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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
FELIX. W. VA.

Measles is prevalent at this place.
Tug river is getting In good shape
for gigging.
Corn planting is all the go here.
Born, to Melvin copley land wife,
a big boy.
Young salmons was at Felix yes
terday.
G. NJ salmons is recovering from
an attack of lagrippe.
W. NJ. vinson has just returned
from a trip to Mill creek
Greenville Bailey has been attract
ed BY some OF the widows of Ken
lucky You know Ky. is noted ioT
its beautiful women.
Mrs. F. NJ Coplcy and daughter
Mary, have returned from visit TO
Som Castle. Mountain Boy.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Charleston, w. Va, May 21--vone of
the boldest attempts ever made 20
steal the questions intended for the
teachers examinations and at the
same time corrupt state official was
brought to light Saturday although
the guilty party managed to escape
from the city there Is strong hope
that he can yet be apprehended.
The official of the state approached
by the representative Of the corrup-
tionists was none other than Mr.. j..
L. Heller, the printing clerk for the
secretary of state. Mr. Heller was
called over the phone while at work
In the morning and was requested
to 60 TO the Washburn hotel. The
man at the other end Of the line
stated that his business was very
urgent and that II was impossible
for him to see Mr.. Heller at the
Jtate house.
Upon this representation Mr.. Hell
ger went TO the hotel and was shown
to . room. His host gave his name
rs ]. C. Webb, Of Dunlow, Wayne
county. and stated that he had been
teacher for the past ten years. IL
did not take Mr. Webb long to get
down to business and an offer Of
500 was made for the questions.
Webb told Mr.. Heller that he waited
The aQestlons but IN getSs2s,l'~M ~
not want to do anything nnlawfnl
Before Mr.. Hsi1er meD he eNalce
Of reply, Webb intimated that he was
willing TO go higher with the bride.
BY this time Mr.. Heller made II
known In very plain terms that Webb
was dealing with the wrong man.
Webb. when he saw his mistake
begged Heller not to mention the In
tIdent but yeizer notified superIn-
tendent Miller as soon as he could
reach him.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

On last Friday at the plant OF the
Pike Collier Company. just east Of
Matewan. on the Kentucky side, Lee
Hickman attempted to take the life
Of H. d. CAST, Superintendent of
the mines.
Hickman was intoxicated and was
raising a disturbance about the com
missary of the company. Superin-
tendent Cast ordered him to be quiet
or get away. This angered Hickman
and raising shotgun he fired at the
Superintendent. Fortunately h's ain
was bad and the charge carried away
part of the clothing on the right
shoulder of Cast without doing furth-
er injury.
Hickman made his escape 10 Mate
wan and boarded No. :. The officers
of Williamson were notified but the
man was not in the train when il
reached there. It is though that he
got. off at some station between VIII
hanson aud Matewan and took TO
the tall timber.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
. S u

We had a flae sunday School and
also an interesting sermon preached
at this place last Sunday morning by
Me-. Raglan,
There viii be a baptlZtng at this
place third Sunday In June
Willie Adams Was at h. F. Car
ter's Sunday.
Miss Clevie Carter visited Jettie
Adams Saturday,
b. F. Carter aai wife visited un-
Gle Robert Jordan Sunday eve.
Ira Adams was the pleasant gnesi
OF Miss Carrie Jordan Sunday.
b. F. Carter is talking Of having
barn pattern sawed and also his
house covered with steel. Eidrih.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

owingsville, May 23-Press Jack
son, of this county, for the past ten
years United States Deputy Marshal
for Eastern Kentucky counties. sent
IN his resignation on account of toe
much hard and dangerous work
During his term he travelled continu'
ously, DESTROYED hundreds Of moon
shine stills, thousands of gallons OF
spirits, made thousands of risks. hat
many bloody battles with moonshin
ers, killed one desperate and wound
ed several Others.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Freelan Lykens, deputy sheriff Of
Morgan county, passed through here
today with VIM Cottle. whom he
arrested in Catlettsburg this morning.
Cottle is badlyw anted for forgery
on the Camel City Bank, and Mr..
Lykens has been on his track for six
weeks This Is the bank of which
Luke Powell. formerly OF this city.
Is ier-lndependent.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Graysou, KY, May pa Charles
stamper, aged twenty-one, charged
with being one Of six men who at
tempted bank robbery at willard
last October, on trial here today, wns
convicted and given nine years in
Frankfort penltentiary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Miss Myrtle Preston. daughter Of
John W. Preston and granddaughter
of Judge and Mrs J. W. Walker, Of
this city. died at hHr home at Inez,
Saturday aud was buried at the
Preston family cemefcry, Richardson,
Monday,-Paintsyllle Herald.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
GOOD BARBER SHOP.

w6en Gu want an cAay shsye-.er
neat haircut. call on Bascom Hale
A first-class bathroom is In operation
in connection with the shop. Por-
celaIn bathtub. instantaneous water
heater.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25
A MOI ,TAIN OF GOLD

could not bring as much happiness
to Mrs. Lucia wllke, Of Caroline, Wis.
as did one 25c box Of Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve, when 1t completely cured
a running sore on her leg, which had
tortured her 20 long years. Greatest
antiseptic heaier of Piles, Wounds,
and Sores. DC at A. NJ. Hughes
Drug store.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

York & Billups. of this county,
landed eighteen fine RATS of timber
at Catlettsbnrg during the recent
rise. in Big Sandy river They will
realize handsome sum OF money
from the sale OF the timber, as all
classes of timber are now bringing
good prices.-Ceredc Advance
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Say. let us max, an effort TO get
good FIGURING mn for Graysen.
Attorney jefferson Hannah, OF
Sandy Hook, attended court here
this week. His name Is prominently
mentioned with the judgeship OF the
32d district. He is learned lawyer
clean man and would make a cred.
table judge.-Grayson Tribune,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

The U. S. Court Of Claims has
rendered decisions In favor of Capt
Williams, of Pike county, for sl4427.
and of George Pinson, Jr., Of the
same county, for s2OS.6O.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

OUR NEIcHBoRs


Capt Clate Crawford, one of the
most widely known river men on
the upper Ohio, died at his home
opposite Huntington Monday.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Send your orders for rubber
stamps to the Big Sandy News. Sin
gle line stamps not over three inches
in length, 1Oc. Others in proportion
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-25

Expert painting, paper hanging and
decorating. Call on +. c. obrecht
for figures. Emo
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
THE BLAST FURNACE.
In Cleaning One 1t L. Necessary to
Use Dynamite.

In Cleaning One II II Nccessnry to
Use Dynamite.
The function of a blast furnace is
the reduction of ores to metallic. iron.
The iron ore, like stone and coke. is
! put in at the top and the iron and Stag
are drawn of at the base. The tenn
perature of the interior of a blast fur
mace when in operation varies accord
ing TO circumstances, but the molten
iron when drawn Off is about 1,JOO de-
grees T., indicating a much higher
temperature inside.
To withstand such terrific heat.
which is maintained by n powerful
blast Of air which acts much in the
same manner as forced draft on a
boiler, the furnace is lined on the in
side with a fine grade of fire brick.
thoroughly burned This wall of non
combustible material is about four feet
thick, outside Of which is the steel
jacket Of the furnace. about one-quar-
ter of an inch thick.
The lining Of a furnace will last
from two to six years. according TO the
nature Of the material smelted, the
furnace being in continuous operation
during that time II takes about six
weeks to refine a furnace.
After a furnace is blown out" or
ceases to be used, there is a quantity
of iron which cOols and solidifies at the
base of the furnace This is called
salamander. and 1t is necessary to use
dynamite TO loosen this material and
get it out Of the furnace so that re-
pairs can be consummated. Salaman-
der has n ready sale, as 1t is a fine
grade Of pig iron.
As rule. when trade conditions are
good a blast furnace is never allowed
to cool down or be taken ont NJ blast
except at intervals Of several years for
refining Baltimore sun.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
The Word mCrnnI,.n

Crank in the sense of an eccentric
person is a new word The very first
written instance of crank in the mod.
ern sense that could be found for Dr.
Murray's dictionary was in the reports
Of the trial Of Guiteau, President Gar.
fields murderer. Guiteau's reference
to somebody as crank gave the word
a vogue that has gone on spreading.
But the adjective cranky was known
In 1877 as meaning sickly the German
''krank''), and to Dickens in the senses
Of cross and crochety. In all its mean
ings it springs from the root idea of
crookedness, as does crank in its six
teenth century sense of a deceitful
trick, as in ''quips and cranks."
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The most acceptable form of polite.
ness is cleanliness.
Because you say you intend to do a
thing it isn't done.
About all some men are good for is
to second the notion
You may think you are entertaining,
but there are people lodging you all
the time.
Don't send ten dollar flowers to the
funeral Of Il man whose family is left
without any income.
The man in a dangerous location
never thinks he is in a dangerous loca-
ton or he wouldn't be there.
The owner Of a horse and buggy
tries TO be modest, but he can't help
showing that he feels a little superior.
The first insurance against trouble
that children learn about is 10 get a
promise from mother that she will not
tell father.-Atchison Globe.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
On Their way.

During newspaper mems conven
ton. number Of journalists were one
afternoon talking of the tricks OF
''the faithlcss types" when Henry
Wattersou said:
while Eve heard of great many
funny typographical breaks in my
time, about the oldest and most hu
morous transpo,ition Of the types that
ever came within my observation was
that in a New York paper some years
ago. That sheet used TO print its ship.
ping news on the same page with the
obituaries. Imagine the glce with
which its readers found the captions
exchanged one morning. whereby a
long list Of respectable names were
set forth under the marine head.
Passed Through Hell Gate Yester.
day Hampers Weekly.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
DEAD WATER.
Eject of This Queer Marine Pkcnom-
enOn Upon a Ships Speed.

enOn Upon ships speed.
One of the most curious marine phe
nomena known TO seamen is that call
ed by Norwegian sailors dead water,
! which. without any visible cause
makes a vessel lose her speed and re-
/ fuse to answer her helm. The sailors
only definite knowledge Of its origin is
that it exists solely where there is a
surface layer Of fresh water resting
upon the salt waters Of the sea. Sev.
! eral explanations have been advanced
by the captains of ships Of the effect of
dead water. the cOmmOnest of which is
that the two water layers move.in diff
ferent directions. The true eXplana-
ton. however, recently offered by Swe-
dish navigators and verified by mathe-
NAUTICAL calculation and direct expert
ment, is that in addition to the resist
ance waves at the surface the vessel
creates a second line of subaqueOus
waves between the two strata of wa
ter.
The experiment carried out to dem
onstrate the truth Of this theory was
an exceedingly pretty one. \ large
plate glass tank was first mounted on
a wooden frame. The tank was then
filed to a certain depth with salt wa
ter, and a layer of fresh water was
carefully poured OH to the surface, so
that two separate water layers were
obtained.
The salt water was blackened with
liquid Chinese sink before the water
layers were prepared, and in this way
the different layers were made clearly
visible. A boat model was then towed
along the tank and a silhouette of the
waves produced was obtained 10y plac-
ing a white screen ut a short distance
behind the tank The waves were also
photographed by fiashlight, and the re-
suits showed conclusivcly that waves
actually were set up at the boundary
line between the two liquids.
Further experiments were made TO
verify the sudden loss of speed due 10
dead water. The boat model was
drawn across the tank and the towing
string suddenly slackened when the
boat was about halfway across. In
cases where the tank contained salt
water only the boat stopped gradually,
moving some boat lengths after the
towing string had been slackened
When the tank contained a layer of
fresh water resting on salt water, on
the other hand, the boat slackened
speed quite suddenly and moved only a
very short distance.
These experiments. carried out on
small scale, prove conclusively that the
difficulties encountered within a dead
water zone are really due to the re-
sistance experienced by the vessel in
invisible waves at the fresh
water salt water boundary, although in
some particular cases the influence of
must also doubtless be
taken into account-New York Herald |
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
Wen Have Not ncRcnrrn,rh.

II is common 10 hear of the giant
people who lived in the old days, yet
il is decidedly uncommon 10 find proof
that the average ancient was any lar
ger or more powerfully built than the
average person Of the present day.
The Egyptian mummics show these
people 10 have been Of medium size
Tile remains taken from the catac0mbs
do not differ iH size from the people
Of the present while the armor which
was worn 10y the warriors Of the long
ago 10 as readily the forms Of people
who are not nt an gigantic or &C least
extraordinarily above the average ei
Their 600 lirth or stature There were
great men in the old days. but rs great
still obtain i'm This twentieth century
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
Took the Wrong uouse.

On one Of the southern railroads
there is a station building that is com
monty known 10y travellers as the small
est railroad station in America. II is
Of this station that the story is told
that an old farmer was expecting. a
chicken house 10 arrive there. and he
sent one OF his hands. a newcomer. to
fetch it, Arriving there the man saw
the house. loaded Il on TO his wagon
and started for home On the way he
met n man in uniform with the words
station Agent" on his cap.
SAY. hold on, What have you got
on that wagonE" he asked.
MY chicken house. of course" was
the reply
Chicken house be jiggcred," cNplod-
ed the official That's the station
Ladies' Home Journal.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
DEEP SEA FISHES.
There Being Nothing Else to Eat,
They Live Upon Each other.

! There Being Nothing Else to Eat,
They Live Upon Each Other.
"AII the deep sea Fl hes are enormous
eaters says naturalist There be-
ing nothing to eat but the life about
them. they live uuou clch other Every
facility for killing and dcyouring
is provided luminescemce TO dazzle.
swiftneSs and strength to overtake
and overpOwer. knife blade teeth for
fearing. abnOrmally large jaws for
crushing. Whatever the prey or how
| ever large it may be, there is little
trouble in swallowing IT, The mouth
yIwns like cavern. and the stomach
distends to hold a body. even larger
than the swallowcr. The appetite in
fishes seems never wanting. ana com
plcte digestion with some Of them is
only a matter Of half an hour" For
this reason. slaughter goes on uncel-
ingly. Usually il is produced only by
hunger. but some monsters. like the
bluefsh. even when gorecd. kill FOR
pure love Of killing
OF the eternal warfare that goes on
beneath the surface Of the waves the
same writer remarks: They follow the
prey like packs Of wolves. and in tn
are followed. band succeeding band.
increasing I'm size as they decrease in
numbers. The behring's eat the smaller
fish, even their own young; they are
harricd by the blupfshes until q trail
of blood stains the water. while fol-
lowing the bluefShes come the insati-
ate pOrpoises. Nothing saves the
weaker ones but breed. Many thou
sands OF eggs are spawned that
dozen or more may be Matched and
brought to maturity Billions are lost;
yes. but millions survive.
''The behring's move on the sea in
uncountable numbers-in banks that
are miles in length and width i'm wind
rows so vast that they perhaps keep
passing one given point in unbrokcn
succession for months at time Just
so with the menhaden, 4 catch in a
purse net OF 100000 is not infrequent.
Such numbers are sufficient TO with
stand all the ravages Of the natural
enemy. The bass. the haddock and
the pollock may Kill 10 their hearts
content, and still the menhaden will
hold their own."-Chicago News.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
The History of Tacitus.

The entire history Of Tacitus. rs we
have the work, was regained from a
single copy found in the fifteenth cen
fury in a monastery Of Westphalia
That we should owe the works of this
author to one copy is remarkable cir
cumstance, for the Emperor Tacitus.
who claimed TO be a descendant of the
historian, had copies Of the history
placed in every library of the empire
and each year had ten copies TRANSCRIPT
ed for presentation to scholars. All, it
seems, persisted, save the Westphalian
scopy.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
DETERMINING LEVELS.
Method by Which Every Man May BE
His own Surveyor.

His own Surveyor.
A simple way of roughly deterlnin-
ing levels, and one which can readily
be practiced by any one and which has
the advantage of not requiring any
special apparatus, is by means of a
spirit level and board with a straight
edge. The way to go about it is this:
First determine on two points the lev
els of which you wish to know and
drive stakes into the ground. Then
take a board with a straight edge and
tack it to a tree. if one happens TO be
available in a line with these two
stakes. Put the board mt such height
that you can readily sight over il and
carefully level this board by means of
the spirit level Then sight it over to-
ward one of the stakes. having some
one at that stake who will. by means
of a small piece of paper, locate the
point at which your line of vision cuts
it-in other words, where line pro-
jected from your sighting board would
strike the stake Make some sort Of
mark at this point and then sight TO
the other stake in the same way and
mark the point where the line would
strike it. BY measuring distances that
these two points are above the ground
you can get the difference in levels
with reasonable accuracy. For in
stance, if your line of vision has cut
one stake eight feet from the ground
and the other ono five feet from Tho
ground, then obviously the difference
in level is three feet, or in other words,
the vicinity of the stake on which the
mark is five feet from the ground is
three feet higher than the other stake,
and you will have a three foot fall
from draining from this point TO the
other.-Farming.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12

a somewhat turbulent private wrote
to his mother: - am sorry you had no
letter last week. but ! am dcfaultcr
and 81 gives me heap Of extra work ."
The good woman 10 reply begged him
not TO be- too hard on tile others. but TO
remember lac had been private him.
self ! regret TO say that ne rua-r1
with laughter and rnad the letter aloud
for the benefit Of 100 who shared his
room. Miss VI Loauc, Queens
Nurse. in Contemporary Review
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
THE ELOQUENT NUDGE.
An Incident illustrating a Trait In
Womnn's Nature.

Woman's Nature.
do you see the woman walking in
front of us thereY asked the man with
was strolling up Broadway with him.
''Do you notice anything particularly
striking about her? Nothing, except
that she is very well dressed? That's
what would say. Now I'll bet yOI
half dollar that when she passes the
three women walking just ahead of her
all three viii nudge each other stimuli
taneously."
The woman behind was walking
faster than the three in front and she
soon passed them. The three women
looked her over from foot TO head, then
nudged each other with their elbows as
II possessed with the same thought
How did you know it?" inquired the
friend as the other pocketed the half
dollar
Il didn't know it." was the reply. "If
had it would have been taking an I'M
fair advantage Of you to bet. But /
was reasonably certain of it. There is
certain indescribaDle something in
some women's manner, appearance and
carriage that causes all other women to
nudge each other at sight of her. l
couldn't tell you just what it is, but I'm
ready to put up a wager on it every
time. The nudge is simply a part of
women's sign language which means
something that cannot be put into
words. but which every other woman
understands. New York Press.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12

Fair Passenger-Th say you can't
fool a street car conductor with
plugged nickel, but / worked one Off
ON him few minutes ago. The Other
Passenger know it. madam lie
gave il to me in change just now.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
The Great pImcuIty.

"one-half Of the worlds happiness is
solved when a person learns to mind
his own business"
Eyes. but it's the other half that
causes the most trouble"
whats that"
Getting other people TO mind theirs"
Home Notes.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
No Kick Coming.

Mrs. JOnes-Do you appreciate what
that is you are eating? Tramp with
his mouth fulD-NO'm! Mrs. Jones
Well, that is angel cake with wine
Jelly and whipped cream. Tramp-Oh
well, anything tastes good when a feI-
ler's hungry, mum!-New York Press.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12

He is not only idle who does nothing.
but he is idle who might be better EN-
plOJ ed.-Socrates.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12

There is no duty we 50 much under.
rate as the duty Of being happy
Stevenson
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
The Rest LIterntnre

The best literature Of our day is not
in fiction. IT is in poetry. in biography
In history and in criticism. London
Sphere.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-12
ALSO HAS.

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Monthly psyrol viii be roads
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$50 will be division
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