Christmas day, came
up Friday. Gather acknow-
ledge ed his guilt and asked the
mercy of thecourt. The jury in
this case was out only a few
minutes and brought in a ver-
dict for imprisonment for life.
Joe Simns and Ed. Wenn
were each fined $50 for disturb
ing public worship.
The 1. O. r. r., was fined $50
for maintained a common nui-
sance.
A fine of 800 was assessed
against the Hugh Mclean Lum-
Der Co., for not filing state
ment with the secretary of state,
and a fine of S25 for maintaining
a common nuisance by leaving
the tops of trees in public pass
way.
The l.. & N. railroad was fined
$50 in one case and $40 in anoth-
er case for maintaining a COM
mon nuisance.
The bee., 1906-05-17
Livery Firm Changes Hands.

The livery firm of Barnett &
Mitchell has changed hands.
Clarence Mitchell decided to go
out of the business and sold his
half interest to Arthur Barnett,
a son of John L. Barnett The
style of the firm is now Barnett
& Son. In retiring Mr.. Mitchell
desires to thank the people for
their patronage, and Barnett q
Son ask continuation of the
same.
The bee., 1906-05-17
KENTUCKY CROP REPORT.
Condition Of Growing Crops and Pros
poets Reported by Commissioner
Of Agriculture.

Frankfort, KY, May 12-The
month of April was fair, warm
and dry, giving the farmers a
good opportunity to recover some
of the lost time caused by the bad
wet weather In March. Toward
the end of the month there was
considerable complaint of the
ground breaking cloddy and was
hard to get in order for corn
planting. The usual acreage of
corn Will be planted, though a
little later than usual. The
wheat crop is fairly good
throughout the state, only few
counties reporting any damage
to the crop. The acreage of oats
is below an average on account
of the lateness of the season be.
fore they could be sown. Quite
number of counties report a
low per cent on the condition of
plant beds, caused largely by late
sowing. The yield of Burley to-
bacco seems to have increased
slightly over the crop of 1904,
while the dark has fallen off
about 10 per cent in yield. The
seeding of alfalfa increased
largely in the first and third di-
visions of the state, but fell off
in the second and fifth, the fourth
not making any report on it.
There is quite falling off in
both cattle and hogs being fed for
market. Grazing cattle and
stock hogs are also below the
number at this time last year.
Lambs are in fair condition, but
the number for the summer mar
ket is less than last year. The
potato crop is about the usual
crop in acres. The prospect is
good for fair crop of fruits and
berries.
True manliness is jewel be-
The bee., 1906-05-17

The Ladies' Book club, com
posed mostly of Madisonvllle la
dies, met yesterday with Mrs.
Paul M. Moore, in this city.
Mrs. Lee Gibson led with a
most interesting paper on ''Rome
of Today" followed by reading
by Mrs. Blount Jones, president
of the club.
After a most pleasant literary
afternoon, an hour was spent SO.
cially, and the guests were served
dainty refreshments.
The bee., 1906-05-17
Twenty.elght Thousand Pensioners il
Kentucky.

Kentucky has %, 900 pensioners
who are now being cared for by
the Louisville Pension bureau.
Most of these are from the civil
war, but there are veterans of
the Mexican and Indian wars,
and a growing representation
from the Spanish. American war.
Many widows of veterans who
took part in the war of 1912 are
receiving checks quarterly from
the local Office and, in spite of
the diminution to be expected
from deaths, the decrease in the
number sent out is small.
The Louisville Office distributes
81, 000,0 900 each quarter to the
pensioners, an average for each
person of about $12 a month.
That it is eagerly received is
shown by the fact that the
vouchers are always sent in early
and in plenty of time for an early
distribution. The sending out of
the checks takes two weeks. A
large part of the money goes to
colored pensioners.
The bee., 1906-05-17
STAG Party,

j. HI. Warner entertained a
few of his gentleman friends last
Thursday evening at a stag
party, at his home on Sebree
avenue. The boys had royal,
good time and will long remem-
Der the genial hospitality of Mr..
and Mrs. Warner.
The bee., 1906-05-17

True manliness is jewel be-
yond price.
The bee., 1906-05-17
GOVERNOR
Issues Call for Wandering Ken.
tuckians to Come Home.
WILL BE GREAT GATHERING.


fort: Home Coming Proclama
ton.
ITO all absent sons and daugh-
tiers of Kentucky unto whom
these presents shall come, greet
ing:
"As the fondparent yearns for
the absent child, so does your
mother Commonwealth rejoice in
the prospect of bringing you
back, even for a visit, to the old
Kentucky home. Wherever you
have wandered, into whatever
climes you may have gone to
take up your abode, you are now
by parental authority summoned
back to the proud old State that
gave birth to you or your fore
fathers. The, old dinner horn,
that in days of yore told you of
the approaching meal, has been
taken down from the wall, and
there Issue from its sonorous and
hospitable mouth a trumpet call
reaching the remotest corners of
the earth, and breathing into the
ear of every homesick Kentuck-
ian the musical and irresistible
appeal that he drop all else and
forthwith bring his pilgrimage
back to his native heath. A Joy
Gus welcome awaits you; feasts
and festivals have been prepared
to gladden. your hearts; burgoo
and barbecues will awaken old
and delightful memories in you;
music and song in sweetest
strains, will cheer and comfort
You; oratory and speech, in
eloquent terms, will recount to
you the love which your old
state bears for you, and the in
terest and pride she has taken IN
your success in other lands. AS
the genial sun of spring warns
into life the beauties of nature,
so will the kindly glances and
friendly grasps of your old
friends in Kentucky inspire in
you, if possible, a greater and
tenderer love for the old State
you once left. Peace and plenty
shall be yours, and hardened IN
deed must be the heart that re-
sist such an invitation and par
entail appeal. Gods country in
June will put on her loveliest
garb for you; nature will wear,
as she can only wear in Ken
lucky, her brightest wreath of
flowers and smiles; the feathered
songsters will gaily join in the
musical celebration; green pas
lures, shady woodlands, rolling
hillsides and picturesque streams
will in glorious and gorgeous
style bespeak the welcome which
thrills every heart.
eve have this great event for
your coming in Louisville from
June 13 to II; thence you may
radiate into all parts of the
State, where equally hospitable
welcomes will be given you.
SHOW, therefore, AS Governor
of the Commonwealth of Ken.
lucky, l, j. O. w. Beckham, do
by these presents, and by the
authority of the parent, which
Kentucky claims over all her.
children, even unto the third and
fourth generations, command
each and every former Ken
tuckIan, whether separated from
us by imaginary State lines or
broad seas, to come back home;
if he be at the plow, the forge,
the counting room, the business
Office, or in whatever employ.
ment, let him for the Time cease
his work and return home. Men,
women and children, who possess
the priceless heritage of having
drop of Kentucky in their
veins, must obey these COM
mands, and fail not to be with
US during this gala period. 1t is
tIt 4 ". M
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end was tossed overheard and then
and there was a grand sight. The
big fish dived down and the keg
churned the water as the swordfish,
stung by the barb, sought to get away.
Time and again the keg went under
after the rod was unwound. Then
the fish started to swim away and
for more than a mile 1t towed the
keg with the T. A. B. keeping near
Finally when the keg showed that the
swordfish had become tired Pete set
out in the rowboat to pick up the
keg and haul in the captive. He
tossed the keg into the small boat
and began gradually to haul in the
line. After the slack had been taken
in and the fish felt the pull on the
line 1t started again. Pete paid out
the rope a few fathoms and then,
with feet brajced, stood, up in the
boat and was towed along for nearly
a mile. the boat being stern foremost.
He carefully pulled in and was
again towed. At length the fish was
hauled alongside the rowboat. II
darted away and was played for
awhile. This was repeated several
times, and after a while Pete pulled
the fish alongside and slipped a moose
Of the rope over its tail. thus ending
the struggle. The fish was towed to
the sailboat and slashed securely to
one side. The struggle with the big
fish lasted more than an hour. It
was struck at 2:15. The T. A. z.
cruised around an hour or so more,
but could find no more swordfsh.-
Providence Journal.
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CHAPTER XVI.
My wrath is wreaked-the deed Is
done!
crn hut o.

MY wrath is wreaked-the deed Is
done!
And now l go. but go alone"
1t was ten o'clock on a cold October
night. Colonel Burr was waiting at
his own house for the appearance
of Bill Jenkins, who had promised TO
meet him at that hour. Throughout
the day his mind had been entirely
occupied by the dangerous situation
of Durand. The observations he had
made were conclusive to him of the
innocence of the accused, but he we'll
knew they would weigh nothing with
court and jury unless supported by
other evidence that he did not see
the means of procuring. A good
deal would depend upon Jenkins, and
he feared that individual stood in too
much peril of the law himself to be
of any great assistance. He rose 10
his feet and walked to the door when
a knock announced the arrival OF his
expected visitor, having purposely
dismissed the servants in order that
their conference should be undis-
turbed in any manner whatever. When
he ushered his guest into the room, he
could not help expressing the surprise
he felt al the completeness of the
transformation he witnessed. Jen-
kins was dressed with punctilious
neatness; the awkward lounging gait
usual to him had disappeared; and,
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LEATHER BREEcHEs-A hundred
and fifty years ago the farm hands
and house servants Of England were
clothed in leather. A good pair OF
leather breeches was said to pass from
father to son as an heirloom. Then
a bow went to school as we'll protected
as an armored cruiser. The author
of "Didisburye In the '45" offers some
observations upon these articles OF
common wear: The test Of a good
pair was to try II they would stand
upright of themselves when nobody
was In them. II they would do so they
were good, strong stuff and likely to
last for many years. My father re-
membered a prentice lad coming to
his father, whose fond mother had
provided him with such a pair, and
they were the means Of vast Of fun"
in a game that is unknown In these
days-that is, for the boys to set the
breeches upright and then jump into
them without touching them with the
hands. 1t was probably a pair Of such
leather breeches that the Windsor boy
was wearing when George III. asked
him II he did not know that the man
before him was king.
"Yes." said the boy.
Then why don't you go on your
knees, and you might kiss the kings
hand" said the king.
Because I'd spoil my breeches."
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SEA WATFR.-Sea water Is a COM
plicated mixture Of a great variety
of substances. Roughly speaking, II
consists of 96B per cent of fresh water
plus 81 per cent of mineral Salts
Three-fourths of these salts are chlo-
ride of sodium, or common table
salt, and the next largest constituent
is chloride of magnesium. sulphate OF
lime, sulphate of potash, bromide OF
magnesium and carbonate or lime
In addition to these substances sea
water contains minute quantities oi
quite a variety of elements. including
iodine, phosphorus and arsenic. IL
also contains some silver, copper, zinc
nickle, iron and gold. There Is said
to be cents worth Of gold In every
pailful of sea water but as yet NOBODY
has found a way to extract 1t. Cop
per and zinc are found in some sea-
weeds, and certain species Of coral Is
three millionths silver.
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THE NAvY'S HooDoo.
III Luck Followed the Texas From
Its Construction.


Its Construction.
The battleship Texas, which has Deen
dismantled at the Charlestown, Mass,
harbor, preparatory to her exit from
the naval service, had the reputation or
being a "hoodoo" vessel as we'll as the
oldest ship in the United States navy.
Among the sailors the Texas had the
reputation of being the unluckiest ship
In the American navy.
She was the first battleship con-
structed for the navy and was modelled
after the English and built In the
Norfolk navy yard. From the day that
the first hammer struck in her con-
struction, 1t seems that she was DOOM
ed for a hoodoo. Her bad luck began
in the building. She was laid down
in the yard in 1889 and 1t was In 1895
before she was completed and COM
missioned. On her deck trial at Nor
folk her propeller blade cut into a
passing schooner and sank her.
In the Spanish war the Texas could
not get up enough speed to help very
much and officers Of the navy say she
did more damage to herself In the shots
she fired than to the enemy. The Ves-
sci was disliked by constructors OF the
navy because she was designed atter
an English ship, and by private con-
tractors for the reason that she was
built i'm a government yard. In 1896,
her first year afioat, she gradually sank
into the mud while lying in the harbor
at Brooklyn, N. Y, as the result OF
sea cock in the hold becoming unfas-
tened. After great difficulties and the
expenditure Of many dollars, she was
again placed in commission. Later the
Texas ran ashore in Norfolk harbor
and in February, 1897, she went ashore
at the Tortugas, and ten months Ia
ter went ashore in the Wallabout chan
mel.
In Boston harbor she had an accident
when a boiler blew up, badly injuring
six men, Just previous to the Spanish
war the Texas by mistake fired on the
Marblehead at night, but the shots
went high and did no damage. In that
battle she was poor steamer, max
ing only six knots, burning great guam
titles Of coal and being of little value
to the other vessels of the fleet. So
much criticism was heaped on the ILL
fated ship that sailors would almost
as soon be court martialed as to be
detailed to her.-New York CONNER
cial
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TO BE CONTINUED.
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Strange Tale of Gem Stuffed Idol In
PhiIadelpt1ia.

Philadelphia.
In the head of an antique and hide
Gus stone idol, the whereabouts OF
which is puzzling the Philadelphia po-
| lice, Is believed to have been smugyled
into this country gems valued at $780,
900.
The idol was discovered in a sta
BILE of a furniture firm in West Phila-
delphia, and placed in a store window
as decoration.
Shortly afterwarda=-the members of
the firm were warned in an anonym-
Gus letter not to give away or sell the
image, a reward being promised IL II
should be replaced in the stable. The
| firm did not wish to part with 1t, how
| ever, and notified the police and their
employees to prevent its being stolen.
Notwithstanding all precautions,
says the Star, the image mysteriously
disappeared. Policemen outside and
clerks within had been on the watch
all evening. Abour 8 o'clock, when
one of the clerks turned to look at the
idol in the window after having been
engaged in another direction only a
few minutes, the image was gone.
On Wednesday the promised ex-
planation came. 1t was a tale OF ad-
venture in strange lands and Of an in
genious method of smuggling stolen
| jewels into the country.
According to the story told by the
letter, the writer Is an Italian, who
after various vicissitudes in earning a
living in Europe was sent by his en-
ployer to South Africa to assist in the
selection of diamonds. After arriving
in Cape Colony he made the acquaint-
ance of Cecil Rhodes, and by the con-
sent of his employer went to work for
the magnate.
Leaving him in after years. he fell
in with Barney Barnato and went with
| him to the diamond fields Of Kimber-
| ley Here he fell in with another mar
whose name he does not give.
"Kaffo," as the writer called him.
self, and his friend secured lot of
diamonds.
| The climax came in a thunderstorm
in which his friend was killed by
lightning Kaffo was stunned, but
soon recovered and unearthed the
precious stones accumulated by his
friend, and prepared to leave the
country.
His great problem was to conceal
the stones, so as to smuggle them Out
of the country. His eyes fell on the
idol. The head of the image was hol-
low and it had been used as a water
cooler.
He dropped the diamonds in through
the eye holes and stopped the holes
by cementing paste diamonds In them
He came to Philadelphia, where fel'
low-countryman, whose acquaintance
he made at a boarding house, appear
ed to be fascinated by the image. One
day this new friend and the idol were
missing.
The friend he found in dying con-
dition in a hospital. He confessed tc
stealing the image and told where ne
had concealed 1t in a stable. This wa:
a month after 1t disappeared. The
next night Kaffo went to the stable
only to find that the idol was gone
On November Is he saw a picture OF
the idol in a Philadelphia paper
Then came the correspondence anc
the theft.
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What kind of laborer?"

| work on such jobs as I can get
generally loading and unloading YES
sells"
Let me see your hand"
1t was dirty enough, but smootl
and soft, with none Of the horn!
hardness always apparent in the hant
Of the working-man. Colonel Bur
quietly called the attention of the jur.
to the fact, and resumed his cross
| examination.
Did you ever see this club be
fore?" he asked, handed the loaded
club to Roberts.
II don't know. I have seen a goot
many clubs like it. and that may
have been among them"
Did you ever own one like it?"
mo / never did"
changed entirely. His voice was stern
and again that look Of unearthly pen.
etration was fixed upon his victim.
did you not carry Just such a club
as this on the night Franz Klink wa!
murdered?"
mo, SIR" stammered Roberts
trembling in every limb. II never
carried such a club in my life"
THAT will do, Mr.. Roberts. You
can stand aside"
The court, the jury, and the prose
oil
prised at this sudden dimissal of the
principal witness against the prisoner
after, so slight a cross-examination
but Colonel Burr had obtained what
he wanted.
In his examination of a witness he
never asked questions for the sake
Of asking them. He never took chan
ces. He had a fixed object, and wher
it was attained, he knew when tc
stop. He did not choose to run the
risk of drawing out something un-
favorable to his client, either to show
his own dexterity, or in the mere hope
of obtaining something that would
DCoiuCS, was odtioiSN
that a practiced and hardened villain
like Roberts would come into the
courthouse perfectly fortified on al
the main points of his testimony, and
that the result Of a prolonged cross
examination would be to give thai
testimony greater strength. He there
fore confined himself to questions
which, could not have been foreseer
and prepared for.
To BE CONTINUED.