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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
THE COURIER
BY CHAS. r. BRUCE
Published on Every Thursday.
The COURIER is mailed regularly to its sub
scribers until definite order to discontinue Is
received and All arrears are paid.
Official County and City Paper
MAUD MULLER SETS A MEN
Entered at the Post ONCE at Elk Point as ma
matter OF the second class

MAUI mULk0W 0Ebo - W6N
Maud Muller on summers day
Set hen in brand new way,
MAUD, you see, was a city girl)
She covered the box with tinsel gay,
Lined it snugly with new-mown hay,
Filled it nicely with eggs, and then
Started to look for likely hen.
Out of the flock she selected one,
And then she thought her work was done;
Ii would have been, but the stubborn hen
Stood up and cackled Ka-doot, 'and then
Maud Muller came and with panied
surprise
Looked coldly into the creatures eyes.
She tied its legs to the box. You bet, =
She said, Il know how to make you set!''
But still it stood, and worse and worse
Shrieked forth its wrongs to the universe,
Turned over the box with the tinsel gay
And ANONYMOUSLY tapped away
Then a bad boy ON the barnyrrd fence
Tee-heed, Say, Maud. there's a differ
ence
Tween hens. you know. and it is that
One says "Ka-doot!" and one 'ka-dat!' =
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute
She had tried to set had said ''Ka-doot''
And ever since that historic day
She bushes in an embarrassed way,
To think If the hubbnb she made once
when
She tried to set gentleman hen.
Unknown.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
WASHING THE HAIR.
How L Should Bs Done 10 Lsavs The
Scalp In Good Condition.

How u Should Dc Done 10 Leave The
Scaip In Good Condition.
There Il right way and wrong
way to wash the hair, and one OF the
wrong ways Is to apply the cake Of
soap directly to the head. says writer
In the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
suppose nine out Of ten people do this.
but # il wrong nevertheless. When
the cake Of soap Il rubbed ON the hair,
1t crusts there and often >cannot be
rinsed out with the most elaborate ap-
plications Of water.
To wash the hair properly. 30 ~ to
cleanse the head thoroughly and at the
same time leave the hair Ia good con-
dition, lather should be made from
soap In somewhat the same general
way as for shaving and this lather
then applied to the hair. Hot water
ought also to be used for the rinsins
save toward the finish Of the opera
ton, when cooler water may BE- en-
ployed to prevent any possibility OF
taking cold when the hair Ii drying.
The rinsing should b. most carefully
done, for the smallest quantity Of soap
clingtng to the hair win prove I veri-
table catchall for dust and germs and
perhaps lead eventually to I diseased
condition Of the hair and scalp.
One thing that people should avoid
10 cleansing the hair IL In rubbing too
hard. Men especially are prone 10 uss
their finger nails on the scalp, and the
habit IL found to some extent among
women also. The scalp II not rendered
any cleaner by doing this than 1t
would be by rubbing gently. ana the
hard scrubbing will have q tendency
to infiame the roots Of the hair and
cause II to fall out.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

In the Cininnati Commercial Gazette
recently appeared the following story of
a capital retort:
Theodore Hallam was standing on the
steps of the Covington post-office, when
an old colored man came up, and, touch
ing his hat, asked:
Kin you tell me is de place where
dey sells postage-stamps?'
Eyes, sir; this Is the place. replied the
lawyer, seeing chance for little quite
fun; but what do you want with post
age stamps, uncle?,'
ITO mail a letter, sab, of co'se."
well, then, you needn't bother abou
stamps You don't have to put any on
this week y
II don't"
mo, SIR
why for not?''
"Well, you see the conglomeration OF
the hypothennse has different 4ted the
parallelogram SO much that the consan-
guinity doesn't emulate the ordinary eff
|fervescence, and 50 the Government has
decided to send letters Free
The old man took off his hat dubious
", shook his head, and then with long
breath, remarked:
Well, boss, all dat may be true. an |
don't say IL Amt. But just s'posen dal
de eksentricity OF de aggregation tran
substanshuates de ignominiousness Of Dc
pnppendikeler and snblimites de puspi-
Guilty Of de consequence, don't you quail.
ificate dat de Government would conf
sticate dat dere letter. I'd jest. better pu,
some stamps on anyhow fer luck Z
And he passed solemnly on.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
Jefferson Defeats Greys

Inc Sioux City greys we're defeated
by the fast Jefferson team in game
played At Jefferson, the first Of the
week to- The feature OF the game
wAsEthe superb pitching OF Limogef,
Of Jefferson, who had thirteen strike
outs to his credit. The heavy wind
which prevailed during the afternoon
made fast fielding impossible, and
several errors we're made In conse-
auence The score by innings was as
follows:
Jefferson -. -. q q 2 O q 5 @ o OF
81 G, Greys.... % o . 8 90 2 o O.
Observation-Disclosures, Limoges and
LaFisur; Greys, Beees and Colbert.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
How to Frsshsn old Furniture.


Sometimes the pieces Of solid old
fashioned furniture that We all like 90
well become too dark and dingy look
Ing in spite Of the application Of furni-
ture polish occasionally, says the Chris
tian and Evangelist. This was the
case with a walnut desk, and BY *
perimenting a remedy was found. It
was so simple and has since been 30
successful with other furniture that We
give 1t for the benefit Of other house
keepers who have found the same dif-
fculty.
The polished surface was irst care
fully dYsted, then washed with ! soft
cloth and pearline sads, which do not
injnre II as strong soaps would. A.
soon ~ one place was washed clean %
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
How Is Make Tome.

TofIee Is an almost Unknown swsst
over here, but the small English chm
dren thrive ON 1t and usually know
how to make 1t. It's quite di3erent
thing from our butterscctch. which y
jolly good, but not as Jolly good -
toffee. Here's recipe for It: Take
three pounds Of coffee" or &C, sugar
butter to the amount or pound ana u
quarter, with half teRspoonful *
cream Of tartar. First dissolve the
sugar In just as much cold water -
may be required for that purpose, then
mix all the ingredients together and
boil them without stirring the mig
ture until It will snap when dropped
Into cold water. At this moment ~
move It from the Are, add eight q ten
drops Of lemon extract. according to II
strength, and pour the mixture into
well creased pans. to be cut Into
squares as 1t coOls.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
THE LATE SENATOR INGALLS, oN"esAss,

The late United States Senator, John
j. Ingalls, of Kansas, though somewhat
cratic, was brilliant and able. Some
little articles that fell from his tongue
or pen have attracted wide attention
and will long be quoted as masterpieces
id their way. The following from his
pen is regarded almost as a national
elias ic, is crowded with suggestive
thought and beautiful expression and is
well worthy Of a place in your scrap
book:
Next in importance to the divine
profusion of wafer, light, and air, those
three great physical facts which render
existence possible, may be reckoned the
universal beneficence of grass. Exagger-
ated by tropical heats and vapors to the
gigantic cane congested with its saccha-
rine secretion,or dwarfed by polar rigors
To the tibrous hair of northern solitudes,
embracing between these extremes the
maize with its resolnte pennons the rice
plant OF southern swamps, the wheat,
rye, barley, oats and other cereals, no
less than the humber verdure of hillside,
pasture and prairie in the temperate
zone. grass is the most widely distribnt-
ed of all vegetable beings and is at once
the type of our life and the emblem Of
our mortality. Lying in the sunshine
among the buttercups and the dandelions
Of May, scarcely higher in intelligence
than The minute tenants Of that mimic
wilderness, our earliest recollect'ons are
of erass; and when the fitfnl fever is
ended, and the foolish wrangle Of the
market and the forum is closed, grass
healsove the scar which our descent in.
to the bosom of the earth has made, and
the carpet of the infant becomes the
: blanket of the dead.
''As he reflected up in the brevity Of
human life, grass has been the favorte 81
the moralist, The chosen OF the philoso
pher. All flesh is grass, said the pro
phet; NY days are as the grass, sigh
ed thel troubled patriarch; the pensivs
Acknowledgement, in his penitential mood,
exceeded even these. and, as thu
sacred historian informs US, did ca
grass like an OK
Grass is the forgiveness OF nature
her constant benediction. Fields tramp
led with battle, saturated with blood
torn with the ruts Of cannon. grow gree
again with grass, and carnage i forgot
Ten. Streets abandoned by traffic be
Como grass grown like rural lanes. an,
ate 0bliterated. Forests decay, harvest
perish nowers vanish, but grass i ina
morlal. Beleagnered ~ the snllen host
d winter n wi1hdrsws Into the "a
psegna bls fortress y is subterranean U
tality. and enbsass upon the first solic
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

THERE is JOY in Madrid over the birth
of male heir to the King and Queeniof
Spain. 1t is an event of great impor.
ance to the kingdom for dynastic
reasons. 1t makes more secure the hold
the ,reigning branch Of the house of
Bonrban has on the throne. While a
woman may rule IN Spain, the people
prefer king. Hence the little infant
is most welcome visitor in the palace
at. Madrid.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

The County Board OF Education oil
Union county will meet at the office OIL
the County Superintendent on tbs
second Tuesday Of June 1907. for the
purpose Of selecting and adopting 81
text books needed for use 10 the public
schools In this county for 6ve years
according 10 Section 1896 q Art. X
|school laws.
Sealed bids will be received by sail
board for furnishing books = providst
Tor 10 this articie
n, E. FRENCH, Chairman.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
Michael Carry

The remains OF Michael Curry we're
brought here from Luton, Iowa, Mon
day morning. Services Mere held In
the Catholic church.
sixsy-seven years ago Michael Curry
was born in ireland. County Mayo.
When q small boy he came with his
parents 10 Pennsylvania where be
lived eighteen years then moved to
Minnesota Four years later he came
TO Elk Point and filed 90 homestead
Ave miles southeast Of town. Ia 1871
be vas united IN marriage 70 Mary
Ke1sille, who died six years ago.
Nine children we're born 70 them Ave
Of whom survive them. For the pas,
three years Mr.. Curry has made bis
home at Luton. lows.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

Since nearly all lawn mowers are
constructed on similar principles, re-
move the outer drive wheels, change
the pinions and replace the wheels.
This causes the cutter to rotate back
ward when the drive wheels revolve.
Then raise the stationary cutter by
tightening the front bolts. Form q
thick paste Of powdered emery and oil
and apply to the revolving cutter. To
sharpen simply turn one Of the drive
wheels, and In short time the cutters
will have perfect edges.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

1OW " WANe NOitc0o FtAVos
College flags are quite simple to
make, but require care and much pre-
cision In putting the letters on a. well
as In cutting them. A good plan Il to
cut the letters from stir cardboard and
trace around them on the felt, after
ward cutting with sharp knife, says
the Chicago News. In mounting these
on the felt background paste them on
with very thin coating Of photograph
paste and couch around all edges with
many strands of silk caught down at
regular intervals with single strand
OF the same color. COUGHING means to
hold the heavy cord or many strands
OF silk along the edge OF the thing to
be outlined and stitching across II
and through material with the single
thread In the needle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
Pestofflce Raling

II is hereby ordered that on the 9Th
day OF May, 1907, the postage rate sp.
plicable Id the United States 70 ''sec-
0nd claes matter addressed for delivery
In Canada shall be one cent for each
-four li) ounces or fraction OF four i4)
ounces, calculated on the weight Of
osch package and prepaid by the means
Of postage stamps affixed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16

that 1t showed the grain Of the weed
bright and new looking II was f1nsod
with another cloth and clear water anl
wiped dry. The creases were rsaeho9
With q soft hand brush, % that evGry
part was bright and clean. Altar IL
was all dry good furniture polish wnS
applied, and then the usual rubbing
was given. or course such ! cleanin4
would not be needed very often, bu< u
10 worth while occasionally.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
How fo RsTnoys Iron bues.

A simple remedy for iron rust stai4
II to be found In common cream y
tartar, says Suburban Life. II THU ~
sprinkled on the stain and the dam
aged goods then allowed to remain n
the sun for little time. the spot Vtll
b found to have disappeared. X -
first application should prove ugsuc-
cessful, second Will be almost enro
10 remove the stain.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
. .The Princea.. al tic Opera House

90 Friday evening, May oath, at the
opera house, the junior class OF the
high school will present 1.-THE PriL-
cess, by Alfred Tennyson. A cast OF
the characters will appear in next
weeks issue. Admission for children
ID cents; adults, 25 cents.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-05-16
Notice

An alumni meeting will be held at
R,sn's Office ON Saturday evening at
500 p M. All members are urged o
ne present.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
MEN
WILL REACH HERE
ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK

A message received this afternoon
by Mr.. Harry Meyer from the secre-
tary of the Evansville Business Mems
association aboard the John s. Hop
kins at Unionyille. III, states that it
is expected that the boat will reach
Paducah by 8 o'clock this evening
and arrangements for the banquet at
the Palmer House given in their hon
or by Paducah business men are be-
ing made this afternoon. 1t is not ex-
pected that the party will reach Pa
ducah in time for any entertainment
other than the banquet at which
toasts will be responded to by Hon.
Charles X. Wheeler, Messrs. Hal Cor
bett, Sol Dreyfuss and others. Mayor
Yeiser will head party of business
men who will meet the visitors at
the river and welcome them to the
city.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
PADUCAH. KY. WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2. 1907
Record Breaking Registration of First Day Shows
Remarkable Republican Gain All Over the City

When the first days registration
closed last night, the heaviest regis.
Itration in the history of Padueah Was
recorded. Not only were first day
records all broken, but the registra-
Ition yesterday exceeded the total for
last year by $50. of which increase
400 were Republican and III Demo-
Ioratic. The registration the first day
this year came within 81 of the total
registration for 1903, four years ago.
Compared with last year, when the
Democrats on the first day led the
Republicans by G91, the gain of the
Republicans is wonderful the Demo-
.crats leading them by only 800, while
there are 1G5 scattering, principally
independent, and the Democratic
workers are not wasting any money
gambling on those Independents.
I'VE have a lot more to get ont
next time" was the statement of
leaders Of both sides. They all claim
that 500 more on each side will be
gotten out October 16, the final reg
istration day.
Republicans are jubilant. They
claim that 20 per cent of the Demo-
cratic vote is theirs. Democrats are
not saying much. They boosted Mon
day night of the most efficient organ
ization they have ever had, and their
boast was justified; but the Repub-
licans just naturally came out and
registered. The Democrats had been
led 10 believe the Republicans did not
mean to do anything. and they were
People, who declined to cheer the
of the names OF local candi-
dates by Governor Beckham and Ollie
James, apparently are sufficiently in
terested in the election to come out
in unprecedented numbers at the first
days registration.
Every precinct, and especially Re
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
LUTHER GRAHAM MAKES
EXPLANATION TODAY

81 see The Sun got twisted on the
incident delaying the opening Of the
polls at Schmidt's precinct yesterday
morning." said Mr.. Luther Graham
one of the Harrison advisers to re-
porter of The sun today. land | want
TO straighten you out. The poll books
were delivered by County Clerk
Smedley late Monday afternoon and
we sought to deliver this one to
Sterling Price. who had been selected
by the commissioners to serve, but
he declined 10 serve. Then John VIII
kins was requested TO act, but could
not and We then sought Charles Rip
ley who also refused. Herman Kat
teriohn was then suggested and We
went to HIS house with the book. but
found that he was attending the
speaking at Fifth and Kentucky ave-
nue., so | took charge of the book,
and delivered it at the poll the next
morning"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
FALSE FIRE ALARM
TOO FREQUENT FOR
A. D. T. COMPANY

The frequency of false fire alarms
from mills and manufacturing plants
in Paducah through the American
District Telegraph company's private
alarm system, has called for drastic
measures for suppression, and Mr.. p
G. Kern, of Louisville, superintend-
ent of the telegraph company, is il
Paducah to take hand in the work.
Said Mr.. Kern today: MANY of our
alarm boxes are located in mill yards
and watchmen can turn in an alarm
without running to a box in the
streets. Our boxes have glass fronts
and can be set in operation by break
ing the glass and pulling the lever
Malicious persons have on many oc-
casions recently smashed glass ard
turned in alarms. II threatens to de-
moralize our system, and we offer $25
reward for the conviction OF any one
guilty of turning in false alarm over
our system"
There is fine attached to this Of
Tense, and Fire Chief Wood has been
diligent in his efforts to detect guilty
persons, but to no avail.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
WOMAN TOOK CHILD
TO Mr.. HAYS HOME

The Founding deposited at the
gate of r. NJ. Hays, four miles from
Paducah on the Cairo road in the Mt.
Olivet church neighbolhood. was
placed there by woman. Mr.. Hays
was in Paducah this morning and re-
lated further facts to County Judge
r. T. Lightfoot.
"The baby was left at my gate by
a woman" he stated. Il could trace
the rubber tires of the buggy to my
gate, which sets in from the road %
feet. and could also trace woman
shoe tracks, about No. 4 shoe, I
should Judge"
Judge Lightfoot paid Hays a re-
ward and Instructed him TO take the
child to the Home OF the Friendless.
which he did today. The infant Is
healthy and Will live
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02

publican precincts, showed gains,
which by comparison as shown in the
tables below, are remarkable.
There was little trouble at the reg
istration yesterday except at
Schmidt's, where Democratic workers
held out the poll book for more than
an hour and many working men were
deprived Of the opportunity of regis
tering. because they usually register
on their way to work. Schemes were
INDUCED in to brighten away voters,
but they did not pan out.
Both parties were we'll organized,
but the efficiency and zeal of the Re-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
PLEASURE AND BUSINESS ARE
MINGLED BY PYTHLAh KNIGHTS
IN THE GRAND LODGE SESSION

George ID. Young, grand cham
ceIIOr, Louisville.
o. n. Pollard, grand vice-chan-
cellor, Jackson.
J. W, Carter, grand keeper Of
records and seal, Owensboro.
julie Plnmmcr, grand master
of exchequer, Newport.
&. +. Saunders, grand prelate,
Franklin.
W. j. Hissem, grand master az
arms, Newport.
~. A. Schoberth, grand inner
guard. Versailles.
George &. Carter, grand outer
guard. Latonia.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
TWO RUNS ARE MADE.

Yesterday afternoon Nos. /, and
4 fire companies were called to Fir
tecnth and Kentucky avenue about
o'clock in the afternoon to extinguish
burning grass in hollow. Some one
evidently set il afire maliciously, and
endangered fences and property. The
Babeock was used in addition to a
dozen of firemen boots in stamping
out the burning grass and shrubs.
A second run of the same three
companies was made this morning az
4 o'clock. A stable In the rear of
Moore's boarding house at 220 North
Seventh street, caught fire from hot
ashes, IL is presumed. and had burned
nearly down when firemen reached It..
The loss will amount to little, nothing
but the wooden stable being lost.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
At NIayfeld.

Mayfeld. KY, Oct. 2. Especial -.
A. L. Wilson arrived here almost be-
fore daylight this morning. He held
regular levee this morning. and the
court room was crowded when he was
introduced this afternoon by Hon.
j. c. Speight. Election and primary
frauds in western KeKntucky. perpet-
rated by the Democratic machine,
were exposed by MI. Wilson In his
speech and the facts went home. He
has numerically scored Mott Ayers
throughout the district. He spoke
to a crowded court room at Clinton
last night, and an immense throng at
Bardwell yesterday afternoon.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02

Hon. Augustus E. Wilson, Repub-
lican candidate for goveinor, will
spend the entire day in Paducah to-
morrow, arriving ON an early morning
train.
He will speak at 1880 O'Clock at
Fifth street and Kentucky avenue,
where a platform has been construct
ed. He will be introduced by Capt
Edwin Farley.
Immense rrowds have been greet.
ing Mr.. Wilson throughout western
Kentucky, and the registration yes
terday indicates that he will cut the
First district majority down to insig-
nificance.
He is speaking at Mayheld this af-
ternoon. Tonight he goes to Fulton,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
W. c. T. U. MEMORIAL.

The Paducah W. c. T. L. will hold
a special service tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock in the lecture room OF
the First Baptist church, In memory
of the birth of Miss Frances +. VIII
lard, whose birthday is September 2S.
IL was not practicable for the union
TO observe that day, hence. 1t was
decided to hold the exercises at the
next meeting which will be tomorrow.
Mrs. II. II. Duley will favor the meet
Ing with a recitation.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-02
HON. A. E. WILSON WILL
ADDRESS PADUCAH AUDLENCE
TOMORROW NIGHT ON ISSUES
Arrangements For Reception To Republican Candidate For
Governor And His Speech Are Completed at Fifth and
Kentucky.

where Ed Thomas. the banker, will
Introduce him to his audience.
Friday afternoon at 1880 o'clock he
will speak at the court yard at MUIR
ray. A. ID. Thompson will introduce
him there.
At Benton Saturday afternoon at
1880 o'clock, he will close his regu-
lar speaking tour in the First district,
but probably will pick up a date for
THAT night.