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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-13

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DON'T FORGET the Hole-in-the-
Wall, 111k South Third street. for
tamales and sand
wiches OF all kinds.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12
THE
WOODPECKER'S
MESSAGE
Being the y
"Reminiscences
of a
Nature Fakir
By
John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

81 see by this mornin's Banner"
said the postmaster as he corrected
the spelling on the last postal card,
and threw the mail bag out onto the
sidewalk for the carrier to take along
with him, that the district attorney
is goin' to proceed against the troll.
ley company for KILN game out o
season"
What they done now?" asked. 81
Wotherspoon. Run over somebody's
cow"
mo, COWS amt game" retorted the
postmaster scornfully. Cows is list
ed on the tariff schedule as dairy
products. It's birds they've been
KILN. TIL indictment says that '37
partridge, IA quail an a guinea hen,
all of the state O. Maine, bein' indig-
on, havin' perched themselves on the
feed wire belonging to the said COM
pany, was, are and have, III violation
o. the game statoots of tn afore.
said commonwealth, been shocked,
eelectrocuted and otherwise done to
They amt got no right to put
death by the careless transmigration
of the said company's electric power.
live wires where the birds II set on
EN-" vouchsafed 81 Wotherspoon.
Yes they have" said the captain.
IS long s the public's notified to
keep away from the live wires they've
got a right to put 'em up
"Ye don't consider that the fowls
O. the air have intelligence enough
to take a warnin to the public, do
ye?" asked the postmaster.
Yes | do retorted the captain
ANY man that says that birds amt
| intelligent is fit meat for a presiden-
tial proclamation. I've had too many
experiences with birds not to know
that birds think, an reach conclusions
pretty nearly as intelligent as them
OF most men. My boy Horace
that's out in Chiny had pet
crow once that had about as much
sense as Horace himself. He split
his tongue and taught him to talk,
an / tell We he was good one.
remember in 1892 when some hifalut-
In stump speaker from New York
came up here to try an beat Tom
Reed for congress. Me an Horace
went up to the town hall to hear what
he had to say, an l must say that fel-
Ter could talk for fair If his idee
box had been as full as his vocabu-
larry he'd ha' been winner. He
fired lot O. hot sentences at us, an
made the rafters shake with his views.
Horace had the crow alongside of him,
settin' on the arm O. the settee, and
when that New York orator sat down,
an everybody got through applaudin'
the feller's endurance, old Jim-that
was the crows handicapped his
wings an let out an o h-r that ye
could hear most mile off, an he got
more hand-clappin than the speaker;
an what's more, when election day
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

ass of a woodpecker has begun whang.
In tree like small boy with q new
drum at Christmas
well, sir. when he said that
just lay down ON the kitchen table an
laffed until the plates fell OF on
the floor. The idee of a deer bein''
scared by woodpecker's hammerin'
was just about as reediculous as to
s'pose you could out-growl an iron
dog by readin' tn editorials OF q
Demlnycratic newspaper on Roosevelt
aloud to him. An told him, so.i
.Slithers,' says /, .woodpeckers' ham
merin' don't effect deer no more than
a dude minds a tailor bill. Fact is.
they rather like IT, So he give In, an
next day we made another trial, An
sure enough, just as soon as. we got
anywheres near where the deer was
grain, you'd hear thatold woodpeck-
er workin' away like an e ceiectric
blacksmith.
eTap-tap-tap. Tapity-tap.tap-tap;
= ''Tappity-ap-taptap. Tap-tappitS.tAp
& ..And as soon as he done that The
deer would go soamperin' on .fhtppgb
the woods like lot Q, ,frightautd apl
rabbits
s,.By lingo, slitbers, says /, .it does
look as II. you was right about them
there woodpeckers scarin' the game
away. 5rts 4 ~ e.
!. e I'm sure on II, says. he. An /
wish I'd stuck to my ,riginal idee an
come out with load o. buckshot Tor
EN- ~ -
In a little while we see the deer
again. and we etcp' along as siiAnt an
dasys as we knowed HOY, and again
ffHg bird began:I z
"Tap-tap-tap. Tapity.tap,tap-tap!
gsittnefs fipned out 4 few observas
tons that alpt AttIn' for the ssfso,
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

Eieh. WI see plenty of yem. but when
ever we'A get to u pint wharB we'd
expect To draw q bead On sern With
some chances o. success. they' 'fhoyed
on" Y
"They'd scented ye, ! tuess," said
81 WotherspooI, & n \; I.
.aThat was the queer part q it"
said the captain. Il thought q that
myself, but the fact is they was al.
lers tos the windward Of us, ian con-
sequently II they was any scentiIf to
be done, me an Slithers was the
ones to do IT. I couldn't account for
1t. They didn't seem to be no way
o. takin' them by surprise. After the
third day, Slithers got kind o. inpa-
tient. ! He couldn't blame me, how
somever, because the deer certainly
was there, just as / told him they
was. We could see 'em in the dis.
tance. Finally on the evening O the
fourth day, Slithers said he guessed
he'd take his shotgun an go after
woodpeckers next mornin': Well, sir.
We could have knocked me over with
"a straw. The idee OF d real sport
chasin' woodpeckers when they was
deer to be had struck me all Of q
heap, and / kind Of remarked of the
fact. .,
,"'W 'Woodpeckers?' says !. What in
the name Of all the lobster pots Of
Kennebunk do ye want to go chasin'
woodpeckers for?
They scare the deer away, says
he, kind of moody like,
Nonsense, Slithers, says I. Why
them deers and woodpeckers has been
brought up together like a presiden.
tial ticket. Bryan and Watson Amt
better friends than woodpeckers an
deers.
Well. I've noticed that every time
we've got anywheres near their lurkin'
place. says Slithers, some darn jack
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

A German Psychologist has ad-
vanced the proposition that the Phar-
aoh who would not let Israel go had
seven bad teeth, and that it was their
combined influence that gave him SO
bad disposition. This might be
plausible, but 1t hardly accords with
the theory Of the divine mission Of
Moses. If it had been merely case
of toothache it would have been much
simpler to have had Moses cure it and
gain the unlimited favor of Pharaoh
than to go through with that long list
of plaques and worry a lot of innocent
Egyptians who did not have the
toothache. 1t looks like another of
those insidous attacks on the inspira.
ton of the Bible.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

in with ,Slithers. After I'd been
there couple O. weeks without no
sign O. the enemy, decided to come
back home, an l says to Slithers, says
l, I guess the only shootin' they's
likely to be In this here state this sea
son amt in the line O. Spaniards
Deers is Skeerce. Slithers,' says /,
but compared to them Castillians
they swarm. That give him the idee
of comm up here on his. vacation for
few days shootin', an the followin'
October he come. 1t was beautiful
weather. Cold an sharp an windy
as this here spring has been, an we
was In fine shape for the chase.
Slithers had all the out-riggin' of a
first-class hunter, an was In hopes
we'd have some luck, because late In
September see qU.te a number o.
fine deer, not only back in the woods,
but on the farm. Six or seven of Fem
used to make regular trips to my
barn an eat UP the hay an late veg
tables, an one little fawn walked up
to the kitchen door one mornin', an
got away with a dish-pan full O. dough.
nuts my wife had made the night be-
fore."' =. =
eyed better not tell the. S'ciety for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Afiimiies
about that" said 81 Wotherspoon s
s"rIl match. my wIfe's donghnuts
against your wife's fiapjacks any day
o. the week, 81. an we won't calf In
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

1t looks strange for New York to be
shipping buffaloes to Oklahoma to
stock reserve, but careful estimate
of existing pure-blooded buffaloes in
1903 explains the necessity for it. At
the time the total of wild buffaloes in
the United States was "a, and in
Canada 6O0 The captive buffaloes
were, in the United States, 969; in
Canada, Al; in Europe, 100. And yet
40 years ago hundreds of thousands Of
them roamed the west, and these were
but remnant of the vast herds that
existed a century earlier. 1t is evi.
dent that stringent precautions will be
needed to preserve enough of them
for the wild west shows of the next
generation.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

th6 Young Al, goin. after that Bird
With this here rife or bust, he hol.
s1ered And he drew a line on the fel.
Ter. who was still hamfnerln' the trsu,
as lively as you please,
sTap.tap-tAp. IsappitS-tap.tap.tApl
srappity-ap-tap.tap. tap-tap. Tap.tap-
pfty.tap! 8 3
'slithera was Just about to pull
the trigger, when another ejaculation
| came forth nom HIS Siips, only thfs
time II was surprise an not profanity
AN droppin' his rife he pulled
q ped and d fountain pen out Of his
pocket, and with trembiin' hands be.
gan fnaizin notes. = :, - =
Whats happened to yer asked,
sort Of flabbcrgasted BY the excited
look In his eye.
I've got II, ne answered. That
there bird Is atelegraphin' scare mes.
sages to them deer. Look ahere.
he added He's got the Morse code
somewheres, and here's the letters
hes wirin' He passed ever his pad,
an there was a hull row OF letters that
Slithers had took down. They ran
this way,
"L-U-K-O.W9T4.U.R.s.E-L-F r..
"T-H-E-M-S-H.U- .U-T-1.N.J-s-I-S.
HEAR a
The captain rose up from the prune
barrel, and, taking piece Of chalk In
his hand, wrote the letters on the
store counter. 80 ~ =.
Il don { sees that means anything"
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

vssay--he Mas 4 bright man, that
(. Tom Reed, !, said the spostmasters aft:
er ID due appreciation of The Joke R
you bet he wasl That brightness
o. HIS was the only thing that KEEP
him. from bein' president o. the United
States" said the captain. " But talkin'
% the intelligence of birds, d I ever
tell you o that woodpecker me. an
tn telegraph operator down to Ports.
mouth run up against back In esp.
Il never heard ye II We did" said
the postmaster. sti !,
well, tRkin' him allsln all, he was
the most Intelligent feathered beast
I ever see" said the captain. "Slith.
ers, the telegraph operator, an | was
pretty good friends, an when the rush
season was over down to Portsmouth
he used to come UP here. an spend
a couple O. weeks with me, an we'd
go out huntin' for rabbits, or wood
chucks, an sometimes for deer. I'd
been down to Portsmouth In the sum.
mer o. '9S watching for the Spanish
fleet. We was havin' trouble with
the Spaniards that year. as ye may re-
member. Our present president had just
taken his famous run up Don Juan
hill, kickin' everybody in sight ahead
Of him, an the king O. Spain had sent
word to his sea captains that with a
feller like that around who could lick
whole army corpse with pop
gun, an slouch hat, they'd better
sort o. do all their fightin' six or seven
miles off shore where he couldn't get
at 'em, an as Portsmouth vas about
the only place from Floridy to Can.
ady that hadn't no other perfection
than a hotel full O summer girls, they
was folks as thought may be some
wanderin Spanish fleet would come
up there an give a couple O naval
balls In their honor. So just to see
the fun l went down there, and fell
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12
College Manners.

The dean of the women's Ierart
ment in a western university recer.iy
told her undergraduates that they are
habitually guilty Of various offenses
against the laws which govern tle
woll-bred. 1t is wholesome that. this
criticism should come from within a
college, for that brings hope of ra-
tional Improvement 1t has always
been true that a community composed
chiefly of persons of one sex has
tendency to drop into carelessness of
behavior. Colleges have been no ex-
ception to the rule. A certain mother
had entered her daughter at we'll
known college, and went to the town
to make the last arrangements for her
room and studies. She chanced to
arrive on the campus at the time of
the hourly change Of classes. She
stood on the green, watching the hun
dreds of young women as they trooped
out of recitation rooms and dormitor-
les. What she saw in five minutes
caused her to determine to send her
daughter to Europe with a tutor,
rather than to college. What was
wrong with the girls?" asked friend,
who could not understand what
seemed to her capricious change of
plan. Nothing was wrong" replied
the mother. IF there had been any
question Of morals in the case,
should not have hesitated to trust
Mary to stand her ground. But bad
manners are more subtly contagious
than bad morals. could not bear to
think of my daughter among the
screaming, 'stramming, slouching
girls, careless of dress and hair and
voice, who swarmed over that campus.
Doubtless there were well-bred girls
there, but they were lost in the
crowd. Education of the mind is good,
but unless it goes hand in hand with
breeding in gentle manners, it makes
scholars who are neither good citizens
nor sweet women-and | want none of
such in my family" So, remarks the
Youths Companion, deans and presi-
dents and professors of women's COL
leges may we'll take to heart the fact
that the world now, as in the past, is
more exacting as to girls manners
than as to her requirements. Nothing
would prove a greater obstacle to the
future spread of the higher education
of women than evidence that it is in
consistent with their being in the
fullest sense of that noble word, gen.
tlewomen.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

The alarm is given that the former
home of Francis Scott Key, author of
the "Star-Spangled Banner" is in
danger. The owners are about to tear
down the house and put up business
building unless funds are raised to
purchase the property, and the Fran
els Scott Key association is calling
for subscriptions to prevent the calam-
lty.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

come along Tom Reed got "a more
ballots than they was voters" 81
TOO bad he never heard on IT.,
said 81 Wotherspoon, dryly. Il with
his lnfiooence he might of got that
bird an app1ntment as a United
States consul somewheres."
"Hessheard' on 1t, all right, !" " said the
captain. .sT told him the next time
he come through campaignin', an he
said that he was very grateful, al,
though It warn't the first time that
he'd, been indorsed' by a caw,cuss. !.
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12

The early discoverers Of this coun-
try multiply rapidly and leave poor
Columbus in the shade. though moth.
Ing is said of the first Indian who
Games over to America by way OF
Behring straits. Why not erect a
statue, to him, as the great Unknown.
and sfye the sculptor chance to use
his imagination?
The Jasper news., 1907-12-12
Embarrassliia ouestIon.

Mrs, Watkyns Which would you
say. Mr.. Wylkyns. that your son grad.
pated at Harvard this year or that he
Sraduated?r
Mr.. Wylkyps can't say sithef;
Mrs. Watkyns. He Aunked on his
fnai axassainstionx.ssse = .l,si'zt,ti
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-01-03

A certain Chicasn manafacearsr has
Issued = terrible warning 20 the gay
aad festive clerks Who pass the ma.
iaFity u their spare time in dtvlslag
says and means whereby they nav
tbs more Eergeousiy agorn their
manly hgufea
This manufacturer catered bis -
sssss 49, ezhes saAs tuaE A. ana ii LA
clerks vas coming cut in ite eiefks
hand saa = small caae and en- hin
finecr giitterea a diamond rias. and
bis Falment vaa aueA as "a make
5olomon turn IN he grave With enxy
The employer noted ihe dazzling cfea
tare and tAeu made his vay IA mo
cashiers otilea and inquired vhai sal.
ar thu yeunE maa uaa setting
Twelve dallafa a ueek. replied
the cashier
-cat & duNn % SO. the fella1
dresses better than 40 vas the
teFao response
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-01-03
THE rIan srKp

TIE FsE step has hsea taken towafps the reosgani-
aatlon Of the Republican parg 10 ne asw state At
MeAestsf Saturday tie to executive committees were
amaisamated. with Jake namon Of Oklahoma -
chairman and $ O. Victor of Indian Territory vice
chairman ms present organization : be- temporary
Arrangements ior slsctlng COMMITTEES b TIE vote
Of the rank ana as Of he Republican parg VII Be com
plsfsd At once
Ths announced lnsent, Of The sopsf Flynn crowd g
coasrol tle COMMITTEES vas completely frustrated theY
having 50 isw sotss thai they "a uot even contest NJ
lIamea's election namon : pronounced Mcclure
man I'D rs election Is taken trlumpaof that wing
Of 6he pars sim as ss decision was reached % begln
At enee tie reoFuaaltsan e tie party iom lie Klass
Fooss dnssat matter so mueh efo has tAs tsmponrs
organization . Ionr = ths noFk Of reorganization +
spssalls ana honestly earned out I'D thn NJ iizmon
sez promised t %
Until IL salstz Ars given ehanes| these fsuas b.
tvssn re NeguIss faction a ne ans haua ana H.
soTs i'm iselaa % he essf ~ eaptlaue the men
Of 18th fashions bsn9 sssY meeh ners interested Il fs
successes q lhsmsssss Nd slt ils.. s1aa "a ne ~
annh e nzaa1altzH principles uih slstshaod tbo
~ plan apsblesns ~ take control apa hen vi bs
unity sal progress ana A|nss sls nssllns saturday i
Nszlsslss ~ fasaen|sas 4 hepsd Ihntths INT sep
q IIIs a|tssIlea has pes ben tskea.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-01-03

only few more hours and iao0 viii b no more. II
has bsen good year for vnta Crops have been abun
dant and improvements within the cisy have been num-
ero0A No eaamitlss have beiaIIen Us. sna material
prosperity has been general We assured the county
seat o. one Of the bsst counties IN the new state
But after all 1901 must far surpass sos II vinta 10
attain unto the stature Of modern eIts We have done
some things in tire PAST but compared with wnat We
must DO ii Tie future They are Oot isu and anmport
ant
First q alh must. IN this coming sltgo'.
eure railroad tle rss railroad that IS built into This
country IL makes no difference b whom it Is built oor
whore are It's serminl
Next IN Importance must lnaugarAte a generous
system Of Internal improvements Ifit proves imposs.
ibs to sell street paving bonds under the provisions o.
the Curtis bill al least statehood Win gsse Us the power
70 pave and to baiia sidewalks aud 10 las sewers And
there must be no hessaney IN earring these mproy
meuts as soon as II Is possible legally 10 DO 70.
vInlsa must have factories We have, or viii have
within few oays us cheap gas. Then II We secure
fH7HsN
tract factories here It must Be born IN mind however
that factories Dependent. upon railroads # vInlta
to grow and % oecoms a. industrial center more ral
Fc=eS must be secured
Last % Be mentioned, bur hy no means last n import
anee is the matter q schoos viaisa nas nc high
school: ste must have one ynisa has lan forbldlnx
ellldrsn until Ties hare lived hers sixty
lays slal ae Is dlsgnes a civilized community aud
should bs ~lped Of existence vsnltas schools must
b. enlarged aad extended eseTY wa their doors
b open % every child thai desil-. an education.
And W ane 100 las been good to yinita Il has Dot
b Az msans iet thls complaint clty. There work
o de- and mash q T. IN I9a and n yinIta ever 70
amount 70 anything " must al put our shoulders to
tie ui.eel and push