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cooks, however, are apt to be spftefui.
The good brethren have. at all events. a
severe climate to face at that season and
thirty scattered parishes to serve, why
should they not sustain themselves with
plenty of fish? Nobody can deny that they
look extremely well after the Inhabitants
of their wide domain. provide generously
for the aged and fnfirm, and allow no de-
serving man or woman under their charge
to lack q meal. For my part can see no
reason why they should ever go hungry
themselves
The abbot OF Tepi Is an important per-
sonage indeed. not only In ecclesiastical.
but also In political and social circles IN
Austria Enthusiastically he ranks as
bishop and in church bis Initre STAFF aud
throne proclaim the fact He Is the head OF
the wealthiest church corporation In Aus.
tria and has the appointment of all tho
parish priests In sevaral hundred Eohes
milan villages. Politically he Is life mem
Der Of the Austrian house of peers aud ax-s
ercises great electoral influence over The
peasant popuiace of Bohemia Many Of
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the candidates who are elected to the Aus
TRAN legislature from Bohemia are little
more than his puppets AS a member OF
the Marienbad town council his vote counts
as five. which gives him the balance OF
power In the municipality, and that. judg-
Ing by results. Is no bad thing for Marlen-
bad. There Is nothing better than despot-
ism. Carlyle maintained. when 1t is be-
nefcenf. There Is no affectation of SIM
pilcity ahous the abbot when he stirs
abroad. HIS gorgeous carriage and pair,
with ii9eriea servants, proclaim his high
rank and great power When King Edward
arrives at Marienbad the abbot Is always
among the little crowd of notables which
gathers at the station to greet him. and
fooka by FAR the most imposing parsonage
there. In fact. the royal visitor Ia multi
presents nothing Ike 50 impressive an APP
neafniice.
50 much prosperity and wealth as il con-
tfeiied by the monastery could hardly. OF
course. escape the jealous eyes of the state.
ever on The lookout for revenues and al
though there may be difficulties about I'M
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Looking back from the pile of birthdays
upon which l now stand it occurs to me
that very probably 1t was, but from the
perspective of twelve the reflection that
there were beings in the world who could
find recreation In such fooling saddened me.
Eight years later, his father not being able
to afford the time, / conducted Master
''Waterworks,' now a healthy, unfnferest-
ing, gawky lad, to a school in Switzerland
1t was my first continental trip / should
have enjoyed it better had he not been with
me. He thought Paris a 'sbeastIy hole
He did not share my admiration for the
Frenchwoman; he even thought her badly
dressed. why she's so tied up she can't
walk straight" was the only impression
she left upon him. We changed the sub
iect; 1t irrftated me to hear him talk. The
beautiful Juno-like creatures we came
across further on in Germany! He said
they were too fat. He wanted to see them
run. l found him utterly soulless.
~
All that the university professor can urge
in favor of tdealism I am prepared to in
dorse. But, then, / am-let us say. thirty
nine At fourteen my candid opinion was
that he was talking rot looked at the
old gentleman himself-a narrow chested,
specialized old gentleman, who lived up
bystreet He did not seem to have much
fun of any sort. 1t was not my ideal He
told me things had been written in lam
guage called Greek that 1 should enjoy
reading, but I had not even read ali Can
tain Marryat. There were tales of Sir Wal
ter Scott-Jack Harkaway's School Daysi
felt could walt awhile. There was a chap
called Arstophanes, who had written come
dies, satirizing the political institutions of
a country that had disappeared 1900 years
ago. | say it without shame-Drury Lane
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posing death duties on corporate bodies
which never die. there are other ways of
relieving them of superfiuous wealth. sthe
method adopted in this case being to charge
fees on the appointment of a new abbot
amounting to $1,000.
The glory of the monastery of Tepl had
begun to fade somewhat in the eighteenth
century when the discovery OF the wonder
full healing properties OF the tiprings sit
entity of TeYn and Eyer gave the monks
an opportunity of gaining worldwide fame
not as militant defenders of the faith but
as the proprietors of health center which
attracts sufferers from all parts of the
globe
These springs were discovered In VIII
derncss Of almost impenetrable forests and
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as a whole, there was go" in him. There
was another of them-OvId was his name
He could tell story, Ovid could He had
imagination. 1t was almost as good as
Robinson Crusoe" I thought II would
please my professor, telling him that I was
reading these, his favorite authors. Read
ing themr' he cried. but you don't know
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eight years Of my life to the study OF Greek
and Latin IL will grseve the university
professor 70 hear It. but the enjoyment OF
those subtle deitcacies of siictinn did NOT
appeal 10 mel was only fourteen at the
time. please remember-to be worth tha
time and trouble. The boy Is materially
inclined: the mourning American pro-
fessor has discovered IL. | did not want 10
be an idealist living up back street 1
wanted to live in the biggest house IN the
best street In the town l wanted 60 ride a
horse. wear a fur coat and have as much
TO eat and drink ever l liked. I wanted
10 marry the most beautiful woman in ths
world. to have my name In the newspaper
and TO know that body was envying
me. Mourn over u, my dear professor, as
you viii. that is the Ideal OF youth. and 81
win continue to 30 SIS II is a materlaustic
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Greek and Latin" But know English g
| answered They have all been translated
into English You never told me THAR
1t appeared 1t was not the same thing
There were subtle delicacies of diction
bound to escape even the best translator
These subtle delicacies of diction l could
enjoy only by devoting the next seven or
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scribed by his physician for the red,,ctio,
OF his weight. which is the chief object o.
his so1ourn at Marienbad
GUTHRIE BLAISDELI.
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THIS COLLECTION OF ATOMS WAS
HANDED OVER To ME
ideal. sordid ideal Maybe it is necessary.
Maybe the world would not move much II
the young 5aen started thinking too early
They want TO be rich so they fling them
selves frenziedly into the struggle. They
build the towns and make the railway
tracks, hew down the forests, dig the ore
out of The ground.
There comes a day when 4 Is borne in
upon them that trying to get rich Is a poor
sort Of game. that there is only one thing
more uresome than being a millionaire. and
that is trying to be a millionaire. But
meanwhile the world has got its work done
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university professor of forty wanted TO
be a pirate Round the corner and across
tine road building operations were in prog
ress Planks and poles lay ready to ones
hand. Nature in the neighborhoOd had
placed conveniently a shallow pond. 1t was
Saturday afternoon. The nearest public
house was half mile away. Immunity
from interference by the. British workman
was thus assured. 1t occurred to me that
by placing my three depressed looking rela-
lives on one raft, attacking them myself
from another taking the eldest girls six
pence away from her, disabling their raft
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pantomirne and Barnum's circus called to
me more strongly. Wishing to give the OLD
gentleman a chance. I dipped into trans
lations. Some of these old fellows were
not as bad as l had imagined them. A
party named Homer had written some real
he was a bit long-winded, but, taking him
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American Professors
And American Progress

Copyright. 1906. ~ Jerome X Jerome.)
YAM told that American professors are
mourning the lack of Ideals at Co.
lumbia University possibly also at
- other universities scattered through
the United States. II it be any conso-
lation to these mourning American
professors can assure them that they do
not mourn alone ! live not far from OK
ford and enjoy the advantage OF occasion
ally listening to the jeremiads of English
university professors More than once
German professor has done me the honor TO
employ me object on which to sharp
en- his English He also has meurned sim
liar lack of ideals at Heidelberg. at Bonn.
Youth is youth all the world over; it has
its own ideals. they are not those of the
university professor. The explanation is
tolerably simpIe-yogth is young, and the
university professor, generally speaking, Is
middle aged 1 can sympathize with the
mourning professor l. In my time. have
suffered like despair. l remember the day
so well: IL was my twelfth birthday. / re-
call the unholy Joy with which l reflected
that for the future my unfortunate parents
would be called upon to pay for me full
railway fare; ii marked decided step to-
ward manhood was now in my teens.
That very afternoon there came to visit
us a relative of ours. She brought with
dSi Alfct sinai EflltdTefl-d RlrI. aRCG SIX,
precious golden haired thing in a lace col
lar that called itself boy. aged five, and
a third still smaller creature; it might have
been male. IL might have been female:
could not have told you at the time l can
not tell you now, After dinner this collec-
ton OF atoms was handed over to me.
Now. show yourself man. said my dear
mother. remember you are in your teens.
Take them out for walk and amuse them.
and mind nothing happens to them" To
the children themselves their own mother
gave Instructions; they were to DO every
thing that I told them and not to tear their
clothes or make themselves unudy.
These directions, even to myself at the
time, appeared contradictory. An army of
three, entirely under my orders! Already
plans We're shaping in my head; but. put
ting trust in Providence l said nothing.
And out into the wilds the four of us de-
parted. I was an only child. My own in
fancy had passed from my memory To me-
at twelve, the ideas OF six were as incom-
prehensible as are those Of twenty to the
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THE LADY EVELYN
(Continued from Sixth Page.

Continued from Sixth Page.
empty. A good act OF his destiny made n
known TO him at Moretown station thar
the Lady Evelyn had returned from Lon
don He followed her swiftly and overlook
her upon the bridge
And so as in the dream of the unforgotten
days he took her from the shadow of the
river to his heart, and. holding her close. he
said: 80
Evelyn, beloved. am here as you wish"
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and leaving them to drift without a rudder
innocent amusement would be provided for
half an hour at least.
They did not want to play at pirates. At
first sight of the pond the thing that called
itself a boy began to cry The six-year-old
lady said she did not like the smell of II.
Not even after I had explained the game
to them We're they any the more enthusias-
tic for it. ] proposed red Indians They
could go to sleep in the unfinished building
upon a sack of lime | would creep up
through the grass, set fire to the house and
dance around it. Whooping and waving my
tomahawk. watching with tlendish delight
the frantic but futile efforts of the pale
faces to escape their doom. 1t did not
catch on'-not even that The precious
thing in the lace collar began to cry again.
The creature concerning whom / could not
have told you whether II was male or fe-
male made no attempt at argument, nut
started to run: it seemed to have taken
dislike to this particular field It stumbled
over a scaffolding pole, and then 1t also be-
gan to cry What could one do to amuse
such people? l left it to them to propose
something. They thought they would IKE
to play al mothers not in this held. nu.
in some other field. The eldest girl would
be mother The other two would represent
her children They had been taken sudden
" H. "'Waterworks," as l had chrfstehed
him was to hold his hands TO his middle
and groan. His face frightened up at the
ache Il took up its part without mo-
ment's hesitation and set to work to scream
/ could be the doctor and look at their
tongues. That was their ideal" game
*
AS have said. remembering that after
noon. can syrnpathize with the university
professor, mourning the absence of unlver-
sity ideals in youth Possibly at six my
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A Good Thing.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Mrs Hicks-"John, I'm sure there's a
burglar down in the dining room
Mr.. Hicks (sleepily)-"CoodI III We Voc,
quiet maybe he'll take away that chatting
dish Of yours
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EUROPEAN HEALTH RESORT
RUN ENTIRELY BY MONKS

Copyright In the United states and Great Bri1ah
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
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MNHItl4Nb4tD' "uI3 to- 3'V7''
o one has done more to popular
lie this famous health resort than
King Edward, who is expected to
arrive here for his annual cure
about the middle of August. 1t
ts not. perhaps. generally known
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07

The mayors light figures certain
ly offer little consolation to those
who insist on the city's running its
plant at a greater cost than that for
which the city can get better lights.
The mayor fixes the cost per light
at s6250 after all the boastins
that was done. and according to his
own figures this is about $40 light
more than the light company offered
to furnish the same light ton the
moonlight SCHEDULED The "antis
are up tree. They can't deny
that the cost was at least $62.5
1t is now up to them, before abus-
ing men who can and desire to get
cheaper and better lights for the
city, to show in what way the city
expects to reduce the cost of lights
to the taxpayers. II is not enough
to simply say, at can be done.
The thing to do is to show how it
can be done before expecting any
one to take seriously the arguments
against letting contract for at
least part of the street lights. If
the mayor or anyone else on that
side of the fence, can demonstrate
TO the members of the general coun-
eli how the city can furnish lights
cheaper than they have been offered
at private contract, the Sun is GER
tain that the members of the gem
eral council would be unanimous in
rejecting any proposition that might
be made the city to get lights by
private contract.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07
CAMPAIGN OF CLEAN STREETS

Clean streets will be the slogan
of the board of health which meets
tonight to inaugurate campaign to
that end, says the Lexington Leader
If the board of health will press
its purpose to successful elimination
il will merit and will receive the
thanks of the people of Lexington
The streets of the city of Lexington
today in many, sections, are a dis
grace to the community, especially
the macadam thoroughfares. 1t is
true that the weather recently has
been continuously bad making it diff
ficult to remove the accommodating
filth and adding to that on the brick
streets by the constantly increasing
filth of the macadam streets, which
is carried on to them by wagons,
horses and by foot travel.
Some OF the macadam streets are
almost impossible in places and We
hicular traffic over them is unoom-
Portable If not perilous while foot
travel over the crossings is impossi-
BILE without great discontinue to pc
destrians.
The Leader has not been disposed
to embarrass the administration by
criticism of these conditions because
il is aware of the embarrassment at
tending efforts to clean the streets
during the winter months, but the
spring season is about to open when
merchants will be inviting out-of-
town visitors to their stores for their
spring shopping and the sooner eff
forts to clean up are put in opera
ton the better for them. 1t is unfair
to them and it is unfair to invite
people here to do their shopping I'M
less we give them slightly and at
tractive and clearly thoroughfares.
At present Lexington enjoys a
gratifying record for general health,
and the best scientific thought of the
age agrees that clean thoroughfares
are the most important factors in
such conditions; ii is, therefore, en-
phatically necessary. as the heated
period approaches to have the streets
in Clearly condition If we expect to
maintain this high standard
The Leader endorses the purpose
of the board of health, insists that
it push its efforts along the line OF
clean streets and to that end prom
ises whatever aid lies in its power
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07
Some of the Higher Officials
May Be Promoted.
I. {. Preparing TO Cut Down Two
Hills On the Louisville
Division.
AND OTHER RAILROAD NOTES

There is general stir among
towns in Western Kentucky over the
prospect of new railroads and in
Mayfield. particularly. the excite
ment is great.
Yesterday afternoon a local con-
tractor, identified to great extent
with the |. c.. received telephone
message from Mayheld stating that
excitement was running high and
that Mayfield was never so busy as
then. The news of good prospects for
the passage of the 100000 postof-
flee appropriation bill was received
and about the same time came Wis
II of three corps of civil engineers,
So in total, to begin and finish sur
veys. being made for proposed rail-
roads. The new road from Wickliffe
TO Hopkinsville will mean a great
deal to Mayfield and the |. c. pro-
poses TO make a cut off within two
years from Gilbertsville to Mayfield,
and from all appearances Mayfeld
will be something of railroad. CEN
ter, and the residents are expecting
great things.
There is also something of stir
in Paducah on account of the pro-
posed action of the |. c. in building
the "cut on but this will affect Pa
ducah but slightly. The principal in
terest manifested in Paducah rela-
tive to the l. c. now is the rumored
change in division officials. IL is
stated on good authority that a
change will be made this spring, but
how soon remains to be seen. The
present corps of division officials. in
cludes Supt. A. II. Egan. Roadmas-
ter F. l.. Thompson, Trainmaster l..
T.. McCabe and several other minor
officials. 1t is said that change is
contemplated in the ranks of the
higher officials and that Mr.. Egan
and possibly Mr. Thompson will be
sent to Chicago to take charge of
that division, or another important
division on the northern lines.
when a superintendent and road
master successfully operate the
Louisville division of the 1. c. he is
doing something. and it can safely
be said that he can handle any divi-
sion on the system" a well known
local man well acquainted with the
situation declared this morning
''The best men the road has gradu-
ated from the Louisville division.
Take the cases of Mr.. II. U. Wallace.
who was chief engineer of the road.
He was formerly superintendent Of
the Louisville division, and also was
Mr.. w. J. Harahan, now fourth vice
president of the road. Col. Jack
Flynn, superintendent of the Y. and
NJ. V. road. was trainmaster on the
Louisville division; Mr.. Pat Calvin,
now prominent on the southern lines,
was track supervisor on this diyi-
sion. There are many others who all
go to prove this assertion"
II is not known what the plans of
the road are but it is assured that
the division will be supplied with
one or two new officials this spring,
because some of the present Off
cials are needed elsewhere.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07

aud will go with the Firth Steel Co.,
of Pittsburg. Pa. as travelling sales
man with territory in Alabama and
Michigan.
Mr.. Scofield has been with the 7.
c. for twenty years and has been in
Paducah in the capacity of foreman
of the local 1. c. shops, six years,
coming here from Chicago. He was
at one time assistant foreman of the
Burnside shops and is most capa-
BILE man.
Mr.. Scofeld's new position is a
very good one. He sells to the man
ufacturers and his line is fine tool
steel He will still claim Paducah as
his home but most of his travelling
will be in Alabama and Michigan, d.
yiding his time between the two. The
headquarters of the Firth Steel Co.
are at Chicago.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07

The libel bill was defeated in the
house yesterday. The names of those
who voted against reconsidering it,.
and thus against passing it and af-
fording the newspapers of the state
relief. should not be forgotten by the
newspapers when favors are ripe in
the future. 1t is not understood
what objection any fair-minded man
could have to the bill, but someone
must have wanted to hit the press OF
the state a rap.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07
POLICE COURT
JOHN HOUSER NOT FINED, But
RECOGNIZED TO KEEP
THE PEACE.
Only Few Cases Were On Judge
Sanders Docket This
Morning.

John Houser, young boilerma-
ker. was this morning dismissed, on
motion of the prosecuting attorney.
of the charge of flourishing a gun
and threatening to kill his young
wife. He was, however. recognized
in the sum of $500 to keep the peace
for IL months.
Houser and his wife separated in
Central City January and she
came here. He showed up two days
ago and yesterday afternoon secured
a shotgun, buggy and some liquor.
lie went to the house where his wife
had been staying at 704 South 10th
street, but was told the woman was
down in the city. Houser went to the
store where he was told she could be
found but failed to find her. On re-
turning home he claims he was ar
rested before he saw his wife.
The women telephoned the police
and were highly excited saying that
Houser had gun and was threaten
ing to kill his wife.
Tom Albritton and lson Scott,
colored, who stole wire from the
Foreman Brothers Novelty Co., and
sold IL, were held over for obtaining
money by false pretcnses.
Other cases we're:
- Dunn, white, drunkenness,
81 and costs; George Bib, colored,
breach of the peace, left open; John
Alexander, colored, maliciously cut
ting his wife, held over.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07

The board of education is to be
congratulated on its reelection of
such an able and popular man as
Supt. c. NJ. Lieb, superintendent of
the schools. Mr.. Lieb is a man of
unusual ability, both executive and
as a scholar, and the public schools
of Paducah have made wonderful
strides under his able administra-
ton. 1t requires a great deal of pa
thence, tact and hard work to man
age Paducah's large and rapidly
growing schools, and Mr.. Lieb has
certainly accomplished wonders dur
ing his administration. He has plac-
ed the schools on a plane far above
those of many of the large cities,
and the fact that he is liked and re,
spected by both teachers and pupils.
and has the confidence and cooper
alton of every member of the board
of education, speaks more for him
and his excellent work than we
could do If we filled this whole col
umn with praise. We are glad Mr..
Lieb is to continue in charge of our
schools.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07

Mems prejudice against corpora
lions is so strong in some places that
they are prompted TO do some very
peculiar things. In Pine Bluff, Ark.
yesterdays dispatches state. all the
poles were cut down during the night
by order of the mayor, leaving the
city in total darkness. 1t was over a
dispute between the mayor and
light company. The mayors wrath
has probably been appeased. and he
has carried his point, but what about
the citizens who are left without
street lights?