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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-01
For the Lille Ones.

There IL no reason why The Golden
Goblin by Curtis Durham CThe Bobbs-
Merrill Company, Indianapolis should not
be pleasing to youth. Strange adventures
involving the Flying Dutchman, Neptune
and his family and sundry submarine
curiosities keep the young heroes of the
tale pretty busy. The jests are not above
childish comprehension. Some Of the pic
lures by George F.. Kerr are good. The
storyis printed on tinted decorative designs.
which are not preferable to plain white
paper.
Another tale built on the model of stage
extravaganzas is provided for youth in
The King OF Gee-Whiz' (The Bobbs-
Merrill Company. The story is concocted
by Emerson Hough and is fairly entertain
ing: the lyrics, supplied by Wilbur d. Nesbit,
are better than the text and there are
pictures, colored and plain, by Oscar E..
Cesare.
Again following stage fashions we rave
in Peter Poodle. Toy Maker to the King
by Will Bradley Dodd. Mead and Company
an elaborate dream Of animated toys. The
story is not lacking in interest and the
pictures are clever.
Several series of comic pear pictures
by \ rank yer Deck, Win JlnBles Dy MARQUIS
hands, make up Yer Beck's Book of Bears"
q. B. Lippincott Company. The pictures
have already appeared in periodicals. They
are always clever and often funny And lose
nothing by being collected in this album.
No humorous though inspired Mr.. E.
Boyd Smith in painting the pictures Of The
Story Of Pocahontas and Captain JOIN
smith CHcughton. Mifiin and Company.
They are very carefully drawn and colored
tremendously and the composition is as
conventional al a decorative design. We
have seldom seen anything funnier than
Mr.. Smiths conception Of the captain, with
his carefully clipped yellow Van Dyke
beard The story is told in the most ap-
proved artless nursery style.
The late Mr.. Z. A. Freeman must turn in
his grave at the appearance Of An Island
Story by n. E. Marshall Frederick A.
Stokes Company. IL is a product OF Aus
trala snd comprises slthe exploded stories
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Aids for Ingenious Youth.

An admirable book, providing entertain
ment and instruction for young and old
alike, is "The Romance OF Animal Arts
a1d Crafts" by DR.. II. Coupin and John
Lea 81. B. Lippincott Company. 1t tells
systematically about the wonderful in
genuity and constructive skill of all sorts
of animals; the familiar stories Of spiders.
ants, bees, are here and tales of the extraor-
binary ways of all manner of stranger
beasts. The authorA tell their story clearly
and make M attempt 10 talk down to their
readers. The pictures are unusually illus
~trative. II is "A book of absorbing interest
that should stir up ever those who care
nothing for natural history.
Many ingenious toys that may be con-
structed by def fingers, most Of them with
paper, scissors and paste, are described in
-Things Worth Doing, by Lima Beard and
Adela r. Beard Charles S~cribner's Sons)
whether they are always worth doing
may be doubted, but the authors certainly
zee TO il that their directions are precise, ~
that II" they are followed the promised toy
win be produced,
More ambitious but hardly bhs practical
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n more convenient shape than local his
tories and in more dignifed form than
Indian tales. Mr.. Hubert possesses the
knowledge required TO write such a book,
"a he shows in some Of his chapters. He
has shown before, however, incapacity to
fill in a large oanvass satisfactorily. Here
he wanders from his subject to write about
the vexed Oregon question, and unfortu-
nately drifts again into the tale of high
way development, which he has told much
better in other books. He harps on the
half true fancy that the great pioneers
we're promoters and to develop that
theory lays undue stress on the wrong side
Of some matters.
The short monograph by Camille Maui
clair on Antoine Vatican in The Popu-
lar Library Of Art" (Duckworth and Com
pany; Z. p. button and Company is en-
pertaining and not too profound. The
pictures are numerous but reproduced very
poorly.
A volume Of selections in prose and verse,
meditations on life. has been edited by
Mr.. A. T. Quiller-Couch in The Pilgrims
WAY" E. P. Dutton and Company. The
choice shows good taste. though the arrange
ment under sub-heads may seem a little
f~anciful. The editor reaches out beyond
thu usual anthologies for his verse.
A parody on editing will be found in the
pretty edition OF The Satires Of Juvenal, I"
by A. F. Cole %. NJ: Dent and Company;
G. p. Putnam's sons. A Latin text about
which no information is vouchsafed is
arranged face to face with William Chords
translation. There is 10 hint that some
Of the satires are omitted. Neither intro
duction nor notes call for any knowledge OF
Latin. 1t Is a strange book TO bear the
Dent imprint.
In The Art Of the Dresden Gallery, by
Julia de Wolf Addison IL. C. Page and
Company, the author has been led astray
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IL d. c. Boards Tho Field and Forest
Handy Book" Charles Scribner's sons).
Some Of the problems set are within the
range OF ordinary boys activities, but a
good part of the volume solves difficulties
Of camp life and woodcraft that only very
big boys are likely to encounter.
Tao much is attempted and too little
accomplished in J. X. Benson's The Book
of Sports and Pastimes" u. B. Lippincott
Company. Some of the definitions Of very
simple games are adequate, hut the more
elaborate articles cave the inquirer in the
lurch. 1t may be advisable to introduce
young people to bridge, but they are not
likely to get much help from a hall page
account Of the game. Other games to which
more space is given are made but little more
clear.
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With elaborate pains Mr.. Edward Hutton
has manufactured an archaic style, after
he fashion of Mr.. Maurice Hewlett, for his
"Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord Of
Rimini. A Study Of a XIV Century Italian
Despot" d.. M. Dent and Company; T.. p.
Dutton n Company. This processes to
be a translation of a contemporary chronicle
written by a humanist who was interested in
art. He emits many twentieth century opin-
ions and judgments, a good share OF them Mr..
Hutton's own reflections, on matters Of his
tory and morals and literature and art
The authors modest intention that the
pooh should be read for delight" would
have beer furthered II there had been less
affectation in his style and in his mental
attitude. He looks upon il az "a work
of art, and the reader may or may not agree
with him. He is right in believing the
romantic care Of his hero TO be interest
ing; there is enough 10 carry the reader
along in spite Of digressions ard com
mentsry and the rather monotonO,Is tone
of adulation inflicted on the narrator. The
book il gotten up beautifully and. is illus
trated with fine photographers of real
objects of art.
The theme Of Mr.. Archer Butler HUI
bert's pilots Of the Republic" a. G. Nc
ClUrg and Company, Chicago Il i'm
portant and interesting. There il ejundsnt
romance In the story Of the settlement Of
the Middle West that shouldl be accessible
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Fairy Tales.

~Anunusually good collection Of fairy stories
is that made by Mr.. Ernest Rhys in Fairy
Gold u. NJ. Dent and Company; f. P.
Dutton and Company, IL is limited TO
the tales indigenous to England, so far as
fairy tales can be restricted to any place,
and sticks faithfully to the marvellous,
without wandering into the romances Of
adventure and other grown up matters.
This keeps the stories pretty close to scien-
tifc folklore, but they are told 50 entertain
ingly that youth will enjoy them with no sus-
picion of the editor's art, and many i'll seem
new. The one incongruous element seems
to be the inclusion Of a few modern poems
at the end. The pictures by Herbert Cole,
especially those not Oolored, are admirably
appropriate, and the typography is what
may be expected from a Dent book. This
is a real fairy book and a beautiful one.
Many old favorites and other good stories
that are less familiar will be found in the
selection made by Kate Douglas wiggin
and Nora Archibald Smith in THE Fairy
Ring" Mcclure. Phillips and Company.
The editors nave borrowed from many
sources and have put together a solid feast
for their youthful readers. Unusual taste
and care ave been used in this selection.
For those who wish to tame the barbarity
OF early youth The Birch-Tree Fairy Book"
has been arranged by Mr.. Clifton johnson
little, Brown and Company. Here are
many time honored tales carefully clipped
30 that children may De spared "~savagery
distressing details and excessive pathos."
The editor seems to be unaware that the
very young, if they are healthy, .revel in
savagery, but his scruples do not prevent
him from letting Morgisna pour boiling
oil on the forty thieves.
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By r. p. DUNE

Strdght from MnfD ootey heart The
Christmas Spirit flows into tho pages Of
the December Number of The American
Magazine. Hennessey has caught f.
Read it; you'll laugh and chuckle and
catch it too. tn catch you hard and
leaven you up I'LL you glow all over.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-01

about English history that ave been elm
mated from modern books. This is lone
deliberately. There is a lot of this deleted
history that has passed into literature.
The older generation learned the stories
and does not understand that the improved
school histories rave left it's successors in
complete ignorance Of them. IL was time
that some one should put them together as
Mr.. Marshall has lone for England. The
colored pictures are appropriate to the
book.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-01

by method. Dresden, the Louvre and the
Ufizi are the galleries best known to
travellers in Europe, and they all know
that the Dresden collection, while very
rich in some directions. is by no means
well balanced, and that there is no ikeli-
hood that the gaps will be filed. A proper
description of the gallery, therefore, should
tell about the great pictures that are in
it and should represent them all, even if
several were painted by n artist. The
author Of this book, however, undertakes
4 general history Of art. divided into schools,
and illustrated by such specimens as she
can find. That il not fair to Dresden.
The reproductions are extremely good.
1t is sad to those who recollect the miles
Of Wouvermans that not one of his pictures
should rave been deemed worthy, and of
the many devil" BreugheIs one might nave
been shown. A melancholy example Of
departed glory il the GORE ggio" Mag
dalen; the picture is as pretty as ever, but
since il has been declared not authentic it
drops out; it is not ever mentioned here.
British loyalty could account for Miss
Continued on Ninth PAGE.
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NEW BOOKS.
Cortinusd from sererM Page.

red and ~zigzagged with ink. In taste il is
csviare lone in curry. with plenty of pa
prika. .
There are people who enjoy things that
are curious and audacious even il they are
not good. and to those Mr.. Benson's story
will appeal IA unusual and astonishing.
u. B. LippincottD.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
COMMITTEES ORGANIZES.
viii Investigate Allege Rumors As
to Bar Members Conduct.

The committee appointed by Presi-
dent w. NJ Reed. of the Paducah Bar
Association to investigate any charg-
es of misconduct on the part of MEM
bers or attorneys at the local bar. met
this morning and organized.
The committee is composed of At
torneys James Campbell, Sr., r. T.
Lightfoot, ]. S. Ross, w. F. Brad
shaw, Jr., and c. X. Wheeler. James
Campbell was made chairman and j.
S. Ross secretary and an hour or two
was consumed in discussion of ru-
mors which have been current rela-
tive to the practiclng of certain at
torneys.
1t is stated that several attorneys
have been the subject of discussion
for alleged unprofessional methods
of practice and the committee after
formulating plans of investigation,
adjourned to meet Monday afternoon
at Judge Lightfoot's Office.
The meeting was held this morn
ing in Judge Lightfoot's court room.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
DEPOT BURNED
FIRE DESTROYS THE DEPOT AT
BARLOW, Ky.
Building and Residence OF Agent
Hughes Goes Up i'm Smoke This
Morning.

The Illinois Central combination
passenger and freight depot at Bar
low. Ky, 21 miles west of Paducah.
on the Cairo-Paducah extension of
the road, burned this morning at 3
o'clock, and is a total loss.
The fire broke out shortly before
3 O'Clock and was discovered by res
idents of the small town. There is no
fire fighting facilities at Barlow ex-
cept the usual small town bucket bri-
gade, and the fire had gained too
great headway to effectanything witt
the buckets.
The building vas a two-story frlue
occupied by the gent, II. IL Hughes.
He lived up stairs. and lost every
thing hs-aaa. tGshes is al calysrt
City visiting and the depot was in
charge of a substitute residing in the
town. away from the depot.
The fire is presumably OF ,ncendi-
airy origin, and the loss Will amount
to a great deal. There was not much
freight stored in the depot, but all
records and the electrical apparatus
for blocks and telegraph service was
destroyed. The l. C. carried insurance
in the private corporation which III
sures all its property, but Agent
Hughes, it is understood, carried no
fire protection.
The fire seemed TO have started
from the first floor and the building
was a mass of flames when discover
ed.
The matter has been referred to
the /. Especial agents who are work
ing on the case today.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
Jury In Case of Miami McChesney TO
Return Verdict.

Justice Charles Emery who ofilel-
ated in the place of Coroner Frank
Eaker in the inquest over the re-
mains of Miami McChesney, colored.
who died several weeks ago, the re-
suit of alleged morphine poisoning.
stated this morning that he would
call the jury together tonight and
render q verdict.
The jury heard all evidence in the
matter and was adjourned indefinite
ly pending an analysis of the wom-
ans stomach. 1t was alleged she had
taken morphine when she thought 1t
was quinine. The analytical expert in
Louisville has been slow in his work,
and Justice Emery stated a verdict
would be formed tonight, the matter
having been postponed long enough.
1t is understood that the expert
will render a report not later than
Monday night.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
MYSTERIOUS CASE
YOUNG MAN FOUND IN A ROOM
STABBED IN BREAST.
Says It Was Accident of His Own,
but This l. Doubtful.

Edward Lathern. OF Mt. Vernon,
Ind, young man who has been in
Paducah several weeks. is In River
side hospital the result of an acc
dental cutting, II is said.
The young man was found in a
room at Fannie wilson's place on
West Kentucky avenue this morn
ing about o'clock, by one of the in
mates. He was stabbed just under
the heart. and an alarm brought an
cnicer and a doctor. He was re-
moved to Riverside hospital after
the wound was dressed. The wound
is not deep and II Is not thought to
be serious.
1t is said that he was drinking or
had been. and the cutting has never
been thoroughly investigated. The
young man has nothing to say of the
affair except that he cut himself ac-
cldentally.
There are some who think he at
tempted suicide and others that he
was cut in a fight.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
WORKED A GAME
FOLLOWERS OF COLES CIRCUS
FOUND SUCKERS ABROAD.
Accused of Having Fleeccd a Num-
ber at Paris and Murray, Ky.

Operators of a Skin game" are
badly wanted by Officers in Murray.
Ky. and Paris, Tenn. IL is alleged
that they skinned" farmers at those
two places out of not less than $500,
and there is a great deal of feeling
against the men in those cities.
Yesterday when the Cole Brothers
circus came to town the operators OF
the game set up their apparatus at
the show grounds. A monkey was
used in the operation. the monkeys
duty being to dive down into bag
or receptacle of some kind and pro-
cure a numbered ball There is a
cloth hanging up with numbers on
II. The player selects number
and pays for his chance. If the mon
key pulls out a ball with correspond
ing number the player wins. II he
pulls out number double the select
ed figure. the player gets double and
IL the ball reads lower than that
number selected by the player, the
player has to come up with the diff
ference.
Chief Collins caught ON and gave
the men hours to leave town. They
left and following their departure
came a telephone message from
men were the past two days.
on the $40 train the sheriff from
Murray arrived in Paducah. He had
over half a dozen warrants sworn
out against the operators of the game
and stated that farmers were fleeeed
for about $4,000 alone in Murray.
In Paris 1t is said they Jared pr city
we'll, securing not less than $4,000.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
PROTEST RAISED
by Ballard County Residents Against
State Tax Assessment.

Ballard county citizens are com
planning at the action of the state
board of equalization in raising the
assessment on real property 80 per
cent. The Hon. John NJ. Moore, of
La Center, former representative
from that county; l. N. Trimble, of
Wickliffe, president of the First Ma
tional bank; ]. NJ. Gholson. of Bar
low, former county assessor, went to
Frankfort Thursday to argue the
matter with the board.
Ballard county is out of debt and
expends s17.5OO each year on her
roads. On account of the presence
of so much corporate property in the
county the revenue is large. The
Cairo bridge and long line of track
are located within its borders. Fully
rs per cent of the county revenues
come from this source.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
Commercial Club Has Chosen
June 10Th. as Suitable.
Interesting Program Is Being Ar
ranged TO Make the Day Most
Pleasing.
THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.

The Commercial club has fixed
June 18th as the date for the Padu-
cah Home Coming week celebration.
The Kentucky home coming festiv-
tiles will be held at Louisville the
week before and the local organiza-
tion deems the following week the
best time to hold Paducah's.
An interesting program is being
arranged by the committee on ar
rangements. II is the intention to
have an old time picnic and barbecue
and speaking by some of the prom
inent men of the city aud county.
The county Judge and the fiscal
court will be invited by the club to
join them in the effort to make the
day a memorable one.
The Louisville celebration prom
ises to surpass anything of the nature
ever given anywhere, and already
the Commercial club of Louisville
has the names of over so 600 Ken
tuckians who will return TO the
state that week. There will. of course,
be a number of Paducahans In the
number. and 1t is hoped to get all
of them to come to Paducah.
Samuel C. Lancaster, of jackson.
Tenn, Will address the gathering on
good roads. and Wallace Butterick.
secretary of the National Educational
board, will speak on educational
work. Mr.. Lancaster is an expert
on good roads and Mr.. Butterick Is
at the head of the organization to
whose charge Rockefeller has given
$40. for educational pur-
poses.
The arrangement COMMITTEES for
the celebration is as fo1ows.--'ss.
Ben Weille, chairman: saundefs-
Brooks. Squires f. F. Gholson. John
Thompson, Clint Knott, w. L. Lane,
George Broadfoot, ]. ]. Bleich, c.
w. Emery, John Burnett; VIII
Yancey. George Houser, Phil New
man. Adam Temple, John Smith.
Dave Murphy, Lunt Stevens, Evan
Jett. Martin Derrett. John Spence.
Jim Bradshaw, Dick Barber, Wm.
Patterson, Gus Singleton. Will Hum
mel, Baxter Kurkendahl Jake Eng
lert. Tom Reed, Ben Overcamp. w.
l.. Bower, Judge r. T. Lghtfoot.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
CUSTER PROCEEDINGS.
Effort TO BE Made TO Drive Objection
able Corporations From
Ohio.

Toledo, o., April 2S.- Prosecut-
ing Attorney Wachenheimer today
filed custer proceedings in the cir
cult court against the Standard Oil
Co. and II other affiliated companies.
The court is asked to dissolve the
charters of all the Ohio corporations
named in the petition and appoint
trustees for creditors and stockhold-
ers. The prosecutor also asks that all
foreign corporations be ousted from
the state. Companies it is alleged
have secret Enlargement by which
they control production and trans
portation of oils. Promises are that
this will be the fiercest trust fight
ever fought in Ohio.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
LADyS EYE INJURED.
Mrs. q. II. Akers Hurt With Rock
Thrown by Boy.

Mrs. C. F. Akers, wife of the well
known /. c. machinist was injured
yesterday afternoon at her home.
1926 Jones street.
Mrs. Akers was standing in her
yard when a rock, thrown by some
careless boy In the street. struck her
in the left eye. The orb was pain
fully bruised but the sight Is not
thought to have been permanently
injured. The boys denied throwing
the rock, and no blame can be at
tached to any particular one.
The police have notified the boys
that a continuance of the practice
will mean arrest.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
Reject Proposal.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 2S.-The
operators have refused the miners
proposition for a settlement of their
differences, which would allay all
probability of a strike among the
anthracite men. The miners express
no surprise over the fact and boldly
say the operators are indifferent as
to whether there is peace or not.
The miners still hope for an accept
ance of their terms of compromise
though the operators talk to the con-
trary. They express willingness only
to arbitrate the matter, as proposed.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28

Tomorrow the change in the sched-
ule OF the Paducah-Cairo accommo
dation passenger train will necessi-
tate changes in the collection of mail
for Chicago at the postofiice. The
train leaves beginning with Sunday
at G:15 and all mail for st. Louis and
Chicago in the afternoon will have
to be in the postofilce before 5:15
o'clock. Formerly 1t could be in as
late as 6:15.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
The Present Mosquito Nuisance
Result of Cesspools About City.

The city Is swarming with mo-
squitoes, and the housekeepers are
hastily putting in their screens in a
vain effort to keep them out of the
houses. The mosquitoes are large
and, like most Of the tribe of mo-
squitoes, are assiduous In their at
tention. They put in their appear
ance the first Of the week, and a
good many people thought they
would not stay long. as the usual
spring crop pay short visits. but
they have been here for a week and
there is no telling how much Longer
they will prolong their stay.
Members OF the board of health
say they can be attributed to the cess
pool bounded by Third, Fourth. Clay
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
POSTAL MATTERS
NEW LETTER CARRIER GOES TO
WORK IN PADUCAH.
Examinations 10 he Held Change
of Trains Means Earlier Mail
Collections.

r c. Hollins, substitute carrier in
the local postofilce, was today ap-
pointed a regular carrier on Route
No. 4, to succeed Jesse Curd. re-
signed
Mr.. Curd resigned several days
ago to 20. to Oklahoma to locate, and
Hollins is next in line for promotion.
This will leave the position of sub
stitute vacant. but it is thought the
position Will remain open but a short
time. April 4 examination returns
are expected shortly and it is thought
that out of five applicants who stood
the examinations here. at least one
successful one will be announced He
will be given the place of substitute.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-28
Gen. Greedy Places the Number
Smaller Than Thought.
Plan 10 Rebuild Wrecked City ON
Improved Lines II Under
Way.
MUCH IMPORTANT WORLD NEWS

San Francisco. April 2S.-Oficial
figures of the dead and injured by
the earthquake here. as made public
by General Greeley. show 295 bod
les recovered and 593 injured, of
whom $50 are seriously hurt.
Plans for rebuilding the city on
new lines Is taking form. Super
visors are already receiving numer-
our applications for building per-
mlts
Temporary one-story structures
are going up in many parts OF the
city.
A general widening OF the down
town streets Is likely