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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
State Senate Passes His Bill
by one Majority mt Special
Session.

Albany. June 1.-THE senate bill
forbidding betting on race tracks. by
vote of 20 to %. This is a victory
for Governor Hughes. who called the
special session for the purpose. II is
claimed II will end racing!
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
HITCHCOCK ACQUITTED

New York, June 11.-Bail will be
asked for Raymond Hitchcock, the
who was acquitted early
today of the charge of wrongins
girls: but was held for other indict-
ments. He probably never will be
tried.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
Silernan'S Boom,

Washington, June IA boom is
started for Lieutenant Governor Sher-
man, of Illinois. for vice president.
Friends are urging MIN on the admin
istration as a powerful orator for the
campaign.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
BIG TRUCK CROP

Washington, June 1.-THE agricul-
tural department bulletin says there
will be more apples, peaches, berries,
melons, cabbages, onions, etc, than
in years. 1t is estimated that 73 per
cent of the crop is harvested.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11

Washington. June IL Samuel
Gompers started for Chicago this
afternoon TO fight for the anti-injunc-
tion plank in the Republican plat
form The American Federation of
Labors executive council will meet
Saturday to plan campaign.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
FIRST HANGING

Lawton. Okla. June 11.-Okla-
homa will have its first execution
since its statehood tomorrow. Frank
Ford a negro, will be hanged for
numbering his wife.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
Made Ellis Arrives.

Chicago, June 11.-Attorney Cen
eral Wade Ellis of Ohio, has arrived
with the platform. He refused TO
discuss the document. He will serve
on the resolutions committee. Roose-
welt boomers are flooding contestants
who were. rejected with literature,
urging the presidents denomination
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
New York May Name Vice-President
Taft Men FAVOR Candidate From
Empire State, is Rumor in Chicago
Observation-Disclosures
WHATS IN 4 NAME?

Cadiz, n.y., June H.. (Spe-
cial. Suit was filed by Robert
II. Oliver, of Caldwell county.
against Sheriff Lamb for $4,000
ON account of his arrest ON a
night rider warrant made out In
the name of Robert Oliver. Lamb
arrested both Robert ~. and
Robert Oliver.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11

Police and sherin's officers are look
ing for the fine $l00 gold watch of
W. \. Bryant, of Lamont. Mr.. Bry-
ant thought he lost the watch about
his home, but It has been learned
hat negro tried 10 pawn the time
piece at a local pawnshop.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11

out the original program, for the con-
vention."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
SNAKES IN FLOOD TIMES.
Found in Great Numbers III Trees and
Higher Land.

A visitor over in the bottoms now who
has not thought about anything hut the
high water would get shock of SUR
prise when he landed ON any of the high
er spots of land which were unsub-
merged during the recent floods. On
every hand are snakes. wrigeliug, Shiny,
cold-hlnoded serpents, which make one 5
flesh crawl.
Thousands of these reptiles have taken
refuge on these spots OF dry land As is
we'll known, snakes cannot remain long
in water, rs they are not amphibious,
and at this season of the year they soon
become helpless with the cold il inn
mersed in the turbid waters of the floods.
Ii unable to reach dry spot they worm
themselves upon the limbs of trees.
climbing higher and higher rs the water
advances. Old fishermen traversing the
brush land are wary of passing under
trees now. as the Shiny brutes are liable
to drop from their airy perches on slight
disturbances
The railroad embellishments are fayorite
places of refuge for them. as the steel
rails radiate the heat so much desired
by the reptiles. Just now there is every
class of them. black snakes. garter
snakes. water moccasins, the latter per-
haps as deadly as any known to science.
with numerous rattleSnakes, vipers aud
the like.--pittstield Republican.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
WOOD IN BUILDINGS.
4 Forecast of the Day When 1t Shall
Be Totally BaniShed.

In all the comment on the decreasing
use If wood in building scarcely a word
has been said about the effect on the
carpenter. Concrete. stone. brick and
steel are replacing the material that is
conveniently easy 10 cut and fatally easy
| % burn, and while the general popua-
tion Of the country increased by 14.O00.-
looo during the decade between 1890 and
l9uN. the number of carpenters actually
decreased, the figure standing at 61S.0OO
n 1870 and 100000 in 1900. Some might
think that IN the face of these facts the
IcaFneHterS would oppose the growing use
OF hrPpreof materials We are assured
lbs The American Carpenter and Builder,
howeyer, that no such resentment is felt
Our carpenters and builders. it says,
are aetuated by a progressive and open
minded spirit" And further:
I'VE all look forward gladly 10 the
time of better and more substantial
hnilding. As far as the builders of this
country are concerned, there was no
need Of the Boston suburb horror to inn
press on them the desirability of fire.
proof construction for all classes of
Buildings. The use of freproof material
means unquestionably IN improvement
in building construction. The building
trades are so closely allied that improve
ment in one line means improvement
in all
''Ne want TO take the stand strongly
AMI unequivocally that universal fire.
PROBING does not sound the deathknell
of carpentry. We see no reason for the
carpenter 10 be dismayed at the present
change and tendency in building con
struction. The increasing use of concrete
and of terra Gotta and of steel presents
new problems to the carpenter. but il
does not eliminate him; far from il.
True it is, there win be less work for
the wood butcher, but more for the
skilled woodworker. The fine interior
Woodwork for we'll constructed resi-
denee of cement and steel will unques-
tionably be more valuable to the car
penter than the whole of cheaply built
frame house, His work will he of a
finer grade, requiring greater skill. and
paying him bigger money than ever be-
fore. AS for the wood butcher none
of us will regret to see him 80. nor will
we miss him when he's gone. But we
must all turn in and dig-to keep out of
that class! Satisfaction with present
knowledge and skill will not do. Condi-
tons are changing; yet we feel sure that
carpentry is here TO stay, Our ce-pen-
tiers are the most progressive workmen
in the world: they stand ready now 20
do their share. and more. toward better
and more substantial building.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
Campaign Toke Went Wrong.

The Hon. Silas Sinks, congressman
from the First district and u candidate
for reelection. strolled down the street
Of his native village with clear H@
wanna protruding from his lips. As he
approached corner one of his constitu-
ents rounded it and almost collided with
him.
Hello. Hanks. how are your began
the congressman, shaking the hand Of
his friend vigorously.
Very wen. Mr.. Sinks" he replied.
Us everything going well with youF
eyes, getting along fine, congress
man"
you know. I'm candidate for re-
election this year. i need your support.
You've always been my friend"
'That's what | have" answered the
constituent as he snuffed the smoke Of
the statesman's cigar significantly. Con-
gresham Sinks saw the demonstration
and Immediately G2reraaSed an oblong
package which he carried under his arm,
displaying a cigar box.
Now. this is where the campaign joke
went wrong. When the lid was raised
tue constituent saw lot of tiny grains
inside He also heard these words:
Hanks. here's a box of clover seed
! brought you from the department of
agriculture THE Bohemian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
schoolboys' Weather Observations.

An interesting method of instructing
boys in that part Of nature study pertain
ing TO the atmosphere has been devised
by John Reid. the headmastor Of the
Reckleford Council school Mt Yeovil
Each day of the school week several
boys are sent TO the corporation gas
works to copy the records of barometer
movements and rainfall there kept, one or
two less experienced lads accompanying
them. Meanwhile other boys note the
direction Of the wind and record the tenn
perature from readings Of thermometers
hung IN the open on the north and south
sides Of the school The teacher Of the
class then enters the particulars ON a
sheet and encourages the scholars to
make deductions from the collected data.
The boys copy the results. and every
Friday they write an account of their
observations in the form Of general re
marks" on the weeks weather.--London
Evening Standard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
ToMBs OF SPANISH ROYALTY.
Most Gorgeous Burial Vaults-Marble
EfigieS of Children

The escurial in which for nearly three
centuries the Kings and Queens of Spain
have been buried is said to he the most
gorgeous burial vault iii the world.
lit is an octagonal chamber. thirty-six
feet across, with its walls, save where
the collins stand, entirely overlaid with
precious marbles. The staircase which
leads to it is of marble with jasper walls.
The general effect is unspeakably SPLEEN
did. In the midst of this magnifcence
are the massive black marble caskets
let into the walls, containing the bodies
themselves. They are all exactly alike,
inscribed simply with the names of the
different Kings and Queens. There is
room for just six more mOnarchs and
their consorts.
OF another character altogether is the
vault devoted to SPANS royal children
princes and princesses. Here white mar
BILE rules, and very charming are some of
the effigies over the tombs. The local
name for the vault is the place of the
little angels" and though many of the
princes who lie here were not at all an
gelic in their lives the impression left by
the white marble wings of the statues is
one of spotless purity.
One unfortunate Spanish King. Don
jaime Ii of Aragon, is daily on view in
the cathedral of Palma in Maiorca The
sacrlstan of the place takes you to a vel
low marble monument in the choir. opens
a cupboard and pulls out very ordinary
cottin with a glass lid. As poor Don
Jaime died in the Fourteenth century he
is not now at all a lively spectacle. His
mummy is made gay, however, with imi-
tatiOn royal robes-cottony ermine, and
so forth.-Tit- Bits
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
Cleveland's Apt Phrases.

Cleveland as phrase-maker, as the
author of certain terse aud unforget--
able expressions, will enjoy n fame dis
tiuet from, and perhaps as lasting as
his renown as Il statesman. says writer
in The Dial, a public Office is pub
lie trust we owe to him. "Innocuous
desuetude' has long since passed into
popular speech, as also at is a condition
which confronts us-not theory" 1t
was Cleveland who considered the pen
sion list of the republic roll of honor
and declared that party honesty is par
~ cXpedieucy." Only four years ago,
in his characterization of Judge Parker,
then candidate for the presidency, as
safe sane and undramatic,f he hit
on a happy collocation of adjectives that
ran so trippingly upon the tongue as 10
delight his hearers. In the utterance of
his opinion ON the eligibility of a Presi-
dent for reelection, he spoke severely
of the horde of office holders, with a
zeal born of benefits received and fos-
tered by the hope of favors yet Go
come and he elsewhere referred 10 the
gratitude of politicians us derived from
"a lively expectation of favors 70 come.
Perhaps he had been reading Walpole
as quoted by Hazlitt in his wit and
Humor''-"The gratitude of place-ex
pectants is lively sense of future fa
vors" Aud doubtless. also. he was ia
milar with Rochefoucauld's often re
peated maxim, The gratitude of mos
men is but secret desire of receiving
greater benefits
But truisms did not suffer in hi
phrasng. Like Lincoln, he had fac
nlty Of making ''home truths seem NOR
true" and Of putting Fundamental
truth into apt words that linger in til,
memory
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
An Arctic Circle Doctor.

DR. james f, Rymer, a native Of Croy-
don. will soon gain the distinction of be-
ing the first fully qualified English med
ical man 20 carry on professional work
within the Arctic circle. A few days
ago Dr. Rymer left Edmonton, Alberta
Canada on n lonely journey of 1900
miles along the Athabasca and Macken-
zie rivers His destination is Fort Good
Hope. which is about 100 miles within
the Arctic circle. He does not propose TO
return a. civilization for at least three
years. Or Rymer's patients will be In.
dians and EsquimanX.-London Daily
News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
An Early Mnlais Critic.

Sir John Millais tells this story on
himself. He was down by the banks IF
the Tay, painting IN the rushes of his
famous landscape Chill October .
which has thrilled us all with the in-
effable sadness and mystery of the dying
summer. He worked on SO steadily that
he failed To observe watcher until Il
goice said: Eth, mon, did We ever try
photography"
"No." said the artist, II never have, .
Its a deal quicker quoth his friend
" critic, cycling the picture doubtfully.
Millais was not battered, so he waited
a minute before replying, II dare say
ii is" His lack of enthusiasm disnleased
the Scot, who took another look, and
then marched off with the Parthian shot;
"Ay, aud photographs a muckle sight
mair like the place, too. Everybody 5
MagNZine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
MOTHER FoX'S CUNNING.
Her Intellectual Plans to Divert Hunters
Attention from Her Den.


Hunters found den of foxes in the
hills south of Hagerstown and un-
earthed five little ones about as large as
well grown cats. The mother fox es-
capped before the hunters reached the
den, which was lined thickly with soft
grasses and feathers. Instead of run
nlng away she kept within sight while
the hunters worked with their shovels
She apparently understood what they
were doing, for she endeayored by every
means to attract them away from theiI.
work and toward herself She an
preached quite near and acted as If
lame and distressed. She would lie down
on her side and writhe along the ground.
uttering whines and means Then she
would limp off as if very lame, going
very slowly and hating frequently.
The hunters were not to be drawn
away from the work in hand by such
tactics, and finally, after much digging.
came upon the den where the five pretty
little fellows were shrinking. They
made no resistance, and seemed rather
TO like the handling and petting they re-
ceived. All of Them were taken 10 a
farmhouse, where they are confined.
They viii not be released, but will prob
ably be painlessly despatched. Grown
foxes do not make good neighbors in
farming communities. Hunters say II Is
very rare for mother foxes to leave all
their young in one place 1t is their
cunning habit to scatter the family one
and two in widely separated retreats.
IL Is said, too, that foxes will NOT rob
r0osts close to their dens. but will 20
miles away for food and carefully hide
their trails.-Hagerstown Cor. Indianap-
ellis News
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

Among the relics Of "old' London
which should prove of interest to visitors
10 these shores may be mentioned the
Tables Of Distances for hackney car
riages" which decorate the lamppost adj
jacent TO the various cab ranks Of the
metropolis. A study Of them reveals Il
London having no kingway or Aldwych,
no Apollo Hicks, or Waldorf theaters.
According 10 them a Princess theater
still figures among places of amusement
in Piccadilly, aud Exeter hall is still Civ
en- as in the Strand When we reflect
who is responsible for this obsolescence
we are prompted To ask, Stands Scot
land Yerd where it didy-London
Chrnnicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

Corn il king in America and the
cow Is queen ia Australia" remarked
Sydney Mail The COW has redeemed
tie country. the hundreds of farmers
who lost nearly all they had by the
drought Of 1902 are now better off than
they ever were, and it is all due to the
COW. Australian butter ranks well up
with the best butter in the world
"OuF butter making is all done by the
cooperative creamery system. IL has
on the farm. We have little use for
a dual purpose cow in Australia. That
u.s. the dairy farmer wants a COW that
will give milk ten months in the year
and he uses it for no other purpose
while those who raise cattle for beet
have no thought Of milk production
Washington Post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
INFLUENCE OF TIE mULLAHs.
No One Dares Lay Sacrilegious Finger
Upon Their Sanity Persons.

Ever since the beginning Of the now
constant troubles in India good Zeal
has been heard about the mullahs,
a mullah, or. as it is more properly
written, mollah. is a title given in India
and throughout the east generally to a
religions leader of any description.
Thus the Sultan of Turkey is mol
lah. because he is the supreme head of
the Moslem world. The hostile SomaIi
leader who caused us so much anxiety
between 1901 and 1905, and whose name
occasionally crops up even now in the
daily papers, was also a mollah. Aud
there are hundreds Of others.
To most of the more conspicuous
among them we prefix the adjective
mad" This, however, must not be
taken 10 mean that they are insane. the
word being used rather in its Oriental
Specification of inspired
The influence welded by the molahs
who are now stirring up against us the
border tribes of Afghanistan is enor-
NOUS. Clad in their sacred robes, bear
ing aloft the green standard of Islam,
they go up and down the valleys Shriil-
ing the Mohammedan war cry, and woe
bo to him who refuses to heed
The person of the mollah is sacred.
True, the Amir the other day was re-
ported 10 have ordered that any Of them
caught preaching the jehad holy war;
should have their tongues torn out But
it ne really issued such an ediCt-whcit
is extremely douhtful-it was merely
meant for European ears. Not even the
laighty Habibullah himself would care 10
lay sacrilegious finger on one of these
saiutly persouages. If he were 10 yen-
ture such an unheard of thing vengeance
would surely overtake him. For il is
the cardinal principle of the Uiima--as
the mollahS are collectively termed-that
an injury purposely caused TO one of their
number can only be atoned for by the
death of the individual intlicting it,
peorsou'S Weekly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
Teheran,s Water sunnlu

Teheran, the center of the civil war
now raging in Persia, has within the
last twenty years undergone the most
rapid transformation Of all oriental
cities. Since the old four mile wall
was taken down and the ditch filed %
to form a broad boulevard, gas. tram
ways and telegraphs have modernized
the ancient birthplace Of Haronn-aI- RAJ
sehid. To preserve the character of the
city, however. the old pits that tap
the subterranean water courses, on
which all life depends. are still as they
were centuries age.-London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
A Vegas Feat.

For fourteen years Bava Luchman
Dass received from the priests of the
Black Caves Of Central India the neces-
sary education in order TO become yo-
GA. as yoga must be capable of taking
the forty-eight pastures of the Hindoo
idols
Perhaps his greatest trick consists in
balancing himself on the ends of his
fingers while the whole of his body is In
the air. Bava stated that IN order to
obtain the rank of yoga in the Black
Caves of India he had to continue in
this position ON the ends of his fingers
under the eyes of the judges, without u
seconds interval for seven days and
nights. Strand Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

The clubwoman closed her book on
domestic responsibility and. with a
tiu2e of remorsc. went out on the lawn,
WI ere her children were at play.
Mary" she informed her children IS
nurse. "I've neglected my young ones
for the clubs too much these last few
years. and I'm going to try and make
amends. Now. this afternoon / intend
10 dress one Of them with my own hands
and take it for an outing in the park
It was qnite late that afternoon when
the reformed ciubwoman, after pushing
q co-cart containing the yGungster she
had selected and prepared for its ont
Ing about the spacious public park fOI
several hours. started toward home. She
had hardly come within sight Of It wber
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
The Usual Reason.

Rev Sydney Goodman--his Mems
church at Atlantic City, with its smok-
ing congregations and it's moving pie
lures, has already brought out many
mitators-is noted for the brillancy and
originality Of bis sermons.
Even in begging sermon" said n
member of the Mems church. Mr. Good
man can amuse, He began recent beg
ging sermon in this manner;
A deacon said 30 the minister's wife:
"'Why Is your husband always asking
for money, money, money!
"Ihe minister's wife sighed
81 suppose it Is because you never
give him any said she, Washington
Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
ruRN ABOUT.

piIi giveas was buneo man-
lie met good Farmer Jay.
ua sold the farmer Il gold brick.
Wblsh was indeed an impious trick,
Tp0n summer day.
Rif Rivens prospered at his trade,
'fTis something sad 10 say.
4 family rather large had he
IL went to board down by the sea,
AN on 4 summer day.
New. strange to tell. that hosiery
Was kept by Farmer JAY.
Aud present y-this Is no joke
lie rad the cash and Bin was broke
All on a summer day.
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
II Wasn't Eire--Nor Water.

A. NJ D0wnes, late secretary Of New
York's fire department, related at din
uer a fire story AT the end of the first
net Of drama" he SAID "a man leaped
hurriedly to his feet. I heard an alarm
Of ire, he said. i must 20 and see where
it H. His wife, whose hearing was less
acute. made way for him III silence, and
he disappeared. 1t wasn't fire. he said,
on his return. Nor water. either. said
ll. wife colby" Everybody's magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

the nurse rushed up, palpably agitated.
"Oh. mum
The child's all right, Mary" the
mother announced by way of assurance.
and fruit
But, num-" cried the nurse. eatleav-
oring 70 regain her breath. Mrs. Smith
next doors been scared into a fit, the
perllce has been notified and-Oh, Lawd.
num-
Don't act SO, Mary! Why should
You get SO excited over that hysterical
Mrs, Smith,
You've gone and took her child,
mum, The Bohemian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28
Drum Signala.

In Africa the natives have a perfect
system Of signalling with drums. They
and it Is wonderful how swiftly aud
far they are able to spread the news.
The drumming is always done at night.
when sound travels far. The beginning
Of the signalling is generally a roll from
drum in one Of the villages Then the
answer comes from a village one or two
miles away. 50 the signal travels for
hundreds Of miles,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

This morning the residents of Green
willie will witness for the first time negro
women at work on the streets For
some time it has been felt that the wom-
ca who have been convicted before the
recorder and who were therefore put on
the gang had become a source of trou~
Bile. For that reason they win be given
light work on the streets, such as cut
ting grass.--4reenville News.