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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-10
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Women 8ootblacj<s.
Eighty-five women bootblacks are
numbered among. the industrial work,
err of the United States. ezs2@.z~ a. -.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
Bv William Lightfoot Visscher"

effects, affordng also an opportunity for the ex'
hibition of some new styles in job-prnting. He
had such remarks "Mr. Oswald's compli-
ments to Neghbor Blank and isn't the bearer fat
enough to kill? R. S. V. P" "Am | not lucky to
be alive when it is known that Oswalds got a
gum" 81 represent the Oswald Seed Depot and
other legends of like character printed on lot
of tags. These he attached with short strings to
some food that chickens delight in and scattered
them about his garden. The chickens swallowed
the food but were unable to bolt the cards.
When sassy" ROSTERS sedate hens and giddy
broilers went home in procession, each bearing
at his beak message from Mr.. Oswald to Mr..
Blank there was hilarity in the Blank bungalow
that quickly spread to the local encourage. After
the fun had subsidized Mr.. Blank decided to have
a great supper to which many of the neighbors
were invited, and as Oswald had, through his
garden seeds, done much to produce the avoirdu-
pois of the fowls that furnished the feast he was
allowed to prepare the list of guests for the most
part Such number of chickens were thus con-
sumed that Mr.. Blanks poultry could now do
little harm to Oswald's garden-if he had one
but this is another of covering the well
after the calf is drowned" However, everything
is serene in that precinct of Irving Park village
and Blank says he will not raise chickens next
season on Oswad's horticultural efforts.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
AN ALL EMBROIDERY TEXT.

Uncle "Gawge" Guffn is an aged colored man
who has lived about three generations in the Fam
lily of Mrs w. F. Hall, of Grand Boulevard. miss
Jess" as Uncle George still addresses his charm
ing mistress inherited" the old man, so to speak,
from slavery days, and he potters about the place.
making himself useful useless, as the case may
be- He is piece of brc-abrac from which the
Hall menage would not think of parting until he
is called to the place whar all good darkeys
gwne to 60"
In his day Uncle "Gawge" was preacher in
Kentucky and even yet he "exhausts" little at
meetings of his color Always he took the same
text and though it not in the Book, 1t
sounded nightly like Scripture to him. He could
not read but he would open the Bible in his pull
pit adjust his big brassrimmed spectacles and
look knowingly up and down the holy page, would
give out:
Oar whar de hen scratch dar be de bug, per
vidin no previous hen is scratch dar afo'"
Once he went to a village pear by to preach in
the little white church that the coored folks
owned. The burden of Uncle "Gawge's' sermon
concerning how the Lord takes care of his own.
Abiding to a great hurricane that had visited
the region some years before he said:
Hit bout seven year ago, come up heah
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
HIS NEIGHBOR'S FOWLS

Mr.. Oswald, who has been for twenty years or
more the superintendent of a big printing mouse
and who lives at Irving Park, is fond of garden
ing during his leisure hours, in the spring and
early summer. neighbours chickens have SO
persistently consumed the seeds that Oswald
planted and have made such disturbing hen-Wal-
lows in the beds of his intended vegetable shop,
during the season just passed. that Oswald was at
his wits end as to how to rid himself of the null
sances without bringing about an undes1rabe
state of internecine strife, until too late TO 40
much good this year. He has, however, done
something for the future and had some fun Wlthal
by unique proceeding that brought about mover
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19

visited by the different members of the engineer
ing party and they were always made welcome
Robert often enjoyed the hospitality of this home;
he an attentive listener, though his eyes
would intently follow the movements of Marion
the only daughter of the family. She was happy
young schoolgirl and the responsibilities of
life had not yet caused ripple or wrinkle on
her sunny countenance, her friends" to her meant
every one she knew; and she knew every one
So easily see that Robert and the family
became the best of friends as the season wore on,
much of his spare time being spent in their home;
but after a few months had passed he with the
rest of the party obliged to leave this pleas
ant village and move on to other fields; then
other friends came into his life, though he never
forgot his happy friends of one summer in Wind
sor and the pleasant hours spent in the Whitcomb
home.
AS the years went by, the congressional district
to which Windsor belonged grew in popularity
and influence, and as their representative they
sent their most popular citizen, James Whitcomb,
to Congress-; no one in this locality was more
suited or better fitted for the place than he
During his stay in Washington much of his
energy was devoted to getting appropriation set
apart by Congress for building this canal
He worked hard for this result, but fortune did
not favor his efforts though the stone he set roll
ing stopped; his successors took up the
work, they and realized the benefit it would
be to the old home town, and they urged 1t on
Whitcomb did not live to see the realization OF
this pet project of his early manhood AMI ma
turer years. though time gave promise of its
fufllment. An appropriation was actually made
by the Government, the Hennepin canal that
started in the minds of the first settlers in 1885
to materiaze; slowly, but surely, the rolling
stone had gathered moss.
Work began, and strangely, well as fortu-
nately, the Government engineering corps was
placed under the able management of Robert I'm
derwood. One could easily recognize the Robert
of other years, time had surely been kind to him.
leaving slight trace of the passing summers fine
appearing, genial with all, again he was at Wind
Familiar scenes, if not familiar faces
greeted him; where the friends of other
years? Echo alone answered the question re-
verberated up and down the quiet valley and over
the hilltops-where?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19

So we will quietly leave these happy lovers to
themselves.
Their secret of happiness you may possibly
guess, but the answer to the riddle of life" will
naturally come at too remote period for even
conjecture of what it may be.
But when the beautiful sprngtime came, nature
with her artistic taste and paint brush,
placed a pure white halo about the cherry trees
in the garden, the plum trees in the forest, and
the apple trees in the orchard then as the
finished his daily task and sank to rest in bed
of crimson glory, he smiled this work of art,
and delicate pink tracery was thus left in the
snowy white halo.
A soft breeze causes shower of petals to fall
at feet these natures offering at the
shrine of Cupid the faint blush of the flowers
with their added fragrance all make indeed
fascinating and bewitching scene dotting both
hillside and valley
1t was amid this profusion of sweetness and
beauty of nature that friends gathered at the old
home to wish "bon voyage" on life's ocean to
our friends now one in heart and name.
The little god Cupid has done his part the
parish pastor has placed the browning act upon
the scene and new volume of Life has been be,
gun in which, as the years pass, will be recorded
the deeds of Mr.. and Mrs. Underwood.
The spring went merrily by, and as the summer
waned the canal was nearing completion.
feeder too, it thought best to add to the
original plan, and it shared like fate All ex-
pectation all anticipation were the friends as the
muchlonged-for day came Then as the water
was turned into the completed canal basin, slowly
and slowly it ran, higher and higher 1t rose,
further and further it flowed, till its farthermost
destination was reached.
oh the JOY that filled their hearts in the realiz-
alton of the cherished plans OF many, many
weary years. Then to test its virtue still more
shin was placed aloat upon it's limpid waters, and
&C n steamed along by farmhouse village cot
tage and palace it proclaimed to all that the Hen
nepin canal was no longer ghost or a phantom
of former years, but reality. And the sweet
name of that bonny craft was MARION.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
LITERARY MAGAZINE SECTION

After inquiring for this one and that one of
former years he is directed to follow the road
curved around the base of Mount Nebo, then turn
ing to the right he must go up-up-up between
the hills till he is the top of the bluff and there
before him lies Mount Bloom there are the many
friends of the past the tall marble spires mingle
in sublime grandeur with the rich arching forest
greenery; but marble shaft and modest headstone
alike to these quiet sleepers; this is Gods
acre. this is Mount Bloom and here are the ever
lasting flowers OF eternity: nature could hardly
furnish any more beautiful, restful spot
Having thus paid loving tribute to their men,
DRY he seeks the old home hoping there to learn
something of Marion AS he walks up the IA
miliar path the TALL graceful elms, forming SYM
metrical emerald arcade above him, seem to reach
out their arms to welcome him home; those
fatherly and mothery old elms.
Here he finds Marion: no longer the light
hearted child, but the mature, thoughtful, earnest
woman. Joy unalloyed had not always been her
lot, sorrow had crept in many ways and times.
Attending school in her youth at an Eastern col
lege, passing vacation at the home OF a much
loved friend, there meeting George Rodney and
being loved and won she left the home of her
childhood with him to find in the land of chrys-
anthemums and cherry blossoms an ideal home of
her own with all that love and refinement could
make it; but even in this happy home sorrow
came, and the love of her youthful years was
taken from her; lonely and sad in her widow
hood she sought the old home of her childhood
and the old friends to cheer her in her sorrow
and thus they find each other.
Shall we tell of the pleasure of this meeting?
the renewal of old acquaintance, exchanging chap
tiers from lifes yearbook? No, oh no;
Hush it is memory's offering
From the long, long ago.
Open the casket softly
Hearts are frail you know.
Some hearts are sad and lonely
Some hearts are full of glee
Whichever way it is, Love,
Open your heart to me.
IT'S womans greatest treasure
This love so boundless, free;
Her heart the priceless casket
And love the golden key.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19

one Sunday to preach de Gosp1 to you town folks,
en- ez l wuz gwine long down toads Ole Marse's
big hurricanes Hit to- up trees by roots, upset
cows, picked up cyartbeds and flung UNI way off
yander, en- picked up ole "Gawge" an flung him
ovah de fence, an down a holler, en- thoo er cane
brake an never hurt a har on "Gawges"
head Hear me? OATS how de Good Lawd TEX
keer of His own"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
HopkinsviIIe Tobacco.

Hopkinsville. Ky. Aug. 4-Last
week was another dull one in local
tobacco circles. the sales for the week
showing a slight decrease from the
week preceding. Even with these
conditions there Is no indication of a
decrease in prices the farmers or
CARNATIONS. witch control all the to-
bacco in sight, steadfastly demanding
he fall schedule figures.
With the Planters Protective AS
soclatlon the sales amounted forty
seven hogsheads. while receipts were
eighteen hogsheads Some sales were
made nearly every day of the week.
The buyers all say they are ready and
ANXIOUS to make purchases. nut that
the orders are not forthcoming. Sales
for the month were lSl hogsheads
and for. the year ISIS hOgsheads.
Qu.eter conditions were also noted
in the Society of Equity warehouse
during the week, not so many hogs
heads beng sold as during the preced-
ing week.
A report as to the general condi-
tion of the market, as seen by Broker
NJ ID. Boales during the month, is as
follows:
"The past month has been quite
dull, and sales were small for the sea-
SON This was due TO the uncertain
condition of the tobacco which has
been passing through the sweating
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

process produced by hot weather.
This is now well past. and inspections
show the tobacco to be in better con-
ditlOn than had been anticipated, The
growing crop Is dong well in the
field but is very irregular in growth
on account of varying times of plant
ing. Some Is now past the first suck
ering, and will be cut about August
10 to 30 Much of 1t IS spreading on
the hill ard growing nicely The
prospects are good for good-size
crop of all styles OF dark tobacco
that may be wanted. Prices remain
unchanged as to grade. nothing sell
ing below 81. Quotations are:
Low Tugs. $500 to $3.50; common
hugs. $3.50 to $500 medium Tugs.
$500 to 1915; good Tugs, $500 to
S9.75; fine Tugs, $1,000 to s10.5G;
low leaf $1,000 20 $1,000; common
leaf. $11!0O to $1,000; good leaf,
$3.50 to $500: fine leaf, $500 to
$500; cigar wrappers, $12.5O to
$1,000; binders. $500 TO $1i.O0:
filters. 800 40 $1,000.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
BOND ISSUE WILL
Be SUBMITTED
Lower Board Refuses 90 Recon.
slider It's Action.
Question of Right e. Open S1loon IN
Abandoned stand il Before
Committee.
BOARD or couNcrIMEN MEET

straddlod by the councl.men and
aldermen. the proposition TO vote
100000 IN bonds for street inn
piovements vii. go before the peoplc
next November ioT a hna. adjudica-
ton. Tho council last night refused
to repeal .is action ln voting for the
bond Issue. as thr aldermen have
done. aud the original ordinance
therefore stands and must be exc
cuted. There was no reason. the
counollmon thought. way they should
reconsider their action taken deib-
erafoiy several weeks ago. Council
man Young alone voted to repeal
Had Weeks Brcs. the right to run
a saloon az 100 Kentucky avenue.
In the building formerly occupied by
VIII Word. without waiting TO have
their application for license passed
upon by the general ccuncu. IS a
question that the board referred TO
the licenFc committee last night.
City Solicitor James Campbe., ad-
vised Wcoks Bros. that because they
moved into the building the same
day Word moved out. 10 100 Broad
way. the building had not becl
closed ar sa'oon. aud they could
30 ahead. after posting notices. with
their business until the council ap-
proved or d'sapproy,d their apple
ton. lie said the board had reso-
luton to that effect which guided
him In his decision.
Councilmcn Duval and Lackey
and President Lindsey thought that
when Word moved ont to 100 Broad
way his old stand at i2o Kentucky
avenue was thereby made a new
place of business. and anyone who
operated saloon In the old stand
without making formal application
for license and waiting TO have the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
Knew the world Was Rolling.

a staggering man, nue. the worse
for drink, slowly made his way out
of the side door of one of the we'll
known Broadway drinking emporiums
the other afternoon, and with a COM
ical attempt at dignity. navigated for
the nearest lamp post, where, after a
circuitous course. he finally anchored,
just Eat this moment a newsboy
hove In sight--the kid was happy
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
TWO ELEVATORS
ARE DESTROYED
Chicago Firemen Unable TO Get
Closer Than a Block.
Armour 60. Lose Elevators Con.
tanning $4,000 Worth of Grain
Belonging To that Concern.
TOTAL Loss Is OVER 1000. 900.

Chicago Aug. A fire. which
was 50 hot that the firemen could not
get nearer than within a block of it,
and which made q necessary to play
81. cams u water three and -four
squares away. Yesterday destroyed
Burlington elevators e. and ~. -
the dock transfer house of that road,
and either burned or rendered useless
100 box cars.
The less on tbe grain in the ele-
va;ors IS placed by Armour & COM
pany. who owned II, at 5000 900.
The total loss IS s1.OO0,0O0.
The fire started at O'Clock yester-
day afternoon IN The Burlington ware
house supposedly from cigarette
dlopped near several barrels contain
.rg chemicals.
Al the first explosion. which shook
every building in the vicinity, two
hundred and fifty men. employed IN
the warehouse and elevators fed, and
IL ,s believed that all escaped, al
though there were uncOnfirmed re-
ports that three men. hemmed In by
the flames, had been unable to get
AWAY
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
TOBACCO NEWS
Clarksyille Tobacco.

C!arksvtlle, Tenn. Aug. RE
celpts In the open tobacco market last
week were 30 hogsheads; sales, IA
hogsheads: the market was firm
with wider demands As sales are
larger than receipts. stocks are be
ing reduced. The field crop of tobac-
co has been Improving under the re-
cent rains, and about two-thirds OF
the crop has been topped. Wherever
the cultivation has been good, the crop
looks well. but there is fair proper
ton of small plants for which steady
growing weather Is needed.
The association statesmen report
sales of 225 hogsheads at quite salts
factory prices. The demands were
more varied and Brennan IS taking
more freely.
There is talk of starting large
snuff factory plant and Ciarksy.lle
seems the most desirable location, as
It has full supply of trained labor
available for factory. besides stock
in warehouses. thus saving fre.ghts
and the freight rates on snuff are
than from any point. and the saving
would be a profit in itself.
Quotations: Low hugs, $500 to
s7.25; common Tugs. $3.50 to $500:
medium hugs, 1926 to sS.75; good
hugs. 5000 TO $3.50; low leaf, $1,000
to $10.7 common leaf, $11.0V q
ar *. medium Leaf S12.00 10
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
SCHOOL OPENS
FIRST N COUNTY BEGINS ITS
REsJL LAR SESSION.
First Term Of Arcadia School Began
Yesterday Morning With
81 Pupils.

The n.1 county school began yes
teSay wh5n the doors of the Arcadia
school swung open. ana formally
school kept" Prof l.. h. Alex
ander. of Marshall county, is teacher
and on the opening day he had 6l
pupils The opening day was celebrat
ed by several visitors. and picnh
dinner was served al noon. Short
talks were made by Judge Wil,iam
Marble Mrs. c. +. Purcell and w. A.
Da,s The trustees have finished fur
n,sh.ag the school. and supplying It
with new equipment
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

4
over something, and being at peace
with the world. was trying 70. amuse:
passersby as well as himself by a few
vocal stunts. Finally after warblinG|
.Just Someone" True Heart and
several other popular songs now cur
rent in the metropolis. he switched on
into las Long as the World Rolls
On
All this time the inebriated one
had ben listening to the gamin In q
listless manner, but as soon as he
started ON the last named song. he
suddenly took renewed interest. AZ
the kid finished with the same line
of the chorus, Just as the Long az
the World Rolls On" he beckoned
him to, where he was holding onto
the lamp post for dear life.
81 shay. kid" he stammered. "ish'
the whole world rollin' about. or ish =
jush thish damned oil posht?"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
70 90 LOO MILES IN RowBoAT,
Frank y. Bowman aud Albert Ma
chand ON Way to Musko-
gee, Okla.

Louisville. KY. Aag ALBERT
Na,hand and +. p. BOWMAN. of JEFF
fClsOnville, left today FOR Muskogee,
OKLA. in a rowboat built for them at
Towards shipyard. II Is Is feet
long. 4 feet inches wide and hand
furnished containing a we'll
equipped storage chamber. On the
rear OF the boat is painted "Muskogee
or Bust" The young men expect to
camp out along the river bank on the
way 10 Muskogee. The distance to
Muekogee By water is about 400
miles.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

water committee were referred to the
water company
The report of the board Of public
works on Far.ey Place was referred
to the street committee.
Balance in the city treasury July
/. $G0.GT3.9S. collections in July,
Sj4.Si6; disbursements. $56.91S.47;
balance August /. s56.91S.47.
Councllmen Ford and Kreutzer
were the only absentees last night.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
SEXES
PADuCAH SAFE BURGLAR.

II is said that Charles Kellock. a
safe cracker who was sent to the pen
eighteen months ago, from Paducah
will lev but few months longer In
the confinement Kellock was dis
covered trying to break into the safe
of the Denker grocery at Eighth and
Harris streets, and was given S years
On the state prison at Edoyvlile. Kel-
lock has tuberculosis
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

Zine airship you have. old man,
said the friend What do YOU eau
here"
1.-THE Porterhouse, replied the ST.
pilot
"Named after .beefsteak Well{'
Well Isn't that rather unusual?"
mot at all. named her that be-
cause she is always rising
News. ...--....
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04
Firemen Worked Hard.

Eight fire engine companies and
three fire tugs had all they could do
to confine the connagration to its
original limits.
The intense heat rendered any ef-
fort to save the elevators hopeless
The firemen worked continuously in
a shower OF sparks and flaming EN-
bers which Travelled for blocks.
At o'clock Fire Marshal Koran
declared that any further spread Of
the flame was not to be feared To-
night, however. several engines are
pouring streams into the glowing
wreckage.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

Kennody's Laxative Cough Syrup Is
especially recommended for children.
II tastes nearly as good as maple
sugar. Sold by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

n you take Kodol in the beginning
the bad attacks of Dyspepsia will be
avoided, but If you allow these little
attacks TO 20 unheeded It will take
Kodol a longer time TO put your
stomach in good condition again Get
a bottle OF Kodol today. Sold by all
druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

A BilNille jury. slow In arriving
at decision, and feeling the keen
demands of appetite. sent out the
following note to the Judge: IF yoy
don't send us somethin' to en-
quick, wa'n have TO ind the defcn(-
ant guilty; but II you'll send Is
three meals a day we'll stay here VI
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

DeWius Kidney and Bladder Pills
vii promptly relieve all Kidney and
Bladd disorders. Sold and recon-
mCuded by all Druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

Our follles give the doctors q
chance TO make experiments at our
expense. p ~ sf e-r
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

DeWitts Little Early Risers. safe,
easy. pleasant, sure. little liver pills
Sold by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-04

fine leaf, $500 to $1,000; choice
selections, none offering.