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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Irish Church Bells.

It was about the time of st Pat
rick, in the fifth century, that bells
began to be adopted in the Christian
church, though their use in other di-
rections was long anterior to Chris
tianity, as Mr. Layard records having
found some in the palace of Nimroud.
The first Christian bells, like Patrick's,
weighed only q few ounces and from
that day gradually increased till the
greatest weight was reached at Mos
cow with 1913 tons of beautifully en-
,riched work, a strange contrast to the
humble "CIog-an-eadhachta Patraic,"
or "bell of Patrick's well,' sometimes
referred to as the bell of Armagh, with
it's diminutive dimensions of six inches
high by five inches broad, four inches
deep, made of thin sheets of hammer
ed iron. bent into a four sided form.
fastened with rivets and braZed or
bronzed. This bell is at once the most
authentic and the oldest Irish relic of
Christian metal work that has de-
scended to lis, writes w. ]. Fennell in
the Belfast Gazette, and is mentioned
in the annals" under the date of 552
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
job printing neat and cheap, give
ne a call. r. NJ. CALDWELL.

job printing neat and cheap, give
me call. r. M. CALDWELL.
Mrs. j. V. Ingels and daughters,
Misses Alice and Louise Ingels, leave
Wednesday for a visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Batterton, Of Eminence.
For Sale.-A good secondhand
mower in splendid condition.
o. H. COLLIER.
Mr.. Hamlet Sharp, of Maysville,
visited friends here from Saturday till
Monday.
Farmers take notice-our stock
of lumber is complete and we are pre-
pared to furnish barn bills promptly.
PEALE COLLIER & co.
Mrs. Ralph Miller and son, of Gin
cinnati, O., are guests of her sister,
Mrs. Clark Bascom.
Mrs. Jennie Lyle left Wednesday
for two weeks visit to. friends at
Lexington.
Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Horton and
children, of Fort Thomas, Will arrive
today as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. d. P.
Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Layson and Mr.
and Mrs. DC. Clark attended the funer-
al of Mrs. George Vimont at Lexing-
ton Thursday. Mrs. Vimont was a
sister-in-law of Mrs. j. c. Layson.
On July 4th, in Newport, Mr.. VIM.
G. Layson was married to Miss Daisy
Cook, of that city. Mr.. Layson is the
co., Of NJ. oYI M,rC n
of this place. He is a fine business
trical engineer. His headquarters are
in Indianapolis, but for the present is
in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Francis Kook, aged II, died
at the home of her brothre-in-law,
Mr.. Andrew Butler, Saturday, of a
complication of diseases after linger-
ing illness. She was born in 1886 and
was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Ham. The greater part of her
life was spent in and around Millers-
burg. She united with the Christian
church in 1856 under Elder John l.
Rogers, and was married to Mr.. Jacob
Cooper in 1879. A few months ago
when her health began to decline, she
gave up HOUSEKEEPING anu WITH uSI
sister, Miss Susan Ham, the only sur
viving member of the family, went TO
reside with her brother-in-law, Mr.
Andrew Butler. The funeral took
place Sunday at p. m. from the But
Ter residence, conducted by Elder ]. d.
Walters, assisted by Prof. C. G. Fisher.
after which she was laid to rest in the
Millersburg cemetery by the side of
her late husband, who preceded her to
the grvae by several years. The family
have the sympathy of the entire
community.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
A Catch Question.

OF Bishop Short, who held the see of
st. Asaph, many curious stories are
told. Occasionally he put questions to
candidates for ordination that appar-
nelly had no connection with the dis
charge of their parochial duties. They
tested probably their wit or tact, two
necessary qualifications to public men,
but nothing more. One such question
proposed by the bishop was the fol-
lowing: (Which has the greatest num-
Der of legs, Il cat or no cat?"
AS might be expected, this created a
litter. but the bishop would not take a
laugh as the answer, and consequently
he repeated the question and desired
some one to solve the problem. At last
one of the candidates, smiling, said, Il
should think, my lord, a cat"
"No," retorted the bishop; "there you
are wrong. for a cat has four legs, and
no cat has five."-London Telegraph.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
A Thinc of Many Names.

The Thames has been the cause oe
much controversy. Its name has been
variously stated as Tameses, Tamese,
Tamises lat the juncture of the Isis
and Tame, near DorchesteT, Tamisa,
Tamesa, Thamisia, Thamesis and final
ly Isis (where it flows between the Ok
fOrdshire and the Buckinghamshire
shores. Thus at Oxford it is still of
ten called the Isis until it receives the
shallow river Tame just below Doches-
ter, from which point it is called
Thames. Historians trace this error
to an early attempted division of the
Latin word Tamesis into two words,
Tame esis or Tame isis, suggested per-
haps by the existence of the Tame in
Buckinghamshire. The SaXons called
it the Thames, ancient maps and docu-
ments designating it Thamesis Fluvius.
From ''In Thamesland."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Bourbon County Crops.

The recent rains have given a much
improved appearance to the crops in
county. Corn, tobacco and hemp are
practically at staDdstill, and on the
verge of great impairment as far as
grOwthSwas concerned, but the rains
were timely, and have relieved an APP
parent distressing situation.
Wheat threshing. which began
Wednesday WIS practically suspended
owing TO the rains, with but few crops
threshed. However a sufficient num-
Der of crops went into the sack to veri-
fly the predictions that the crop would
prove disappointment, and would not
yield better than 65 per cent, of an
average crop. William Clark, a promi-
nent farmer residing on the Hume and
Bedford pike had field of seventy
acres of wheat which during the early
spring had every indication of making
a srecord breaking yield, but when
threshed showed only sixteen bushels
per acre. Jos. Stewart threshed field
of twenty-three acres that made yield
of eleven bushels. Carlton Williams
had field of twenty acres that yield
ed thirteen bushels. and William Hall
thirty acres that averaged eleven
bushels per acre.
The oats crop is such an Indifferent
one as not to be mentioned by farmers.
Timothy is excellent and will make a
splendid crop. Clover like oats is a
failure having succumbe6 to the late
frost.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
The Cattle Market.

q q Mr.. Simon Mcdonald proprietor o.
the Union Stock Yards at Pittsburg,
who is visiting Mr.. John B. Kennedy.
has purchased 500 head of export cattle
at an average of So cents per pound OF
a total of approximately 100000. Many
farmers whose cattle were inspected
by Mr.. Mcdonald declined to sell, ask
ing 6 cents per pound. There is feel
ing prevailing that the export steer
cannot be produced for less than 6
cents per pound with corn worth So. so
per barrel. AT least $500 head of eX-
port cattle remain in farmers HANDS
and the farmers are confident Of better
prices.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
The puHed Ont Chest

'The pulled out chest is a delusion
which has succumbed to scientific
knowledge of the human body" said a
drill officer. cit came into existence
purely for show reasons or from false
analogy. 1t was seen that men deep
in the chest were strong men, and the
old drill sergeants probably imagined
that by making men throw out their
chests they would make them strong,
as well as make them look strong.
which is 4 complete mistake. Instead
of Strengthening Il man, putting his
chest tends to weaken him, as it
throws a strain upon the heart. We
now tell men to be sure and not puff
out their chests. If you puff out your
chest and do dumbbell exercise you
are to hold the breath. That strains
the heart. Any exercise that prevents
breathing freely is bad. Knotted mus
cles are also wrong. You see a man
with immense chest muscles and per-
haps you think he is really an ideally
trained man, but such muscles simply
bind the chest and tie the heart down"
Reader Magazine.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Will Entertain CID Comrades.

Charles H. Meng, one of Bourbon's
most prominent and respected citizens.
who resides near North MiddIetown,
will entertain his comrades, surviving
members of Company G, Ninth Ken
lucky Cavalry, c. S. A., on Tuesday.
July 23rd. While the surviving mem
bers of this company are widely scat
tered it is believed the attendance will
be larger than on that of any like gath
ering. Company C., Ninth Kentucky
Cavalry, was formerly Company B.
Major VIC. p. Breckenridge command
ed the battalion and was consolidated
in December 1862, with the battalion
of Major L. g. Stoner. Major Brock
inridgekbeing the senior major, being
colonel. The regiment was one of the
most noted in the service of the entire
South and those now remaining of
Company c are but the fragments of
the bravest company of men that ever
faced the front of battle in any con-
test. The Meng homestead is one of
the most beautiful in the county, being
situated one mile north of North Mid
dletown on the Mt Sterling pike.
The following are the survivors each
of whom have been sent a most cordial
invitation to be present:
Captain Ed. Taylor, Lexington :;
John E. Abraham, of Louisville; John
w. Boulder, Maysville; G. I. Bradley.
Winchester; ] Ohm S. Bradley, Augusta :;
1t. Fisher, Santa Monica, California !;
A. T. Forsyth. Paris; L. Grinnan,
Paris; William Goldman, Marshall. Mo.
William Harp, Confederate Home.
Pewee Valley; Lloyd Harp, Forsyth.
Ga. Harry Holt, Paris w. Garrard
Holt, Paris Joseph E. Hedges, Paris !:
James E. Kern, Cincinnati; Henry s.
Letton, Carlisle; G. H. Meng. North
Middletown; Russell Mann, Paris !;
Alexander Macklin, Frankfort; Joseph
Myall, Washington, Ia; James C.
Neville, Cincinnati; John T. Nesbit,
Pewee Valley, KY; M. N. Neal, Mt.
Olive, KY: Jos. Porter, AshevilIe, N.
c.; John D. Penn, Shawhan; George
Redmon, Charleston, W. Va. Charles
w. Rogers, Lexington; Hiram Rogers.
New Orleans; John w. Skillman,
North Middletown Chas. C. SkiIlman,
Eufala, Ala: Charles G Skiliman, st.
Louis; Walter B. Townsend, Fort
Worth. Texas; Milton Wallace, Lock-
port, KY. William T. Wood, Dalton,
Ga; Joseph Wilson. Oceola, George
Wilkerson, Stamping Ground. KY;
Joseph Miller, Millersburg
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Harvard Then a College of Children.

In 1855, when elected president of
Harvard, the Rev. Increase Mather re-
fused to resign the passionate of the
North church in Boston for the sake of
'forty or fifty children" Therefore he
used to ride back and forth from Bos-
ton to Cambridge, charging to the col
lege the cost of shOeing and batting his
horse and mending his saddle. Many
Of these students were but twelve or
thirteen years Old.-"Individual Train
ing In Our Colleges" by Clarence f.
Birdseye.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
MILLERSBURG ITEMS.


w. G. McClintock left Saturday
for few days sojourn at Olympian
Springs.
Mr.. Jesse Bowd, of Washington.
d. c., visited friends here Wednesday
and Thursday.
Miss May Carpenter left Friday to
visit he" aunt, Mrs. King, of Minerva.
Leroy Endicott left Monday for the
jamestown Exposition and other East
ern points
DIR. w. M. Miller attended the fish
ing picnic given by DR.. Fithian and
Daugherty, of Paris, on Stoner, near
that city.
Mrs. C. j. Conway and children ,
of Chicago, who are visiting her moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Lou F, Conway, left
Saturday for weeks visit to friends
at Lexington. They will return here
to spend the summer.
Mrs. Ed. Hunter left Saturday for
a visit to her mother, Mrs. Hunter, of
Washington, KY.
Mrs. Campbell B. Shaw and son,
Arthur, and mother, Mrs. Tompkins,
left Saturday for EstiIl Springs.
Mrs. Perry Jefferson fell down
stairs at her home at Carlisle, Friday,
sustaining serious bruises.
Mr.. Alex Miller was severely kick
ed by mule Friday. No bones were
broken.
Mrs. Annie Jefferson left Thurs
dav for an extended visit to relatives
In Mason county.
-Hammocks and croquet sets at Mil
lei. & Bests.
j. F. Barbee sold a small pony to
Cynthiana party Thursday for $3.50.
For ent.-Rnoms in my fiat suit
able for housekeeping.
MRS. LOU F. CONWAY.
Miss Eveline Smith, who has been
the guest of Miss Alice Ingels for the
past week, left for her home at Mays
vile, Monday.
Nice clean folded newspapers. suit
able for wrapping paper or to put I'M
der your carpets. so for cents.
R. M. CALDWELL.
Miss LYDIA Litsa, of Bardstown,
VINO has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. I. p Wadell for several weeks,
will leave for her home Wednesday ac-
companied by her aunt and cousin,
Mrs. T. P. Wadell. and daughter, Miss
Agnes.
The Society of Equity has made a
splendid record here since its organiza-
ton. Mr.. W. S. Judy who is intrusted
with its business, is indeed hustler
and has put forth every effort to make
it success. Amount received this
season, $4,000 pounds, about $50, 900
pounds of which has been priced, about
125, 900 pounds is being redried by the
farmers, making a grand total when
it is all in, of CTS, 900 pounds. Ninety
per cent. of the 1907 crop has already
been pooled here and the remainder
will be before the pricing season be-
gins. The growing crop looks bad and
much of it is heading out near the
ground, unless the season is late it
will be light and poor in quality.
Corn is also very late, but the recent
rains did much to increase the grow
ing crops. The wheat has made straw
fairly good, heads bedly flied. This is
thought to be due to the late frosts,
which fell after the heads were formed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Naming the Baby.

They were choosing a name for the
new baby.
Il think Esmeralda is too sweet
said one of the infants aunts.
alfredo is better and more uncom-
mon," said another
'How would Alvina do?" asked n
third
Hardly" said the fond father. "You
seem to be getting away from the idea
that this is baby and not new kind
of cigar."-London Graphic.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
DEATHS.

Frank Duvall, aged about 50 years
died at his home, on Fifth street. Fri
day morning of paralysis. Mr.. DuvalI
was stricken Wednesday and never
rallied. His brother, Ben DuvaIl.
died suddenly of hemmorage of the
lungs only few weeks ago. which
makes this death doubIy sad to this
afflicted family. both brothers being in
seemingly good health when smitten
" the iron rod of death. Frank
Duvall was popular mainland left a
host Of friends to mourn his departure.
He is survived by his wife, nee
Goodman, and his aged mother and
two brothers, George and John Duvall.
and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Marsh
and Mrs. J. w. Conway. Funeral SER
vices were held at the grave in Paris
cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
conducted by Elder Carey Z. Morgan.
Pall-bearers were Stout Leer, Newt.
Current, K. S. Denton. John Current.
Walter Hedges and George M. Hill.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
The Epitaph of Mary Lvon.

In the grounds of Mount Holyoke
seminary, overlooking the beautiful
valley through which the Connecticut
flows seward, is a monument to Mary
Lyon, the Massachusetts, teacher who
founded the college. On it is inscribed
a sentence of her own. There is moth
ing in the universe that am afraid of
but that l shall not know and do all
my duty"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16

Mrs. Sallie F. McDuffee, wife of
A. G. McDuffee, died at her home on
Llileston avenue, this city, early Sun
day morning. Mrs. McDuffee was
aged 20 years and the daughter of
Tbos. H. Lail, of LARS Station. She
was a most excellent young woman
and is survived by her husband and a
four-year-old son. Ssasg
T. Funeral services were held at the
residence Monday at 10 o'clock, con-
Quoted by Elder Carey E. Morgan.
Burial at Battle Grove cemetery, Gym
thiana. 49, 49,
Pall-bearers were J. F. Ewalt. A.
j. Lizer, T. Barnes. E. w. BowIes, j
A. Rice and L. A Argo. -
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Still a Dream.

Dolly = Molly Wolcott told me a
month ago that her new gown was
going to be dream. Polly-Well. that
is all it is so far. Her husband won't
give her the money for -SomerviIle
Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16

Mrs. Mary A. Herrick, wife of
Julius Herrick, formerly CT this city,
died Sunday morning at her home in
Lexington after an illness of eleven
hours with double pneumonia.
Mrs. Herrick was formerly Miss
Doyle before her marriage to julius
Herrick. who was for many years a
popular L. & N conductor. Besides
her husband she is survived by three
year-old son. $1,000
Funeral services will be held this
morning morning at the st. PauI's
Catholic church, at Lexington, at nine
o'clock.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16
Auction Sale To-Day.

Don't fail to attend the sale of house
mold and kitchen furniture today at
Mrs Stout Leer's on Seventh Street.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16

A rash man provokes trouble, but
when the trouble comes is no match
for it.-Chinese Proverb.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-16

Attend Harry Simor's Great July
Trade Sale, beginning Saturday, July
9th, closing Saturday, July Goth.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-27
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR REFORM.

Those harmony conferences of Rhode Island
Republicans contain hardly more of promise than
OF performance. While there was no visible string
on Col Colts retirement, his supporters seem to
have read between the lines a mental condition
that Wetmore also should get out of the race, and
they are waxing eloquent this theme. They
want to dictate the nomination.
On the other hand, the slogan Anybody but
Colt, has given way TO the new cry, Nobody
but Wetmore,' and this will mean, undoubtedly,
if insisted upon, the worst defeat the Silent One
has ever sustained in his 20 years in Rhode Island
politics.
Even if he betakes himself back to New York.
where he has so long resided. and compromise
candidate is named, it is exceedingly unlikely that
he could prove so popular or powerful as either of
the candidates who for months were heralded as
being so eminently the best men in the Republican
party for the position.
Perhaps Col. Goddard, the genuine reform
candidate, will not get much support from the hide
bound politicians in either faction, but it will not
be surprising if many of this class sulk in their
tents after the opposition candidate is selected
and therein lies one OF the strongest for the
hope of reform after the fall election The graft
hcation of petty private spite has always been a
greater moving factor with the machine politicians
than has the promotion of the public veal
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-27
BENEVOLENT PROTECTION.

A long-suferng public Is again informed that
benevolent government is taking steps against
the coal barons, purifying the food supply, regu-
lating railroad rates, preventing rebates and doing
a multiplicity of things which only benevolent
government guided by The Strenuous One, could
be expected to do, or promise to do
Meanwhile the cost of living under these
studied and widely heralded efforts to protect the
plain people, is soaring If the coal teamer renews
contract with his employer at the old rate of pay
and the old hours, that employer, taking advantage
OF the upward drift of benevolent prices, tacks so
cents per ton on TO the retail price Of his wares
IL the coal baron adds cents per ton in Pennsyl-
vania, from IS to so cents per ton must be added
in Rhode Island If a business man who buys
other things in large quantities and naturally gets
a discount, seeks to buy thousand tons of coal,
he must pay as much for it as does the retail con-
:un,er who needs but ton, and all for the pur-
pose of protecting the poor man."
This slogan, pronounced so tripp;ngly the
tongue of the benevolent coal dealers, has most
familiar sound 1t causes one to hark back to the
days of the big coal strike, when the dealers who
had laid in big supply at about $4.25 per ton in
anticipation of the strike, advanced the price to
protect all consumers against the anticipated rush
10 Duy ana then, IN SpeCldl SOnCltude TOT the very
poor, doubled and even quintupled the price, in
order "to prevent millionaires from gobbling up
the supply on hand" This logic of the benevolent
coal dealer was unassaiiabe. A mere millionaire
who needed coal just as badly as did the poor man.
would be prevented from purchasing by simply
raising the price on him. The poor man would be
protected from freezing to death by the simple
process of keeping the coal out of reach of his
purse and the coal pockets of the kindly-disposed
dealers He could find solace for all his discomfort
by simply rejecting that eff Millionaire A or B
wants any of that coal he must pay well for it.
can't pay and can't get it, but am protected"
With coal last January, with the mercury near
the mark selling around 81 per ton, because it
was badly needed and coal at this time, close to
the first of July, and torrid mercural figures show
ing selling at practically the same figure, it would
seem that some explanation that will explain is
due the people of Providence and the rest of the
state who are compelled to pay such prices
There Is no popular desire to prosecute the
coal dealer the butcher grocer but there is likely
to be some manifestation of impatience if this
gouging process is continued much longer.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-27
Angler Catches a Sea Serpent

To Capt. Foster of the steamship
Angler. which makes fishing trips to the
banks. belongs the honor of having start
ed the sea serpent season Of 1907. The
captain when he turned UP at the Ship
News office recently had not only the
story but a section OF the serpent
The Angler was lying at the foot OF
East Eighteenth street when Engineer
Jim Priest turned on the steam for the
regular morning test. The engine started
up strong. but the paddle wheel had hard
ly made one revolution when everything
came TO stop. and there was a great
heaving and creaking. OF course, Jim
Priest ran at once to the paddle box,
where the crealdngs were the loudest.
One look inside and he summoned the
captain and Frank Foster. the mate. To-
gether the three, armed with boathooks
and cutlasses fish hooks and pocket
knives approached the box. A huge
snake had, as nearly they can tell.
wound it's tail about the timbers OF the
paddle box and the fore part of it's body
was about the paddles. The wheed, ac-
eordng to Anglers crew, was held
though IL was gripped in a vice The
heaving OF the monster told Capt Foster
and his men, as far as they can recollect
what il said, that the serpent was alive.
IL took an hour to hack the monster to
pieces. especially with the Anglers cut
lasses. Each piece was fshed up by one
of the boat hooks as II was hewn off and
laid on the deck. When the last section
had been removed from the paddle box
the length OF the monster was found to be
IL feet. Ii was about 10 inches around
In its thickest part, according 10 the cap
tain The captain said that, judging from
the pieces. the creature was boa con-
strictor. II is the captains theory that
the snake escaped from one of the con-
signments that have come to this port
recently and took refuge in the paddle
box some time on Sunday. Or maybe IL
was thrown overheard dead and the pad
die picked it up.-New York Sun.