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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07
May BE Assailant.

jacksonville, Ky. Aug. Officers
have arrived in the city with John
Cushenberry, a negro man. who is
suspected OF being the assailant OF
Miss Myrtle Fugate Friday morning
of last week. lie was captured at
Anton. Ky this morning. and the
young lady has been sent for to idsnti-
fy him. Should she believe him to be
the right one. II is more than probable
that precautions wih have to be taken
to prevent trouble. She Is expected
to reach here this afternoon
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07
Took IL out ON Liihograph.

Hawesvll!e KY. Aug. After
taking a pistol and going at midnight
to a neighbor's barn and unloading
the contents at a-lith0gaph of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Estill House. one Of
Hancock county's most prominent
young men. has been adjudged insane
and taken to the Hopkinsyllle insane
asylum. His insanity bears on only
one point He stated TO a jury that
President Roosevelt and one George
Freeman have combined and have an
electric machine which they apply TO
the top of his head and suck The brains
and blood out OF his head.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07
Notice TO Contractors.

Bids will be received at the ofics
OF the city engineer, in the city OF
Paducah. Kentucky. up to o'clock
August 25, 1906. for the construc
ton Of about seven CD miles OF
combined sanitary and storm water
sewers, in the city of Paducah. Ken
lucky.
Plans and specifications will be
on file in the engineers ONCE. in the
city OF Paducah. Kentucky. after Az.
gust IS. 1906 A certified check Of
$1,000 must accompany each and
every bid.
The city reserves the right to re
tect any and all bid.
ID. A. YEISER. Mayor.
Paducah, KY, August {, 1906.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07

was conscious of the faults. He has
measured very accurately the extent
to which he can play upon the creju-
lily of his audiences and that is one
OF the secrets of his popular success.
THE Players" Everybody's Maya
zine Tor August.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07
The Tsxas Wondsr.

Cures all kidney. bladder and fhsu-
matte troubles: sold by J. H. oehl-
schlaeger. sol Broadway. Dr.. =. w,
Han. once ss3s Olive street.. st
Louis. No.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07

Sixth street between Tennessee and
Norton streets. was adopted.
On motion the boRrd adjourned.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07

A mean man usually rejoices be-
cause OF his meannesa -
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-07

II is so much easier to be a crltIi
than 1t is to draw salary for being
one. AMMAN
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
The Colonel HAD to work.

Colonel A. A. Pope. who bcramc cclc-
bratcd years ago a. Il bicycle manufac-
turrr aud Of late has bccomc u builder
Of automobiles. WAS IN san Francisco
during tile earthquake period. Driven
from his hotel. le sought other quar-.
tiers and. finding an auto standing in
the street asked its lone occupant Ia
dri"c him to another hotel Machine :
busted. was the chaullcur's Hcouic
remark. oh, | know all about auto
mobiles said Colonel Pope aiIably
Let me see You to hey said Il
grum voice at his elbow Colonel Pope
turned 10 regard "a burly sergeant Of
infantry with q squad Of leather faced
soldiers Ut his back They didn't look
like men who could be- brIbcd. per
suadcd or bullied We need men like
you" continued the sergeant. so you'll
have to come with Us Step along .
Colonel Pope stcpI,cl aud spent the
next six days repairing automobiles
for the military authorities
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
4 Marine Joke.

\ marine joke that went further than
the pcrrctrator intended has been en-.
gagiug The attention Of the courts of
Australia In June last year the lsTit.
iSh resident commissioner IN the Solo
mon islands. Il Pacific group was as
founded az seeing a schooner Ia his
harhor with skull AMI crosshomes"
flag dying from her manmasi ON 20
ing out to the vessel lac was treated
with contempt and told that he would
lee thrown into the sea- If he attempted
to come on board Next day the cap
tain was arrested and. IN spite Of his
plea that he was merely Joking. sen
fenced Ia three months Imprisonment.
with line of so. After "A biief deteu-
ton hc was released. aud then he mi
tiatcd an action \ sydney jury gave
him SLIGO damages for false impriSon-
ncut Lack of SENSE Of humur.
though not criminal 0ffcnsc. seems
20 lee civilly actionable.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

Thackcray was six feet four inches
So was Fielding. Scott. Walt Whit
man and Tennyson were six footers
Goethe the elder Dumas. Robert Burns
and I.ongfcllow were five feet ten
Inches j. NJ Barrie IL only five feet
five inches and kipling only five feet
six inches. Edwin Abbey has the same
height rs Barrie: so has Alma Tadema.
Lord CurZon Is six feet one inch.
George Westinghouse is over six feet
two inches. Andrew Carnegie Is five
feet four and one half inches. Prrsi
dent Roosevelt Is five feet nine inches
Mr.. Gladstone was five feet nine
Inches Sir Henry Irving was an inch
taller Edmund Burke and Oliver
Cromwell were five feet ten and one
half inches Wellington was half nm
inch taller than Napoleon. That trio OF
great admlrals. Nelson. Blake and
sydney Smith. were Il little under i've
feet six inches Bismarck was II tall
man. but not so tall as George Wash
ington. who was six feet three inches.
Sargent, the great painter is six feet.
Carlyle. Darwin. Huxley and Ruskln
We're six footers Halifax News
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
selaen'. Long Wal. For wealth.

Twenty-Five years ago. writes Leroy
Scott In Technical World Magazine. a
young man with scheme for a car
riage 10 lie run by gasoline motor
called upon large manufactures OF
vehicles and farm implements. The
young man had spent years upon his
patent: It's success meant fortune "a
him. and also triumph over the men
who had laughed nj him. So he used
his best clopucnce To induce the manu-
facturcr 10 put his automobile ON the
market But the manufacturer shook
his head You've been wasting your
time on that scheme" he said. And II
went into 1t I'd be wasting my money.
No. sir Even II IL worked. nobody'd
ever care Ia ride In your explosion
buggy"
The Young man was George II. Sci
den. and what this manufactures said
was also said 10y dozens Of others
To-day there are IN use In the United
States about 10000 explosion bug
gicS." and about Tn per cent ~ all gaso-
line automobiles made IN this country
or imported into IL are licensed under
the Selden patent. the royalties paid
during the last three years amounting
10 $sl4,1s3
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

The people of Switzerland. with all
their progressive democracy. are a
simple people, hardly ont of the mid
die ages in some of their beliefs. In
Luccrn" il is the custom for Il lover
on May 10 plant a tree by the roof Of
his swcrthcart'S dwelling y lover IN
one of the comnuncs, on going this
year to plant his tree. found that Il
rival had been there before him Seiz-
inG the >apin-. tic young fellow lung
il away and substituted his own,
muitcrlmg as hc did So things that
BODIED no good to his rival. Now
il is part of tile tradition that he who
tears w with male,lietions lovers
tree once planted is himself u doomed
man. This particular young man. Il
farmers son. believing that lie has in
CURED the curse. has fallen into II
state of nervous collapse and roams
listlrssly about IN "A condition of men
tai lmheclity and bodily decline
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

The old and new mingle in China
The newspapers from the east tell Of
Jail mutiny In Canton In which
thirteen prisoners escaped. The au
thoritics failed 10 capture them, but
issued orders that all their relatives
should be arrested and imprisoned I'M
iii they could give Information as TO
the hiding place of the escaped prison
crS But before long they were offered
their freedom on condition that they
paid 5000 10 the police. $l2O for the
chief and $50 for the rank and file
The bargain was clinched. the money
paid and the circumstances duly
chronicled rs II news item In the ma
tive press. In Fatshan preparations
were under way TO celebrate the birth
day Of their idol Saen KaI But an
opposition party arose. They urged
that II the money We're 10 be spent
Ut all II had better be- spent In cleaning
up the drains in the neighborhood.
since. II there should be- anything In
the western theory of cleanliness. the
community would benefit more than by
propitiatlng Saen Kai. who did little
10 stay the plague In spite OF the fcs-
rivals In his honor. The opposition
won the day, and the money intended
for Saen Khi went TO the drains.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

This is the young mans day, we are
told. Ia every age ii is the young
mans day II the young man be better
than III" old. But the veterans form
sturdy battalions Ia every walk Of
life throughout the world In the sen.
ate, upon the bench. in literature. in
the armies and nnvies. IN art in sci
cnce. IN finance. al the universities. on
the public platform. the patriarchs iead
M they ever have led. Mexico. which
was not 81 long ago the most turbulent
state IN the world. is governed by n
man OF seventy five. Ia the United
States the King of the finauciers Is n
man bordering on seventy. These
men. how do they keep NJ Not 10y
long holidays and Spartan cures" but
by hard work aud rational attention tn
health ramerston To the end Of his
days did all his work standing ~ a
desk which he had had specially made
When he first became "nderSecrctary
for foreign affairs he was SO over
worked that il he sat ~ table TO
write he fell asleep; hence he took to
standing. because. he used 10 say. II
he fell down TINT awoke hln.. St
James Gazette.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
Grnwth I'd nnmlc In ChInn.

Ramic. species Of gigantic ncttlc
which produces. directly beneath its
outer bark. Il fiber that can hc woven
alone or In conjunction with either
wool or cotton and gives to the cloth
into which IL Is woven u beautiful
silky finish. Is being produced IN China
at the present time Ia an extent that
promises Ia make II IN Important ele
mcut in the worlds commerce. accord
ing Ia the british Empire Review. Tn
like cotton. il Is not an annual crop;
once planted il will produce for a
dozen years II does not ripen evenly.
and rs soon as one crop Is pulled the
plant goes on producing again. occa-
sionally In tropical countries ana II Is
only in a very warm climate that Il
can he grown one plant will give forr
crops IN year A good statl ~
plants viii run from two to three 'sus
VI fiber per acre.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
UNION OF CHURCHES.
A MoN"mcnt That seems 80 Br crow.
Ing Ia Favor.

The union of the Cumberland Pres
bylerian with the Northern prrSby-
terrain church. consummatcd nt the
Presbyterian general assembly sitting
nj DcS MOinps. furnishes concerto and
highly CRAFTY ing evidence of the tend
cncy toward INSTRUMENTATION unity
AZ II marked feature OF church life ut
the present time.
The Cumberland presbvtcrians have
never been u large body, their present
membership being somewhat less than
2un.uOo. hui they are highly intclh
gent, liberal minded and progressive
class of believers. And their incorppra-
ton in the Presbyterian church Viii add
materially 10 the strength and prestige
Of that denomination This merger has
reduced The number Of separate de-
nominations having tire Presbyterian
form of government and the same basic
doctrines from twelve 10 eleven. and
the hope is entertained that further
consultations will take place soon.
y movement has been on foot for
some years toward union between the
northern and southern I'rcshyicrials.
who were severed before the civil war
on the slavery issue and who are kept
apart now 10y nothing apparently but
old prejudiccs and the antlpathy To.
ward change which always ohstructs
religious progress in any and all lines.
There are no apparent reasons better
than these why the Luihcrans should
continue 20 be- separated into twenty
two distinct bodies. the Buptisis into
thirteen and Mcthodisls into seventeen
How large a waste Of means and en-.
crgics is "ntllcd upon the churches IN
Keeping NJ all the separate dcnnmiua.
tional machines which thesc divisions
involve ,dii hardly IL estimated. 1" say
nothing OF the worse result in the cX-
ample set before the nnnrcligi ,uS world.
Economy AID concentration If force is
lesson which the churches have been
slow To learn. but happily Il change for
the better in this respect seems now tu
bc at hand. Some believe that q com
plctc drawing together of the bodies IN
the denominations mentioned will take
place during the next twenty 1--WE wears.
Lcslic's Weekly
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
The
Maryland School
For The Deaf.

The Both session opens September r.
Non-sectarian For the deaf and dumb
and those whose hearing is too defcc-
tive for attendance on public schools
Speech and Lip Reading taught Gram
mar taught Grammar School and Ac-
ademic studies
Location very healthfu Board and
tuition free. Apply to
CHAS. W. ELY. Principal,
At. Frederick, Md
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
BLAriE THE TYPEWRITER.
Dont Binmc u. say Cautious hut
Hurried Isusiness Men.


The phrase dictated hut not re-
cad" * now occasionally seen stamped
or typewriter IN the lower left hand
corner of II typewriter letter. This is
the latest lo0pholc of escape adopted
10y cautious though very busy men to
avoid reading over the letters they die
tate aud. nj the same time. to explain
any error mndc 10y n careless or lgno-
rant stenographcr
by this simple expedient business
man is able To ailx his signature to
each of a pile Of typewriter letters
trusting TO luck that no glaring mis-
takes have been made. Again, with
this printed explanation the business
man may leave before the days mail
Is finished. this explanation making
Il personal signature unnecessary.
This scheme for relieving oneself
from the results of mistakes caused
either by the misunderstanding OF u
word NJ the time of debating or the
stcnugraphers ignorance Of business
terms was first adopted by travelling
statesmen obliged To have most Of their
correspondence done at hotels along
the route and never sure of the ac-
curacy of the stenograpller available.
As IN many cases Il salesman Is
Obliged 10 leave for another city before
his letters are finished the necessity
for some such explanation Is obvious.
While Il carbon copy Of each letter Is
usually sent him NJ his next stopping
place. the original goes on To the head
quarters of his company and sometimes
contains amusing mistakes. the result
Of ignorance of the terms used In his
particular line of business.
For instance. not long ago Il fire in
Surancc adjustcr obliged To dictate an
important letter just before taking II
train WIS surprised OH his next visit
Ia the home office to find that only
about half of his letter had ever been
received. About midway In the letter
the sicnOgrapher had inserted this
note:
Here the gentleman went SO fast
didn't know what he said, but II was
something about cross eyed agree
nent.'
After little thought on the part of
The one who dictated the letter he re-
ncmbcrcd that lie had referred 10 Il
quasi agreement. an expression with
which the hotel stenographer was evil
Identity unfamiliar
Another instance was the case of u
young attorney who dictated letter
to his Stenographer asking brother
lawyer II he could argue demurrer on
Il certain day. The letter was sent out
Immediately and not rerend.
The next day the letter was returned
TO iii" writer asking for an interpre-
tation Of what seemed surprising
request Investigation showed that
the Stcuugraphcr had misread her notes
ana inquired il the Young lawyer could
agree to he demure" on certain
day.
Dictated by -. but not rcread by
him" is sometimes added ut the bottom
of Il letter 10y means of Il rubber stamp.
the initials Of the particular person
debating the letter being filled in with
a pen. This method is adopted when
the letter has been dictated by one
member of firm and signed by an
other perhaps not entirely familiar
with the subject untter-\pW York
sun
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

q horse aud sometimes was unable even
to ride in ear. Ny condition was crit
lcal when / sent for poan's Kidney Pills.
| used three boxes and they cured me.
Now can go anywhere and do rs much
IS anybody. sleep well and feel no dis
comfort nj all"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Spraguc will
be mailed on application 10 any part Of
The United States Address Foster Mil
burn Co. Buffalo y Y. Sold by all
dealers price. fifty cents per box.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
TORTURlNC PAIN.
Half This Mans Suffcrings Would
Have Killed Many a Person,
But Doan's Cured Him.

Thousands of grateful people are tell
Ing every day how Doam's Kidney Pills
cured them of distressing and dangerous
kidney and bladder troubles.
Yet other thousands are suffering every
day from these same ills. Why? They
are either very negligent or very shcpti-
cal. Neglect Of kidney disorders leads TO
dropsy diabetes, BrIglt's disease and
other fatal diseases.
Sincere. honest testimony like the fol-
lowing should convince every skcptic.
A. G. Sprague. stock dealer. Of Normal,
ILL.,, writes: For two whole years
was doing nothing but buying medicines
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22

TO cure my kid
neys. / do
not think that
any man ever
suffered as l
did and lived.
THE pain in my
back was SO
bad that l
could not sleep
at might. l
could not ride
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
BE YOUR OWN AGENT.
Buy your Monuments. Tombs
and Iron Ratings of
SEVILLE'S
Marble I'D Granite
Works
POCOMOKE CITY, MD.

They employ NO AGENTS and will
give the customer the benefit of the 10
or 20 per cent. commission other con
Germs allow their agents
MONEY SAVED.
Our Sculpture. Carving aud Design
ing Is not equaled by any other marble
yard ON the Peninsula. and we only ask
an opportunity to demonstrate this to
your satisfaction II you are in need
of work of this character give US an
opportunity to submit designs and
prices aud you will not regret IT,
The proprietor has been doing tho
scnlpturing and designing that has
gone ont from Pocomokc for the past 20
years
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22
CALVIN II. TAYLOR,

Attorney at Law. Berlin. Ma Prompt attention
given all business.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-07-10

To Alilau :: uycI the word "milli-
ncry," mi!liner having been original.
~ n Miianer IN importer Of feminine
.incry from Milan, just as Il "cordwain-
er." shoemaker, was d worker In cor
..ouan," leather from Cordova. 1t Is
curious to note how many words have
co:..c from the geographical names OF
northern Italy. There Is, for instance.
"dorin," the coin Of Florence, and "pis'
tol," from Pistoja.
DR.. Johnson said that the word Job
was "a low word now much in use, OF
which l cannot tell the etymOlogy." 1t
Is supposed to be really Identical WIN
"gob," a mouthful or morsel. Pepys
records how my lord' said to him, Il
will do you all the good jobs l can"
and Pepys himself speaks Of Tangier
us hitherto used As 5obb to do q
kindness to some lord" But the sim
pie monosyllabic ugliness Of the word
was too much for Johnson.
Many words Of most august SOUND
prove to be of quite commonplace an
cestry when traced to their origins.
FINANCE" is really only settling up"
Literally it is just lending" and was
formerly used In that very simple
sense In the English language. Then II
came to signify settling up with q
creditor and acquired the special sense
of ransom,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-07-10

bring a military special from Washa-
kie. rode up on Dawes train. The
hind Los Angeles sleeper was loaded
light, and when Dave had worked the
train and walked into the staterOOm
to sort his collections l followed him.
We sat half an hour alone and undis-
turbed, but he wouldn't talk. It was a
heavy train and the wind was high.
We made Rat River after midnight.
and l was still sitting alone in the
open stateroom when / saw Dawes
green light coming down the darkened
aisle. He walked in, put his lamp on
the floor, sat down and threw his feet
on the cushions.
"How's Tommie t0nightT he asked,
leaning back as II he hadn't seen me
before, in his old teasing way. He
played light heart sometimes, but II
was no more than played; that was
easy seeing.
"How's Dave" He turned, pulled
the window shade and looked out.
There was a moon, and the night was
bright, only windy.
what are you going to do with
Bucks, Dave"
"Do you want my punch, Tommie?"
"You know better than that, don't
your"
II guess So"
you're blue tonight. What's the mat
teri" He shifted, and 1t wasn't like
him to shift.
"l'm going to quit the West End"
"Quit? What do you mean? You're
not going to throw over this trainmas'
ter offerY
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-07-10

saw the masks and covered them In
stantly. Dave Hawk any time and any.
where was q deadly shot. Without q
word he opened on the forward rob-
bers. A game cowboy back Of him
pulled a gun and cut into II and was
the first to go down. wounded. But the
train boy said Hawk himself had drop
ped the two head men almost immedi
ately after the firing began and stood
free handed when the man from the
rear platform put Winchester against
his back Even then. with hole blown
clean through him. he had whirled and
fired again. We found the mans blood
on the platform In the morning, but.
whoever he was, he got to the horses
and got away.
When / reached Dave he lay In his
baggageman's arms. We threw the
carrion into the baggage car and car
ried the cowboy and the conductor back
Into the forward sleeper. I gave the
20 ahead orders and hurried again to
the side OF the last Of the old guard.
Once his eyes opened. wandering ston.
lily, but he never heard me. never knew
me, never spoke. AS his train went
that morning into division he went
with It. When we stopped his face
was cold. 1t was up to the Grand
Master
A game man always. he was never
cruel one He called himself thief.
He never hesitated with the other men.
high and low, to loot the company.
The big looters We're financiers; Dave
was only thief get gave HIS life for
the very law he trampled under foot.
Thief. II You please. don't know.
We nec,,..t quarrel about the word h.
branded himself with. Yet trust ot
moncy. Of friendship. Of duty, were
80. in Dave Hawks hands than In
the hauls of ADLER financIers
, I hOld him not up for model, mel.
ther glory in his wickedness. When
was frien:,less hc was my fri0nd. His
story IS told.