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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29
NUMBERING CARS
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Confusion Now Exists AllOyerI
The Great System.
VIII Require Year to Complete the
Gigantic Task Now Under
taken.
WHERE TROUBLE COMES IN

TO aid In the moving and taking
care of its cars, which now number
quarter of a million. the Pennsyl-
vanla railroad is having them all
numbered. 1t is a gigantic task,
one that will require a full years
labor, but when the work is done
there will be none of the confusion
which has frequently brought grief
to the Pennsylvania S car record Of
flee and to the car accountants of
other roads.
Troubles arose from the fact tina.
every one of the individual companies
which go to make up the Pennsylva-
mia system had its own car numbers.
In addition to thai the similarity of
the legends. Pennsylvania" and
Pennsylvania Company" often
caused one name to be reported when
the other should have been. In the
system there might be eight or ten
cars with the same number, and if
the small initials of individual owner
ship were left out of report there
was no way of telling what car was
really meant.
TO the passenger cars belonging to
the lines east of Pittsburg are given
the numbers to I .7OO and to those
belonging to the lines west of Pitts
burg the numbers 1901 to 10000.
The freight cars are numbered from
10,001 to 100000 on the eastern
lines and from 5OO,0O1 to 500 999
on the western lines.
To make the task as easy as posi-
Bile 1t was arranged that the largest
ownership. namely. the Pennsylvania
railroad proper. should carry the
lower numbers. This would fall into
the proper class without having to
be remembered
The cars are TO be repainted. too.
but that is. of necessity, much slow
er work than the REMEMBERING. There
are comparatively few places where
it can be done, while new numbers
can be put on at pretty near'y any
station where there is a small paint
shop. When the repainting is done
every car on the eastern lines will
have the word Pennsylvania" on
che side. above the number, and the
letters "P. r. r. on the end. On
the western lines Pennsylvania
Lines" will be the legend for the side
of caar and "P. - for the end.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29
MIR. DOOLEY'S TALK.

srsss-is-isi
+. Il. Dunne never wrote better
"Dooley' article than the one he
publishes in the October number of
The American Magazine the peri
odlcal that he and John S. Phillips
and Ida VI. Tarbell and William AL
len White and Lincoln Steffens and
Ray Stannard Baker have bought,
and taken hold of with such vigor.
| This new "Dooley" article is on
THE Power of the Press" II Is the
splendid sane brain of the great Am
erican philosopher at its best. How
Peter Dunno does grow In wisdom
and knowledge. How gentle his hu-
NOR, how fair his thrusts!
After showing what 9TH press can
do f'r thin 4 loves" and what 1t ca"
hand to thin It don't love-" after
amusing reference to his colleagues,
Mr. Steffens and Mr.. Baker and Miss
Tarbell, and to Winston Churchill
and Roosevelt and others. "Mr Doc
10y fdess
"No. sir, as Hogan says, care not
who makes tn laws or tn money Nv
country so long as run tn press
es. Father Kelly was talkin' about IL
tn other day. ~rhere Amt anything
like II an there niver was says he.
All tn priests in this diocese to-
gether preach to about a hundherd
thousand people wanct a week an
he says all tn papers preach 10
three millyon wanct day, aye twin
~ times day he says. we give ye
hell on SUNDAYS an they give we he'll
all tn time" he SAYS. IT'S a pondher-
full thing he says. Z see bar'l Nv
printers ink goin' into a newspaper
Office an Il looks common enough. A
bari iv printers ink. bar'l iv linsee
lie an lampblack, with a smell to IL
that's half stink an hair perfume.
But | tell ye If all tn dinnymite, lyd-
dlte. cordite an gun cotton in tn
wurruld wuz hid behind thin hoops
there wudden't be as much disturb
ance In that bari as there Is in tn
messy stuff that looks like so much
tar. he says. Printers ink. A
dhrop iv 1t on wan little wurrud in
type he says. will blacken tn fair
est name IN Christendom or he say
make n star to shine on tn lowliest
brow. he says. 1t will find its way
into millions Nv homes an hearts an
memories. II will go through iron
dures AN stone walls an will carry
some message that may turn tn cur
rent iv ivry life II meets, firm tn
Emperor Nv Chiny TO tn baby in tn
cradle in Hannigan's fat he says.
1T may undo a thousand prayers or
start millyon. IL can't be escaped.
1t could dhrag me out Nv me parish
house to-morrah an make me as
well-known in Pekin as | am In Hal
stead sthreet, an not as fav'rably.
To-day tn pope may give me no
more thought thin he gives Kelly
tn Rowlin' MIL Man. Tomorrah he
may be readin about how great or
bad am In tn Popylo Romano. It's
got Death beat q mile in levelln'
ranks
Eyes sir says he, til hand that
rocks tn fountain pens is tn hand
that rules tn wurruld. Tn press Is
FIR tn whole univarse what Mulligan
was f'r his beat. He was tn best po-
lishman an tn worst liver knew.
He was a terror to evil doors whln
he was sober an terror TO ivrybody
whin he was dhrunk. Martin. |
drink 10 tn la-ads al over tn
wurruld who use tn printers ink.
May the not put too much w III
Fred stun in it an may IL niver go
TO their heads. '"-American Maya
zine
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29
Woodmen Dances.

Olive camp, Woodmen of the World
will continue the semi-monthly
dances at the lodge hall on North
Fourth street. throughout the win
ter These dances are social feat
ure and admission is by card. At the
regular meeting tomorrow evening
several new members will be initiated
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29

There is no reason why men
shouldn't love their enemies as they
love themselves. especially II they
happen to be their own worst ene-
mics.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29

Mrs. Austin's Pancakes, really SUI
perior to everything. Ask grocer.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29
\ Recipe for Sanity.


Crhe late Henry Rutherford Eliot in
the November Century,
Are you worried in a fight?
Laugh it off.
Are you cheated of your right?
Laugh II of.
Don't make tragedy of tribes,
Don't shoot butterflies with rifles
Laugh 1t OF.
Does your work get into kinks?
Laugh 1t on
Are you near all sorts of Drinks?
Laugh it of.
II it's sanity you're after,
There's no recipe like laughter
Laugh II of.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-29

Victim of Summer Hotel--"Don't
you hire any servants at all to keep
this hotel clean? My room is in al.
awful dirty condition."
The Proprietor--''rhat is the
fault of the wind. You knoV. we ad-
yertise swept ty ocean breezes. -
Montreal Star. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
THE TROLLEY.

If there is any talk about running ID
trolley line anywhere through the COM
munity where you reside go forth and
meet the projectors more than halfway.
give them the right of way across your
land and take stock in the company and,
push the enterprise along, for it is the
best thing which could possibly hit you.
Some men whose eyes are set too close
together don't do this, but hinder and
hamper the work in every possible
manner. The trolley line means full
municipal privileges and opportunities
for the country resident, wider and bet
ter markets, better schools and more Of
all that makes life worth living. Near
" every farmer appreciates the tele!
phone and the rural mail systems, and
the trolley road is the keystone to this
improved type Of country living.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
A PLAN THAT FAILED.

In an attempt to solve some Of the
difficulties incident to the immigration
problem the experiment was tried Of
colonizing some Of the italian element
in certain districts of the south and
getting them started in the business OF
fruit farming. the originator Of the
plan doubtless thinking that il their
love Of the fruit business, as evinced IN
their zeal for the push cart fruit ven
der vocation, could only be turned in
the direction Of production, instead Of
vending, great good might result both
to the cities from which these for.
eigners were drawn and to the waste
districts of the south which their efforts
would turn to some use. The experts
ment didn't work, for the sons Of SUM
ny Italy suffered from nostalgia til
such an extent that they HE'D them-
selves back to the squalid tenements
and smoky, noisy confines Of the city,
where their constantly increasing mum.
Der is becoming a serious problem.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
DAY OF BIG ruruGs.

This IS an age Of large things Large
conceptions, large ambitions. Business
promoters talk glibly Of deals involv-
ing ten figures. We have our million.
aires and our multimillionaires, who
die but to leave their immense riches
to be squandered by their children.
who often have not the slightest cons
ception of dollars true value. Ii
was the apt thought Of some historian
who wrote upon. the settlement OF
America that the colonists who really
settled this country came from the mid.
die class. neither the froth nor the
dregs, but the real stuff that lies b.,
tween. And SO today 1t is to this same
middle class that the country must
look to furnish the men Of the nation
the clean citizens. The effete sons OF the
rich are cursed with the birthright Of
immense gold. the spending Of which
kills all ambition for being and doing.
In the end it is the rural communities
from which the world must draw its
stamina. AS the mighty corporation
depend upon the local producers for the
material with which they feed the cit.
les, so the nation draws each year up.
on the country for its quota of real
men.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
THE couNrRY Homr.

Did you ever stop to think that the
prospect OF a visit to the country home
is usually hailed with delight by both
young and old alike? The spirit of hos-
pitality, comfort and plenty which per-
vades the whole atmosphere of the
farm home is delightful in the ex-
IRENE, especially to those who come
from city homes where economy is
practiced on every corner and the
good things SO appetizing in the farm:
home mean a good substantial tug at
the pocketbook when purchased in the
city. The hostess in the country home
cultivates and enjoys her friends. She,
can afford to be hospitable with re1
sources at her command which meet
the demand Of every occasion. She
makes her guests feel at home and
happy, while they in turn respond to-
the freedom and lack Of formality with,
great eagerness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
KEEP THE BOY THIS way. :.


To keep boy on the farm first Of all
work should be made as pleasant ana
attractive to him as possible. He win
never like the farm If he realizes thad
he is nothing but a chore boy to have
to work with the poorest team, the old.
est tools. Then giving him small
financial interest in the work which he
does is matter Of the highest impor.
lance. There are far more boys driven
from the farm than ever leave it yolun-
tarily. A very good way is to give the
boy an acre Of land and let him have
all he can raise on it. A number Of old
grangers have been much surprised at
what their boys could do under this
plan and have been given very valu.
able object lesson in the possibilities Of
a small piece Of land well titled. You
farm boys who read this ask for the
use of an acre of land, pay rent for II
If your father won't give it to you and
try this year to see how big crop %
potatoes or corn or cabbages or SQUASH
es you can raise. Popcorn will often
pay as well as or better than any other
crop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

Because man has been born and
raised upon a farm it does not follow
in every instance that he is a farmer on
knows more than others about success
full farming. We heard a farmer not
long since ridiculing the remarks Of a.
professor in certain agricultural meet
ing because as the farmer asserted, he
didn't believe the fellow had ever lived:
on farm in his life. This is mere norl
row mindedness. Each day brings
proof that the man who follows most
intelligently the plans outlined by our
agricultural colleges and experiment.
stations gets better results in the end.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

We knew of farmer once who got
the idea in his head that he would like
to hold county Office, which is a per-
fectly laudable ambition for the man
who can afford it. The gentleman in
question was popular about the county
and would undoubtedly have secured
the Office had he not thought better of
the matter and withdrawn his name,
giving as reason that during the next
eight years it was up to him to make
his stake and that that time was too
potent for good for him to waste it in
filling an Office which when his term
was over would leave him unfit for
anything else. This man was wise be-
lyond his generation
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The municipal ownership idea Ger.
tainly has hold on Germany when
its newspapers advocate the raising OF
swine by the city to supply the need
ed demand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

People practice economy a good deal
as they wear their good clothes some
don it every day, while others revel
In it only on special occasions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The walking over rough and muddy
ways in our goings and comings Is not
unlike this life's pathway. But by
stepping high and sure we can COM
pass much that is disagreeable and
forbidding without either slipping or
becoming spattered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

Some men farm their land as some
women make their bread-they give it
running start, then leave it to shift
for itself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

On rolling and billy lands under the
plow in q regular rotation OF crops
nothing so well prevents the washing
of the soil as to have it we'll filled with
clover roots, and nothing else will be
SO good for the crop as a source Of
humus and fertility.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

There is not going to be much hope
for the man who is content to raise
twenty bushels of corn to the acre
on land that will as easily produce
more than twice that amount. TWEEN
ty-five bushels of corn on hundred dol.
lar an acre land is too much of para.
dox to long survive.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The ordinary plow used to cut down
the drifts after heavy snowstorms has
been said to work successfully, leav-
ing the otherwise impossible roads in
fine condition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The mistakes of last years crop sea.
son should not be repeated this year,
one of the most serious Of which con-
sisted in planting corn only 60 pei
cent of which would terminate. 1t is
well to remember that the largest yields
of corn ever obtained were the result
of an even stand of corn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13
(To be Continued.)

Home without mother is like a
barn after the horse has been stolen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

There are probably no two articles
upon the market today which are more
generally adulterated than maple sugar
and baking powder. The former is
made from the juice of corncobs and
glucose and the latter from alum and
various phosphates. Neither Of these
commodities is cheap at any price.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

In the hill countries where the land
is under the plow it is good policy to
keep all the draws and natural water
ways in sod, even if the fields are
thereby broken up. The water must
find way of during heavy rains, and
where these waterways are under the
pillow the loss by erosion Is very great.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The frst garden work in the spring
to command attention is to make the
hotbed, plant the early potatoes, the
onions and the peas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

When clover Will do so much to reno
vate and redeem the farm, why don't
more men sow it? It's hard to tell.
The many don't know and won't learn.
Some get discouraged and quit because
their seeding fails The few stick
to 1t, build their soils up and make
money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

While the lack Of it gives to the home
a desolate appearance, there is more
danger in too much shade than in none
at all. Sunshine is the greatest germ
destroyer yet discovered and has the
advantage Of costing little.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

Much has been said about good seed
corn and good seeds in general but 1t
is too much to expect good seed to do 1T
ALL Good sense, good soil and good
care are also necessary essentials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The little brown owl which has its
home in your barn or in the hollow
tree by your house is the best mouse
and rat catcher around your place,
worth more than even the cats and
dogs. Neither will he ever bother your
poultry, SO don't be foolish enough to
shoot him or let any one else do so.
He will also keep the sparrows thinned
out, for he knows how to get them
after they have gone to roost.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

Any weight is heavy when it is on
top.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The cooperative ownership of regis
tered sires is a thing which has caused
not little grief to many Of those who
have made the experiment. This trou-
BILE has been due in most part because
proper care was not taken when the
animal was purchased to prescribe the
individual liability Of the stockholders,
with the result that some have been
compelled to ante up a much larger
sum than they had anticipated. Yet
the principle of cooperative owner
ship is a good one, and, in fact, the
only way in many cases that the serv-
Ices of good sire can be secured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

If your child has taste for reading
encourage it along right lines. A little
history, biography and science along
with the stories may be the means OF
lifting your boy from the plane of
Jack Of all trades to some honorable
and lucrative position.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

TITS funny what little things will
make us show the white feather some
times. We can tackle the big Jobs with
courage, vim and even enthusiasm, but
we recoil from some of the minor calls
of duty with an unconquerable dread.
1t is these same little things that act as
our disciplinarians, wearing down the
rough corners and refining the uneven
surfaces Of our natures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

For an all around primary school you
can't beat the little country school
house, ten or more little folk and a
sweet little woman to teach them.
Every child may represent separate
class, but that doesn't matter. Each
child has the patient, careful aid in it's
studies which is SO largely denied it
when attending the larger and graded
school.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

Although possessed of the largest for
est area Of any country in the world,
Siberia imported all the timber used
for the construction Of the eastern end
of the Transsiberian railway from this
country, chiefly from Oregon. The
United States can Ill afford to export
lumber, as Its rapidly diminishing for
est reserves clearly indicate. A far
better plan would be for her to import
and give her native timber chance to
restore itself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The year 1906 opens up with fair
prospects for the American farmer. The
nonproducers of the country are all en-
ployed at good wages, insuring good
markets for all the produce which he
can raise. He commences the'year with
larger knowledge of how best to work
his land and grow his crops than ever
before. He is at last working in per-
feet harmony with science as applied to
agriculture.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

The tendency Of modern methods Of
education is to stuff the head and neg
lect the hand. The well educated boy
or girl is one who not only knows some
thing, but one who can do something, a
combination of the active brain and the
dextrous hand. The introduction of
classes in manual training in our pub
lie schools is move which cannot be
commended too highly, and we are
pleased to note that with this is being
incorporated training in domestic sci
ence for the girls. The objective point
of all education is to fit the boy or girl
to care for themselves and fill useful
and honorable place in the world, and
this end cannot be obtained If the train
ing Of the hand isrneglected.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-13

Far better of is the boy, whether
in city or country, in doing some re-
spectacle work and thereby learning
the value Of the hours and the dollars
than in school when kept there against
his will. You may be sure that he is
not only losing ground himself, but is
an all around nuisance both to his
teachers and his classmates as well.
You can drive horse to water, but you
can't make him drink.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-19
CONVICTS PLAY TRUMP CARD
Many Attempt to Secure Release Be-
cause Relatives Were Earth
quake Sufferers
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, May 1S.-It is well
known but unexplained fact that in
mates of the states prisons obtain ac-
curate information of happenings Of the
outside world almost as quickly as they
are recorded by the newspapers, and
they are in no way slow in learning
anything they. think they can
turn to advantage to themselves.
This fact is being strongly impressed
on Governor Pardee at the present time,
as he is receiving scores of letters from
inmates of both Folsom and San
Quentin prisons who ask for commuta-
ton of sentence or parole on the ground
that their loved ones have been ruined
by the San Francisco disaster and re-
quire their aid to procure a livelihood.
The convicts have learned that in one
or two instances where men were serv-
ing time for offenses that were not of
an aggravated nature the governor,
learning that their families really were
in want, commuted their sentences, and
every cunning convict within the walls
has now discovered a number of rela-
tions who want his help.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-19
GIRL GRAPPLES
WITH MAD DOG
NEW YORK MISS ENDS RRUTE's
LIFE BY sTRANcLE HOLD
Baby Saved From Jaws of Infurlated
Animal as 1t Leaped to Bury
Its Fangs in Chid's
Limbs

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, May 1S.-Anna Winters,
II years old, showed heroic qualities to-
day when she strangled to death mad
dog which had attacked her little
brother in the yard of their home in
Jersey City.
The dog was pet in the household
of John Winters, and little Harry and
the animal were inseparable.
This morning while playing in the
yard the dog made several attempts to
bite the child, who became frightened
and jumped on top of a box.
The brute leaped up after him and
the child screamed for help. His sister,
who was at work in the kitchen, ran
out of the rear door, grabbed the dog
about the neck and strangled it to
death and then beat it's head against an
iron tub to make sure that the brute
was dead.