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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
s2,5OO,OOO LAND DEAD.
London Firm Sells Spur Ranch, IN
North Texas.

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 21.-Ofi-
cial advices were received here today
of the sale by the Esquela Land and
Cattle company of London, England,
of the Spur ranch in Dickens, Kent
and Crosby counties in northwest
Texas, consisting of 100000 acres Of
well improved land and 100000 head
of high-bred cattle NJ. Swenson ~
Sons. New York bankers, are the pur-
chasers, and the announcement is
made that the property will at once
be cut up into small farms. The deal
involved a cash transaction of ST.
500, 600. The Swensons are heavy
stockholders in the Texas Central
railroad, and the road is to be extend
ed through their new property. The
Santa Fe has secured a right of way.
In 1856 the Esquela Land and Cattle
company bought the Spur ranch for
$l,25O 900.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Senator Shoots vindication by the
senate is entirely personal. His
character was established as above
reproach. Probably few Of his coli
leagues could stand the same search
ing investigation. The vote against
him reflects the sentiment of the ma
ton against the Mormon church.
Having read the testimony adduced
during the prolonged hearing of the
Smoot case, it is difficult to under
stand why anyone should vote to un-
seat the Utah senator for other than
partisan reasons. SmoOt never had
but the one wife, now living with
him happily. There was no proof adj
duced to show that the endowment
house oath contains anything sediti-
Gus or unreasonable. We do not like
Shoots religion; but, then. probably
SmoOt could cite us to isolated verses
of the Bible, proving that our creed
is unsound. The principal charge
sustained seems to be that the Nor
mon church is interfering unduly
with politics in the northwest. but it
is not an unusual thing for men of
the same religious belief to stand to-
gether politically. We believe that
anything detrimental to the Mormon
church is both. patriotic and right
eous, but We do not believe in taking
out our spite on one of the few
tried and proven virtuous men of that
church, nor can we see how under
our free institutions We may deprive
a man of HIS right to vote or to hold
office. simply because he was brought
up in a church. the practices of which
We do not approve.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
Subscribe Tor Ibe Sun.
what osteopathr win DO.


There are but few people who have
not heard Of Osteopathy, also of
some of its achievements. But there
are far too many who have accredit-
ed it with being good for only those
conditions from which they have
been cured, or which have come un-
der their observation. Not infrequent-
ly there is mutual surprise when one
who was cured of rheumatism meets
another who has been cured of asth-
ma or constipation. This is homely,
but very true Illustration.
Personally, | have cured chronic
cases Of constipation, Rheumatism.
asthma, nervousness, neuralgia ana
headaches for people whom you
know well, and the value of the os-
teopathic treatment is but coming
generally known in Paducah. as IL
should be.
1 should like to talk pseh you at
any time about your particular case,
and know | can cite you TO some OF
your friends who will attest to what
the treatment has done for them IN
similar diseases. Come to my office,
SIC Broadway, or phone 14o7 any
time from to - or 2 to s p. m.
DIR. @. B. FRoAGH.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
.BAILEY'S PLUNGE
In HIGH FINANCE
Related by Him on Witness
Stand Today
Tells About Oil Deals and Big Lum-
Der Transaction for His
Client.
II. CLAY PIERCE is AN EXILE

Austin, Tex, Feb. 21.-Before the
Investigating committee of the house
and senate today, United States Sen
ator Bailey continued the story Of his
financial deals with John H. Kirby,
the Texas millionaire lumberman; S.
G. Bane, president of the Seaboard
National bank of New York; Henry
Clay Pierce. president of the board
Of directors of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company; B. f. Yoakum, who is at
the head of two great railroad sys-
tens, and with various other finan-
ciers of lesser importance. The Texas
United States senator told an inter
esting story of his adventures in the
world of high finance aud firmly
maintained that all Of his acts and
deeds had been honorable and above
reproach.
Probably his most important state
ment was that he had been asked by
the Standard Oil officials in New York
Immediately after the Beaumont oil
field boom, to give them an opinion
as to what the opportunities were for
them to re-enter the state again and
do business.
81 gave them a written opinion.
in which I stated that If they at
tempted to do business in the state
they would be put in the penitentiary
and their property absorbed in fines
and penalties" said Senator Bailey.
Senator Bailey told of his efforts
to assist his client, ]. H. Kirby, in
rescuing his stock from the clutches
of a Wall street financier, Pat Cal
houn, and stated that the $156.O0O
he borrowed was because the Kirby
Lumber company could not legally
assume this obligation. He stated
that Henry Clay Pierce gave his
written guarantee for the payment of
this sum Of money.
The explanation Of his former oil
interests in Texas was lengthy and
most exhaustive in detail. The con-
Germ which he took over for debt
was known as the Southwestern Oil
company, a subsidiary concern to the
Houston Oil company, this latter
company having a timber contract
with the Kirby Lumber company.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
SCHOOL FLOODED
FROM LABORATORY
Two Rooms of Washington
Building Dismissed
Desks and Books Soaked and Plas-
tering Washed Down From
the Ceilings.
VACATION UNTIL NEXT WEEK

Damage amounting to fully 5000,
the dismissal of two rooms and gem
eral confusion at the Washington
school on West Broadway today re-
suited from some one carelessly leav-
ing faucet open in the laboratory
on the third floor yesterday after
noon. The rooms flooded will have
to be repaired with new ceiling and
given good treating with heat to
drive out the dampness.
This morning when James Jordan,
the colored ianitor, began cleaning up
the building he found Miss Eleanor
Wrights room on the first floor flood
ed with water. 1t poured from the
ceiling in streams. Desks were wet,
books soaked and the ceiling was
dropping TO the floor.
Rushing to the second floor he
found Miss Mary owen Murray S
room, directly over Miss Wright's, in
the same condition. He next went
to the top floor and found the cause.
Water was running from a faucet
in the laboratory sink. AS quickly
as possible Jordan ran to the base
ment, after shutting off the faucet,
to turn off the water supply from the
main valve. He found several inches
of water on the concrete basement
floor, and the rafters thoroughly
soaked.
Miss Wright teaches the B fourth
grade and Miss Murray the A sew
enth grade. Their pupils were unable
to remain in the damp rooms.
Superintendent Hoyer's Report.
Fred Hoyer, superintendent of
buildings, had made an inspection of
the flooded rooms and estimates the
damage to the building about $3.50.
''The plastering on the ceiling is
high class and very expensive, and I
believe it will all come off and have
to be replaced he said.
Jordan and assistant janitors soon
cleared the water out of the flooded
rooms and set about drying them.
ut is thought they will be fit for oc-
cupancy by Monday A fire will be
kept in the furnaces continually un-
til then.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

willy manufacturer had so timed the
letter that his article on the micros-
cope and the faklrs would appear IN
the town at the same time.
The press is pretty we'll broken to
all the schemes of the advertisers
The circus advance agent has given
up his tricks and deals In a straight
forward way with the press. The
jamestown exposition managers are
finding that newspapers have been
pretty thoroughly worked for free ad-
vertising. All sorts of public enter
prises now have press bureaus, chat
send out we'll written "stuh' to pa
pers, and the Lincoln Farm Asso-
eiation," and similar organizations
are treated well by the press.
But the Washington bureaus that
send out stuff roasting President Cas-
tro, of Venezuela. and lauding the
asphalt trust; the capital gossip in
which innuendo is directed against
the administration; the clever writer
who excoriates the trusts, but never
fails to comment on the one glorious
exception, the Harvester combine,
and their fellows, are wise to all the
possibilities of moulding public opin'
ion.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
CHILD AIDS MOTHER KILL SELF
Decatur Woman's Son Brings HeI
Means of Suicide.

Decatur, H., Feb 21.-After send
ing her 1O-year-old son for carboliC
acid, Mrs. VIII Smith, of Maroa
drank the poison this morning and
expired. She had been in fll-health
and yesterday, recalling a neighbor's
suicide. asked her husband what he
had taken, and was told carbolic acid.
This forenoon she took piece OF
candy from her son and, complaining
1t had given her the toothache, sent
him for the poison.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
TWO WORDS MAY COST MILLIONS
"Him" and "Her' in Creighton VIII
May Cut Charity requests.

Omaha. Feb. 21.--on the question
of whether the pronouns him" and
''her" can be construed as referring
TO Creighton University and to chart
ties may hinge the decision as to what
portions of John A. Creighton's mill
ions are to so to philanthropic pur-
poses and the amounts his nephews
and nieces receive, The thirteenth
clause Of the will provides that the
residum Of the estate, after specific
requests are satisfied, shall be di-
vlded among the legatees and bene-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
NEWS

In the course Of an exposure Of the
conduct Of certain news bureaus,
operated principally from Washing
ton. D. c., Golfers Weekly mentions
a Paducah paper. not THE SUN, as
publishing weekly letters of a partic-
ularly infamous bureau, but in that
article Golfers probably does the pa
per an injustice, as it Is likely that
the paper has never published one Of
the letters, and if It has, It is alto
gether probable that the editor was
not aware Of the character and pur-
pose Of the letter. This man is one
Of the worst Of the disseminators of
''co,ored" information, because he
charges 81 weekly for his service,
thereby reaching many small papers.
which could not afford to keep a
correspondent at Washington, and
creating the impression among them
that he is one Of the legitimate Wash
ington newspaper men, who syndicate
their stories and depend on the num-
Der Of papers taking their service,
rather than the amount received from
each one to remunerate them. It is
something to have a Washington let
ter. with the word special" in the
date line and name in "caps' at the
bottom. It is this consideration that
has made the particular bureau to
which Golfers refers. popular.
But we believe the evil complained
Of is not so great as Golfers would
make out, because most editors read
such copy carefully before publishing
1t, rendered suspicious by the very
fact that It is furnished free. The
exposure in Golfers will serve to put
the rest Of the fraternity on their
guard.
Every week THE SUN receives a
half dozen letters, mostly from Wash
ington, some OF them Offering to
send mats or plates on payment of
postage These letters find their way
expeditious.y to the waste basket.
They are never opened. One letter
comes from Washington, consisting Of
paragraphs Of interesting capital Cos
sip. One paragraph always is deyot-
ed to the Improvement of internal
waterways. In THE SUN Office, at
least. the waterways paragraph isl
carefully clipped, edited and publish
ed. The remainder joins the rest Of
the Washington gossip in the waste
basket. All the paragraphs look in
nocent enough, but we are afraid OF
them.
Il has been but a few months since
THE SUN received from New York an
ably written and most intensely in
teresting account of the microscope,
its invention and wonderful discover
les. There was no advertisement OF
any firm concealed in its text and the
motive OF the writer was not discern
able by perusal. Reading it casually
awakened a deep desire for scientific
research. One could scarcely resist
the temptation to 90 forthwith and
buy a microscope. It might have
been published. had not the editor
gone out on the street and seen two
or three fakirs stationed at promi-
nent corners selling microscopes. The
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
George PatiIIo.

George Patnlo, 20 years old. died
at his home on the Husbands road
this morning at o'clock of pneu-
monia after an illness of few
weeks. He was married and leaves a
wife and one brother. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon
at 1 o'clock. The burial will be in
the Wood cemetery in the county.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
DEATHS OF A DAY
Mrs. William Harris.

Mrs. William Smedley Harris, OF
jackson, Tenn, died yesterday at
her home in that city from pneu-
monia. She was formerly Miss Kate
Chester, a popular Jackson girl, and
both she and her husband are well
known in Paducah, where MIR. Harris
is, also, related, his mother having
been Miss Fannie Smedley, who spent
much of her girlhood here. Mr.. and
Mr.. Harris had only been married a
year.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Has Providence graciously elected
the Butte, Montana, copper kings to
be sacrificed on the altar of journal
ism? Another great lesson has been
drawn from the strike Of pressmen in
that city, which has stopped the pub
LEGATION of all four papers. Mer-
chants declare that their business has
fallen off GO per cent since their adj
.vertising has been cut off. Does adver-
tising pay? Ask the merchants of
Butte, who are clamoring for the
newspapers to settle the difficulty
with the pressmen and resume publi-
cation. The reading public, which
comprehends nearly everybody, de-
ponds on the newspapers to announce
sales and bargains, and a woman in
variably reads the paper before going
out TO make purchases.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

flciaries hereinbefore mentioned" and
in the same sentence these beneiciar-
les are referred to as chin" and
'her." This is construed as indicat-
ing Mr. Creighton intended all of
the residuum of the estate should go
to the relatives. and that only the
s9OO,OO specifically mentioned was
to be devoted to philanthropics.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

If Democratic congressman are ie-
serting John Sharp Williams for De
Almond, Of Missouri, because Will
Hams opposed Bryan and all mis- fal-
lacies, we will be treated to anothei
spectacle Of southern statesmen be-
ing carried off their feet by a prairie
breeze.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

President Zelaya, Of Nicaragua,
does not find enough trouble for an
energetic dictator at home, so he is
trying to combine all Central America
into one great revolutionary trust.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
Pierce Is an Exile.

st. Louis, Feb. 21.-That Henry
Clay Pierce, former president of the
waters-Pierce Oil company. is virtu.
ally an exile from Missouri was at
tested today when his son, Clay "A,
Pierce, who succeeded to the presi-
dency of the company, announced
that his father would hereafter live
in New York.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

If other cities follow the example
of Omaha in declaring certain works
of the old masters indecent, Ameri-
can art will soon be reduced to draw
Ing the line"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

my dear" said Newed, smiling
suspiciously, "these eggs are mot
fresh" you must be mistaken, dear
est replied Mrs. Newed. "The gro
GERS boy brought them this morn
ing. "-Chicago Daily News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Speaking Of success in life." re-
marked Hoax, "tnere goes a man
who has left hundreds of people be-
hind despite their strenuous efforts
to overtake him" Indeed" ex-
claimed Tomdix who is her" ooh ,"
re piled Hoax. mes a motorman on
a trolley car. Chicago Daily News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

The London death rate is now near
ly 80 per cent. lower than it was at
the coming into operation of the pub
lie health act in 1891. In that year
the death rate was III; in 1906 It
was 1871 a thousand.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

The American association of din
Ing car superintendent was abe to
afford dinner that cost $40 a plate
in Louisville last night. There's a
tip.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Graves county should set apart a
section of the Mayfeld cemetery for
the reception of the bodies of I'M
known victims of homicides, and
place the written records of their
deaths in the county archives. They
will form quite interesting reading
for future generations.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.

rs that next door neighbor in
your fiat still learning to play the
cornet2" "No; he's just practIcing."
Plain Dealer.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Women may now vote for the pres
ldent in Rhode Island-if they guess
the right one.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Il see everything in this New
York hotel is sterilized-eyen tae
air. "Yes-everything but the
guests. Life.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
Daily Thought.

1.-THE man who has an ambition to
serve and not to rule is the true de-
fender Of liberty"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAL
Every dose makes you feel better. Lax-goi
keeps your whole insides right. Sold on the
money-back plan everywhere Price 60 lnts.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21

Average for January, 1917. 1912
Average for January, 1906. :. .S71S
Personally appeared before me,
this Feb. l, 1907, e. ]. Paxton, gen.
eral manager Of The Sun, who af-
firms that the above statement Of
the circulation Of The Sun for the
month Of Jan, 1907, is true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
My commission expires January
%. 1908.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-21
ron sALE OR RENT.

South Fifth street residence Of rs
rooms and two large halls, convent.
ent to ", @. and st. L. depot, water
on both floors. double front porch
Price $1,000, or rent 500 per month.
II. g. Hollins, Real Estate, Trueheart
Building, Telephone f27.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19
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Don't let your case run into bronchitis,
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more after taking it-they feel like living,
because their liver Is active, the blood
I'm their arteries Is full Of that life-giving
Quality-rich, red blood. The blood in
turn feeds the nerves.
Nervousness and neuralgia are only the
indication that the nerves are not fed on
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This preparation is of pleasant taste,
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19

A Michigan poet declares he saw /;
frog hopping about near Galesburg ol
the afternoon of January 13. A poe
has to have some fun in this world
suppose.
On the square-butttering crackers
The man who orders his steak rare
is satisfied if it is well done.
When a little woman gets behind I
big man and prods him along, 1t is
sometimes wonderful the hills he car
climb
Her new Easter hat was a dream
and then she woke up.
The old maid of yesterday doesn't
think much of the young men of to-
day.
The man who is sailing the seas OF
bliss in the bark of courtship should
beware of alternating currents.
You can't eat your COW and have
fresh milk, too,
Many a child that has quit crying is
merely resting for a new outbreak.
Boys who take delight in tying cans
to dogs tails are quite apt, in after
years, to have the can tied to them.
II is a wise canvasser who always
can tell whether it is the maid or the
mistress that has answered the door
bell.
Wine and men are both good when
they are old.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19

E3gE'EaEIk A
7,SsS.5SE UNCLE By

Dreaming.
They amt nothin' quite so cheerful
when tn blinds 10 fastened tight.
Ar this good. old-fashioned fireplacs
I'm a huggin' here tonight.
xew kin hev yer gas an water,
Yew kin have yer smelly steam,
But give me tn craciklin' fireplace
An jist hope enough T. dreaml
Jist tn hope thet oomee q critters
LAO me. ploddin' to an fro.
An I'll paint MY masterpieces
In tn firelights rudy glow.
Kew kin loll beside yer steam pipes
In tn glare o. fancy light
But yew cannot know tn fancies
I'm a-weavin' here tonight
Yew can't view tn rosy pictures
I'm a-sketchin In tn Goals,
Yew can't see tn lovin faces
Frum Times mortuary rolls.
Yew can't dream here in tn hrelight,
Keepin' fast hold q hands
With tn dear ones thet hev vanished
To tn fur Off, distant lands!
Yew can't see tn rosy bushes
OF tn girl yew used Z love,
Yew can't hold communion with her
Frum tn golden skies above.
Yew can't hear her whisper bygones
In tn silhouetted light
Yew can't brush away yer tear drops
Like I'm doin' here Tonight
Yew can't feel yer heart strings flutteT
At yer mothers soft caress.
Yew can't even know she's watchin'
over yew tonight, ! guess!
Yew can't open wide tn foodgates
An jist let tn magic light
BE a benediction to yew.
AS I'm don' here Tonight
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19
Standard of the9Harvest
Binders, Mowers, Rak1s.
Standard of theTHarvest

The praise of satisfied throughout the agricultural
world has made the name of DEERING so we'll known
that it hardly seems necessary to dwell at great length
upon the merits of the Deerng machines For those how
ever who have not had the pleasure and satisfaction of
using this machine will say they lighter last longer
and make happy farmers than anything of its kind
wherever grass and grain are grown See them ex-
hibit, phone write the Planters Hardware Co., in
cOrporated, for prices and full particulars.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19
The Exhaust Pine.

The successful book agent always
pats the children on the head.
The college professor who pretends
to teach how to work out great finan-
cial problems is in the same class as
the old maid who knows all about
now to raise children.
A woman's idea of a fine picture oi
herself is always depicted by her ac
ceptance of the best looking one.
A sure sign of spring is an insistent
collector with bill for the winters
coal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19

A man goes out to a late dinner.
begins with a drink and then swal.
lows, soup, fish, pickles, celery, olives.
meat, salads, ices, nuts, coffee and
wine! The next day he wonders
What is the matter with him and gives
the doctor So to tell him it must be
something he ate the day before!
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-03-19

Happiness is merely state
of mind. Train yours to be
happy. 1t is the great secret of
joyful living.