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The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Double Hanging at VT. Holly.

Mount Holly, y. j.. March "a
Rufus Johnson and George Small,
negroes, were hanged this morning
for the crime of assault to murder
Miss Florence Allinson January 10.
The crime was one of the most bru-
tai ever committed in this section.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Sending Out Pictures.

Chief of Police James Collins is
sending out pictures of Albert Shu-
mate. the Graves county man suppos-
ed to have had fight with Billy Au-
gustus few weeks ago in the ]. c.
yards here, resulting in the death OF
the latter. BY means of the picture
the chief hopes to land his man.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
City Sued for Damages.

Rudolph STREET. has filed suit in
circuit court against the city of Pa
ducah for $500 damages to his prop
erty in Mechanicsburg because OF de-
fective drainage which caused water
10 back up on his property.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
$4,000 Fire In Boston.

Boston, March 24.-Flames from a
$4,000 fire which destroyed new
building on Faneul hall square,
threatened to damage Faneuil hall
and efforts of the fire department
were directed to saving the Cradle of
Liberty.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Senate Passes Rectifers' Bill

Frankfort, March 24.-The senate
by a vote of 10 to II, adopted the
bill, after amended, to fix the tax
on rectified spirits at cent per gal
Ion. The senate presented Thorhe
with a silver tea set
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Died At Jackson, Tenn.

Jackson. Tenn, March "a Mrs.
Leila Uttey Blackard. wife of County
Court Clerk w. T. Blackard, died
about 10 o'clock this morning, aged
80 years. She leaves husband and
two children. tuberculosis was the
cause OF her death.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Shumake and daugh-
ter. of Otonville, Mimi, who have
been the guests of Mrs. S. w. katter-
John of 18th street. have gone TO
Henderson and Owensboro, TO visit
relatives before returning home.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Both are Improving.

Messrs. John Rhea and Chris Ed
monds. who were scalded in an en-
gine at the |. c. Round house two
days ago. are better at the |. c. hos
pital and 1t is now not thought
Rhea's injuries are fatal. They are
resting easy today. .-.....-
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man to
manage branch Office and distribut-
ing depot for large coffee and spice
company owning its own mills; sal
ary 5000 monthly and commissions;
references and investment of $1,000
required. Address Manager, is River
ST., Chicago.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

WANTED FOR U. s. ARMY--Able
bodied unmarried men between ages
of 21 and 35; citizens of the United
States; of good character and tenn
perate habits, who can speak. read
and write English. For information
apply to Recruiting OHicerI New
Richmond House, Paducah, Ky.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Suit for Divorce.

Monroe Nelson has filed suit for
divorce against Florence Nelson al
leging abandonment. They were
married in May, 1901 and separated
in October, 1901.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
Justice BIeich's Court.

Justice John ]. Bleich will convene
his court Monday. He has about so
cases on his docket.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or LADY
with good reference. to travel for
firm of $3.50 900 90 capital. Salary
s1,O72.OO per year and expenses paid
weekly and expenses advanced. Ad-
dress, with stamp, J. A. Alexander.
Paducah, Ky.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

Mr.. w. T. Blackard is brother OF
Rev. ]. w. Blackard of this city. the
presiding elder of the Paducah dis
trict Methodist churches.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

ATTRACTIVE young widow very
wealthy but lonesome. wishes to cor
respond with some nice gentleman.
Object matrimony. Address Box 9s,
Harvey, Ill.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

]. Il. MORGAN. blacksmith, 400
s. Third. Old phone 457. Superior
work guaranteed. Exclusive agent
for fore stone side wire tires, the
best rubber tires made.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Five-room cottage.
with bath, 1247 Kentucky ave. APP
ply to Mrs. c. W. Girardey.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT Four room house,
sewer connections, corner 3rd and
Tennessee. Apply ii. A. Peters = +
store or 1853 Ky. Ave.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

WANTED-,Lady as district man
ager for spring business, good health
and willing to work. Salary $1,000
weekly and expenses. Advancement.
Answer at once. j. II. McBrady. 4
Co., Chicago. - XlfA
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR SALE - After March 25
will sell thoroughbred barred Plym-
outh Rock eggs at 81 per 13; also a
few Cockerels at IS each. Phons
1927.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24
TIPS.

TIPS.
MITCHELL'S for high-grade biey
cles. 32G South Third.
WANTED-Setting hens. Old
phone 1868.
HEATING and stove wood. Frank
Levin, both phones, 4S7.
FOR RENT-Rooms to gentlemen.
Old phone G13-w.
FOR RENT-Two furnished
rooms. Apply at 500 South Ninth.
UMBRELLA repairing and cover
ing neatly done. 1OS1a S. Third st.
OvERSTREET, the painter. Old
phone 2305.
FOR RENT-Two nice furnished
rooms with bath and modern con-
veniences. Apply 91S Broadway.
ALL KINDS of brick work done
cheap. ~ Rouleau. 1917 Trimble
street. Old Phone 1915.
FOR SALE Nice harness mare
Seven years old. Apply j. S. Hunt,
|1720 Monroe.
CLEANING and pressing neatly
done. James Duffey. old phone
1861.
WANTED - White corn. T. ].
Wood, Lone Oak, Ky. Old Phone,
sSG. Ring 8.
FOR RENT-Fdve rooms over
Kamleiter's grocery. Apply to
Henry Kamleiter.
wANTED-PositSon as stenog-
rapher or Office girl. Address A..
care this Office.
UPHOLSTERTNG and furniture
repaired. Called for and delivered.
Old phone 937-r. New phone 594.
FOR SALE-Easy terms. 3 new
houses in Northview addition neas
18th street car line. w. ID. Greer,
527 Broadway.
GEORGE & M'CORMACK-Uphol-
stering. General repairing. Grating a
Especially, corner Third and Adams.
New phone 1925. Old phone 1897.
FOR SALE-Al my Paducah real
estate, at bargain prices. Terms to
suit purchaser. Phone 231. ]. M.
Worten.
FOR RENT - Five room residence
with modern improvements. Reuben
Rowland, Trueheart Bldg.
HONEST young man to travel, ad-
vertising and collecting; staple line;
SIS weekly and expenses. Kel-Bro.
Mercantile Co., Chicago.
FOR RENT-5-room cottage Oh
Tennessee street between Seveu3i
and Eighth. w. ID. Greer, 52I
Broadway.
BOUGENO BROS Contractors
and builders. repair and cabinet work
Grating and packing. Shop 307 Ky.
Ave-. phone 81.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Furnished room.
1852 jefferson street.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR sALE-White Leghorn eggs
for Matching. $1!00 per setting OF
Is. Also few cockerels, $3.50 each.
George Runge. Phone 14O6-m., or
address Runge's shoe store.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT - Modern S-room
house, all improvements and furnace.
No. 500 Broadway. Apply Geo. Lang
staff, Business phone 26, residence
phone sos.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

LOST-Lady's gold watch, closed
face she'll case with gold fob attach
ed. Either on st. Louis train Sum
day, or in the city. Finder return
TO this Office and receive reward.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

wANTED-PosiAon as stenog-
rapher or Office girl. Address A.,
care this office.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-5-room cottage Oh
Tennessee street between Seven3i
and Eighth. w. ID. Greer, 52I
Broadway
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

BOUGENO BROS Contractors
and builders. repair and cabinet work
Grating and packing. Shop 307 Ky.
Ave-, phone 50.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

HONEST young man to travel, ad-
vertising and collecting; staple line;
SIS weekly and expenses. Kel-Bro.
Mercantile Co, Chicago.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

HEATING and stove wood, Frank
Levin, both phones, 437.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT - Five room residence
with modern. improvements. Reuben
Rowland, Trueheart Bldg.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Rooms to gentlemen.
Old phone G13-w.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Two furnished
rooms. Apply at 500 South Ninth.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

GEORGE & M'CORMACK-Uphol-
stering. General repairing. Grating
speciality, corner Third and Adams.
New phone 1925, Old phone 1897.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

UPHOLSTERFNG and furniture
repaired. Called for and delivered.
Old phone 937-r. New phone 594.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

MITCHELL'S for high-grade bicy-
cles. 326 South Third.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR SALE+All my Paducah real
estate, at bargain prices. Terms to
suit purchaser. Phone 231. ]. M.
Worten.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR SALE-Easy terms 3 new
houses in Northview addition near
18th street car line. w. ID. Greer,
527 Broadway.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Fdve rooms over
Kamleiter's grocery. Apply to
Henry Kamleiter.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

UMBRELLA repairing and cover
ing neatly done, 10S1a S. Third st.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

WANTED - White corn. T. ].
Wood. Lone Oak, Ky. Old Phone,
S3G. Ring 3.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

CLEANING and pressing neatly
done. James Duffey, old phone
1616-r.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

OvERSTREET, the painter. Old
phone 1905.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR RENT-Two nice furnished
rooms with bath and modern con-
Apply 91S Broadway.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

ALL KINDS of brick work done
cheap. n. Rouleau, 1917 Trimble
street. Old Phone 1915.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

FOR SALE Nice harness mare
Seven years old. Apply j. S. Hunt,
1920 Monroe.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

Setting hens. Old
phone 1865.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
HAIR TURNED WHITE.
Maryland Farmer Suffers Great An.
 quish In Snakes Coll.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 In the beautiful Middletown Valley of Maryland the old meadows were unplowed and never felt the shouts of the hogs which freely roamed the cultivated fields.
 So the snakes, fearing blows and har- rows, and especially the all-devour1ng swine, sought the quiet meadows. Here they were thick and venomous about hay making time.
 The farm of Uncle George Frost spread out In fields and meadows at the foot Of South Mountain, where General Braddock crossed through Crampton's Gap on his way to Ft. Duguesne. and where later General Franklin drove the Confederates down Into Pleasant Valley. My story or snakes pertains to this farm, though Tn passing it may be said that the crude collars and rope traces of the southern artillery horses appeared to some or the Marylanders, viewed from distance, 10 have been harness of gators and great snakes. This delusion may have resulted from the fear of the invaders.
 In Uncle Georges meadows, Bliiy NUT ris tall mountaineer, leading gang of six mowers with Dutch scythes ma, nam mered to keen edge, deftly decapitated large copperhead which sprang at nm from in front, the while never breaking click with his followers
 Afterward, when the moving machines supplanted even the English scythes. ana when Dave Frost succeeded his rather Ill the management of the farm, this story had it's origin. Dave was great tease ana took special delight in running on his hired hand, Billy Waitday. The latter learned to discount the things told him py his young master, and thus 1t happened that Dave was once left to fight alone with aL large blue racer in the old meadow Bill had heard his cries above the dln or the machine. but concluded the young man was up to one more of his tricks.
 The racer, wrapping round Dawes body, looked him full in the face until induced to let go by the scythe thrusts which his victim had nerve enough to give nm.
 Daye's hadr became snowy white Tn d few days and was typical of the wisdom he learned at that time. though he never fully forgave Wattday for thinking ms calls for help were intended to fool ms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
HOW IT WORKED.
Wifey's Scheme to Cure Her Husband
 of Excessive Smoking.

From the Chicago Chronicle
 She read about it in the back of a maga- zine. The advertisement said that 1t was tasteless, that it could be administered in the breakfast coffee, and that it would cure the most confirmed smoker of the tobacco habit without his knowledge. To be sure, Elmer smoked only three or four cigars @ day. Still, why should he smoke at all? She didn't.
 So she wrote for the cure, and in due time it arrived, in a plain, sealed pack age, with full instructions inside.
 Unfortunately 1t arrived before she was up. Elmer opened it, smiled to himself, sealed 1t up again, and said nothing. The next morning she gave him his first dose.
 This coffee has bitter taste, hasn't t?" he asked
 Your stomach must be out of order" she answered. "It tastes all right to me"
 Strange"
 That night he brought home a large. new box of cigars. Usually after dinner he smoked once. But that night he smoked all the evening. The atmosphere was thick.
 The second morning he complained again about the dbffee's bitterness.
 well, no wonder your taste is out of
 
 ering how you smoked last night" i've had the most remarkable craving for tobacco lately" he muttered And at dusk he brought home a costly meerschaum pipe and pound of Caven- dish, and shutting himself up in the H. brary smoked like forest fire until bed time.
 Hadn't we better change the coffee? Surely you must have noticed It's odd taste" he said on the third morning. No. I haven't noticed it," she an- swered faintly.
 He brought home from the city in the evening a huge tin box of Egyptian ci- garettes. fhookah and a jar of Turkish tobacco.
 q never enjoyed smoking as I've done lately" he explained 'I cant keep cigar out of my mouth"
 And that night he smoked cigars and cigarettes, meerschaum and hoolSah till he saw her rise and hurry, with vindic- tive look, to the kitchen.
 Following on tiptoe. he saw her un- lock drawer, take out bottle that he knew, and pour it's contents into the sink. He chuckled.
 And thereafter he complained no more about the coffee and his tobacco appetite shrunk back to it's normal proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
The Dandy of Old Days.
a Nau York World.

From the New York world.
 What has become of the dandy of the old days. of whom Mansfeld's Beau Rrummel has preserved the type? Is there
 now anything to compare with him? Dandyism went out when Queen Victoria came in. The Prince Consort was more scholar than flop.
 To be a dandy three things were requi-
 site according to the expert of the Lon don Saturday Review the man had to dress himself In more artistic and ori- einal fashion than his fellows; he had 10 be in the best society, and he had to De possessed of brains. Brummel was not a man of birth, but both he and D'Orsay were men of brains, or wit, as 1t used to
 be called.
 Lord Lamington, in his recent DOCK on dandies, gives us picture or count D,Orsay riding down to Richmond on a superb hack dressed in blue coat and brass buttons, buff waistcoat. wide ex-
 panse of snowy shirt front. tight-fitting feathers, broad-brimmed glossy hat and spotless white kid gloves. And he tells us that this faultless makeup was stared at by the passers with respect and the great est admiration.
 He set the styles for New York and Philadelphia as well as London. The London mob of seventy years ago knew who Count D'Orsay was, and cheerfully admitted his claims upon their attention.
 Today the mob knows nobody by sight except "the royals and Mir. Chamber lain. This comes from the indefinite ex- tension of the bounds of what is called society, and from the multiplication of celebrities by cheap newspapers and pho tography There are so many well known men" nowadays that none are known.
 Then the notifications of male CO.'S tunes have helped to kill the dandy. Most of the smart mans costumes are for diff ferent kinds of sport, and dandyism in tweeds Is not attainable. The modern well-dressed man of fashion in London probably spends more on his clothes than the dandy For if a man hunts and shoots and plays golf and polo. and goes to court. he requires large wardrobe, not to be bought for less than $500 or 5000 year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
Hanging Gardens of Helena.

'"The strangest and most interesting park project ever undertaken in this country is to be found at Helena, Mon- tana," writes John H. Raftrey in Tech nical World Magazine for July, where they citizens are engaged in transforming the bald slopes of conical mountain which towers nearly 14O0 feet above the the city, into forest park.
 There is no spring well, brook, or pond upon the barren sides or rocky sum mits of this singular park; nor will 1t be possible to raise water from the valley for the irrigation of trees, shrubs and flowers; yet the expert foresters of the
 federal bureau. who spent last summer planning for the planting of the park, are agreed that several varieties of ever green trees will flourish there without water or attendance.
 "A spiral foot-path has been graded from the city to the summit of Mount Helena, and there an ornate pavilion has been erected upon the highest point of rock. 14O0 feet above the main street. In the cliffs of the peak there are two spa cious natural caves. which will be ten anted by specimens of the native bears lions, and other carnivora of these noun tains. Parks enclosing heards of deer. antelope, moose. elk and buffalo will be added at the present limits of the tract are extended upon the desert lands which lie back of the mountain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
BIG BATCH OF CONSULAR
 OFFICERS co TO SENATE

Washington, June 15.-The President to- day sent to the Senate the nominations of sixty-one consular officers, probably the largest number of such nominations ever submitted in one day. The list was the result of many weeks work by Seere- tary Root and Wilbur Carr, the chief of the consular bureau, upon the general proposition to provide by executive ac- ton, by the failure of Congress, when It enacted the consular reorganization bill to provide for a regular system of pro- motion in the service. Therefore nearly all of the nominations of today are really promotions All of these promotions were made upon the efficiency record of the consuls. thereby carrying out Secretary Roots original idea that the higher places In the consular service should be reserved for the reward of the consuls in the lower grade who had proved their merit, and as a result only places at the foot of the list are left open only for original appoint ment.
 In the case of the list submitted today 1t happens that there are but two ori- ginal appointments. MT. Haywood who Is nominated to be consul general at Seoul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
HOW CONNECTS KILL TIME.
One Committed the Old Testlment to
 Memory.
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits.
 The convict whose idle hours are the bitterest of his term of imprisonment must kill time clandestinely unless the governor or the chaplain is willing to take a very broad view of the regula- tions in order to help him. Sometimes a skilled workman of an indfstrious turn of mind will appeal to one or other of these gentlemen to find him some em- ployment for his spare time. Thus a clever wood carver mentioned in a recent report of the prison commissioners was able to present to the chapel a really magnifi- gently carved eagle lectern in oak, en- tirely the work of his own hands. and done in hours which might otherwise have been spent in solitude and likeness.
 An ex-governor of a great prison has in his possession remarkably handsome sdeboard in walnut which was made Tor him by a convict of a prison where he was governor for some ten years. The man appealed to him for some means of killing time. and, knowing the man to be a cabinetmaker, he provided him with wood and tools. The sideboard was the surprising result, and. in consequence of it. when the convict took his discharge. there was substantial present from the governor to help him in making a fresh start In life Moreover. while thus em-
  ming nor his mind lying fallow, and his chances of leading an honest life there after were therefore greatly increased.
 On the other hand. prisoners have been known to kill time secretly by such melancholy devices as making mats and baskets of straw taken from their beds, rather than simply sit and brood. Others have set themselves to count the num- bers of times certain letters occur in the Bible. with a copy of which every convict is provided. and it is quite a common prac- tice for prisoners to learn whole chap ters, gospels. and epistles by heart A certain hardened character once commit ted to memory the whole of the Old Testament, but the moral good it did him could not have been very great, for two days after his release he committed a burglary, for which he was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
 The chaplain of prison possesses con- siderable powers in the way of providing convicts with spare-tirne occupations. and with his cooperation an educated convict will sometimes indulge in such literary pursuits" as inditing his autobiography, which many chaplains consider an excel lent method for getting a prisoner to weigh his own character though they are often disappointed by the measure of hypocritical cfaptrap such autobiographies contain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
ENGLISH STIRRED
 BY MEAT SCANDAL
ONE MAN IN PARLIAMENT WANTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH CANNED MEAT WAS SENT TO SOUTH AFRICA.

London. June 15.-A fresh lot Of ques- tions relating to the Chicago meat pack ing disclosures are being prepared for presentation in the house Of commons next week. Michael Hicks-Beach son of the former chancellor of the excheouer. will ask War Secretary Haldane to in- form the house of the quantity of the Chicago canned meat supplies sent to the troops in South Africa during the late war and what proportion of entrie deaths ought more properly have been described as due to ''ptomaine poisoning
 Another question is based on the dis covery In the dining room of the house of commons of box marked "Armour's. St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City, chickens" Frederick E. Smith, unionst, will inquire what the portion of food sup piled to the members of the house comes from Chicago
 There was an incidental mentioning of canned meats in the course of todays in- quiry in the South African war stores scandals. Evidence was given to the eff feet that army officers sold 200OO cases of canned meats, including the Armour brand, helmet brand and Mitchells brand to a contractor for 3 cents a pound. The contractor complained that the meats wefe bad and returned the cases. The of ffeer who sold the canned meats testified that he subsequently, ordered the filth to be dumped into the sea- and much of 1t afterwards fioated ashore and was picked Up by Kaffirs, who ate it, with the result that a number of them died of ptomaine poisoning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
HOW STORIES SPREAD IN ORIENT
False Rumors That Have Caused Brit.
 lsh Much Trouble.

A remarkable story is being told in Mandalay to account for the ravages of the plague. The city has been sorely af- fiicted. A month ago people were dying at the rate of sixty day. Business was practically at standstill. and two-thirds of the population had fled. Not the worst feature of the panic was the credence given to a widespread rumor that the pestilence was the resslt of the royal visit.
 While their royal highnesses. 1t was said. were in Mandalay. the Princess had dreamed that some Burmese had tried to murder her. She told no one. the story goes. at the time. but when thA rnzal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
Has Leg Amputated.

Walter Nelson. 21 years old, who works at No. 3 Bessemer coal mines, had a leg badly mangled yesterday afternoon by a falling rock. He was brought to St. Vincents hospital and the limb am- putated. It Is thought that he will re- cover as soon as in the nature of the case is possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-16
Neuro Raises Disturbance.

Ira Tucker. a negro, was arrested yes- terday by Policeman Benson for creating a disturbance in the Peoples Cafe on Sec ond avenue between Eighteenth and Nine teenth streets. According to the proprietor of the place Tucker walked In and or dered something to eat. Upon being told that negroes were not served there he drew knife, besides using indecent language In the presence of the woman cashier. Two charges were lodged against Tucker and he was locked up.