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Captain Nistitch RIP ,,.tc, o. a,,i,,
pc" '"' " ''c''"' '''"' ana riotlng and
drunkenness when on leave Nor we're
the officers any better than the men.
May g and see them and cheer
them up bit. sir. instead ~ coming
with you 20 the palacey' asked good
natured Markart Of General Stcnovics.
III his royal hlghness gives you
leave. certainly" agreed the general
The commandant liked Markart Eyes
and tell them what fools they arc"
he said. with a smile.
Markari found the imprisoned officers
at wine after their dinner. The men
had resigned themselves to fate and
gone 70 bed. Markart delivered his
message With his usual urlanc sim
pllcity Lieutenant Ras:atz glggied IN
easily. Re had Il high falsctto laugh
Lieu,enaut s:erko9 frowped peeyishly.
Captain Mieti.ch raped ont n vicious
oath and brought hia great fist down
on the table The evening isn'' I'm
shed yet" he said. "But for this
cursed fellow ! should have been din.
ing with Vera at the Hotel de Paris to.
night
-Whcreupon condolences were offered
10 their captain By his subalteras. who.
In fact, held him in no small degree Of
fear. He was huge fellow. six feet
three and broad as II door A great
bruiser and q duelist Of fame. His nick
name was Hercules. His florid face
was flushed now with hot anger. and
he drank his wine In big grips
How long are we TO stand M" he
growled. Are we schoOlgirlsT'
Come. come. it's only for one even
Ing" pleaded Markart. zone quiet
evening won't hurt even Captain Her
culesw
The subalterns backed him with
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WEEK OF PRAYER.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"Wednesday.


Meditation: Ny personal oppor-
tunlty to labor with and for Christ
for the spread OF His Kingdom.
Prayer. For Gods blessing upon
my church. it's minister and all its
societies and work. that the eyes Of
my family, my friends and neighbors
may be opened to behold the King In
HIS beauty, and that, In every day
OF work and hour OF rest. In al that
! am or do or say. my light, the
Light Of Christ lndwelling In me.
may so shine before men that they
will glorify my Father in Heaven.
Ami IN every work that he began
In the service Of the house OF God,
and in the law, and in the command
ments. to seek his God, he did II
with al his heart, and prospesed."
2 Chron, 81, q.
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CONTINUED from Last Issue)
n Chapter {,
HI Eleven e

TT was the evening OF the king
name day. There was banquet
at the palace. and the lights in Its
windows twinkled In sympathetic
response 20 the illuminations which
blazed on the public buildings and
principal residences OF Slavna. Every
where feasting and revelry filled the
night. The restaurant OF the Hotel de
Paris was crowded. every seat on It's
terrace occupied. The old inn OF the
Golden Lion. opposite the barracks In
the square of St Michael. a favorite
resort OF the officers OF the garrison.
did n trade no less good Humber hor-
ielries were full Of private soldiers and
the streets themselves Of revc!ers. male
and female. military and civil honest
and dishonest. drunk and sober Slav-
ma had given itself mp 10 n frollc. for
FIRST. fetc Is a fete. no matter what
its origin: second. King Alexis was the
most popular man In his dominions.
though h. never did a decent days
work for them; last. there IS osten No
better way 10 show how much you hat"
one man than by making q dlspropor-
Tomato fuss about another. II was wei
understood that by thus honoring King
Alexis, its monarch. by thus vociferous
~ and untiringly wishing him the
longest Of relgns. Slavna was giving a
singing back handler 10 Prince Serglus,
its titular prince and commGndunt
You would see the difference when the
princes day come roundl When Gen
eral Stenovics pointed TO the lights
cleaning across the Krnth from the
palace windows and congratulated his
royal highness on the splendid popu-
larity Of the reigning house the princes
smile may well have been ironical.
Il shall 20 and see all this mcrrl-
ment for myself at close quarters pres
entity. general" he said. Il think the
commandant had best return 10 the
city tonight as early as the king will
allow"
AN admirable devotion 20 duty.
SIR" answered the general grayely and
without any effort to dissuade the
jealous prince.
But even IN this city there was one
spot of gloom. one place where sullen
rancor had not been ousted by malic-
ious merriment. The first company Of
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laugh. but Mlstitch would have none Of
It. He sat glowering and drinkiag
s,ill. not TO be soothed and decidedly
dangerous. From across the square
came the sound Of music and singing
from the Golden Lion. Again Mlstitch
banged the table
Listen there he said THAT'S
pleasant hearing While we're shut up
like rats in trap and all Slavna laugh
Ing at u.s.
Markart shrugged his shoulders and
smoked IN silence. To argue with the
man was 10 court quarrel. lie began
90 repent OF his well meant visit. MIS-
fitch drained his glass.
But some OF us have bit Of spirit.
left. and so Master Sergius shall see. -
he went on. lie put out a great hand
on either side and caught Stcrkoff and
Rastatz 10y their wrists. Were the
fellows 20 show him." he cried.
Sferkon seemed no bad choice Tor
such an cnterprise-a wiry. active fe,-
low. with determined. II disagrceahle.
face and a nasty squirt In his right
eye. But Rastatz. with his slim liz
urc. weak mouth and high laugh. prom
ised no great help. Yet In him fear Of
Mlstitch might overcome all other fear.
ayes. we three II show him. And
now"-he rose TO his feet. dragging the
pair up with him-"fcr song aud u
bottle at the Golden Lion!"
Rastatz gaspcd. Even Sterkod start
ed Markart laughed. II could be
nothing more than a mad joke. Cash
lering was the least punishment which
would await the act
Yes, we three together lie re-
leased them for n moment and caught
up his sword and cap. Then he seized
Rastatz's wrist again and squeezed u
savagely. Come out OF your trap with
me. you ratr' he growlcd In savage
amusement at the young mans fright
ened face.
Sterko1 gained courage. I'm with
you. Hercuesr' he cried. I'm for to-
nlght-the devil take tomorrow morn
ing"
You're all drunk" said Markart in
despairing resignation.
Wen be drunken before the nights
out" snarled Mistitch. "and II | meet
that fellow when I'm drunk. God help
him" lie laughed loudly. Then there
might be a chance for young Alexis.
after allr'
The words alarmed Marsart. Young
Count Alexis was the kings son by
Countess Ellenburg. A chance for
young Alexis.
For heavens sake. 60 TO bed" be
imniored.
Mistltch turned 20 him. Il don't
want TO quarrel with anybody ia Slay-
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CURRENT EVENTS.
WHAT CONSTITUTES
A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

II takes an act OF the legislature to
make a holiday a legal holiday. a
holiday, that Is, under which the
Suspension OF certain kinds OF busi-
ness is made obligatory or at least
legal and binding upon the banks
and upon the various public Offices.
In these matters congress acts
only for the District of Columbia.
Different states have selected diff
ferent days for their holidays. New
Years Day is a legal holiday except
in Massachusetts,, Minnesota, Missis-
sippi and New Hampshire.
The anniversary of the battle OF
New Orleans is a Legal holiday ia
Louisiana.
Lees birthday is a legal holiday
in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina.
South Carolina. Virginia and Ala
bama.
Lnco,n's birthday Is a legal holi-
day in Connecticut. Delaware, Illinois,
Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota. Pennsylvania.
in the state OF Washington and Wyo-
ming.
Washington's birthday is a legal
holiday in all the states and terri
tories except Mississippi.
Texas has an anniversary devoted
to Texan independence and has made
It a legal holiday.
April 10 is legal holiday in Mass
achusetts and Good Friday in Ala
bama, Delaware, Louisiana, Mary
land, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Confederate Memorial Day is a le-
gal holiday in Alabama. Florida
Georgia and Mississippi. and in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Ten
nessce.
: Decoration Day is a legal holiday
in al, the states and territories ex-
cept in the seeded states.
| Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee and South Carolina have
made Jefferson Davis birthday a le-
gal holiday.
July is a legal holiday in all the
states and the District of Columbia
and al the territories.
Labor Day is a legal holiday in al.
the states and territories and in the
District OF Columbia. excepting Ne
vada. North Dakota and Wyoming.
Election Day Is a legal holiday in
most Of the states.
Thanksgiving Day Is a holiday in
all Of the states. though in some
states It is not a statutory holiday.
. Christmas Day IN a.. Of the states
aad territories.
Ar5or Day is a .egal holiday in
many of the western states.
The presidents Thanksgiving proc
lamation makes Thanksgiving Day a
legal holiday only in the District OF
Columbia.
The control Of these matters Is LEI,
largely with state laws and state Gus
toms because what is termed .ega.
holiday affects chiefly public officers.
the courts and the banks, and these
generally are under the coatrol OF
the local legislatures Louisville
Post.
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money and everybody was satisfied
with the methods.
The tobacco association failed to
sell out, and 1t looks as II everybody
is dissatisfied with the methods.
That's human nature.
The farmers point OF view is
plain. He pooled his tobacco last
year and the independents sold out
around ten cents early in the season,
getting cash for their loose stock
The association held its tobacco
above the market price and Robert
son county, Tenn, practically sold
out, but most Of the rest was re-
graded. In the spring 1t began to go
for seven and eight cents, out Of
which came the cost of the pool
Most of the Tugs probably will DO
Jumped presently to a foreign buyer
for about five cents, which will net
the farmers something like three
cents for their Tugs, compared with
the nine and ten cents the iniepend-
ents got last January. Some of those
Tugs are worth more than five cents
and some less. The farmer who was
careful about his tobacco will get
less than they were worth, and the
farmer, who was careless about his,
will get more than they are worth.
Some farmers complain that their
well prepared tobacco was packed in
hogsheads with badly cured tobacco
of the same grade ana their good
tobacco was spoiled by the bad. Some
farmers bought land, when tobacco
went up and gave their notes; some
troopers needed money to meet their
rent: all have seen hard times while
waiting for their money and some
have waited nearly a year for it.
They charge that when more than
one farmer has tobacco in hogs
head, all have to pay full charges for
pricing and storing the tobacco, and
they do not know who owns the
stock in the association. or where
the profits go.
On the other hand, the association
leaders say the demand to inspec
the books is made by their enemies.
and they do not intend to expose
their hand. They insist that a GER
tain amount of secrecy is necessary
to prevent their enemies disrupting
the pool. They insist that past evil
iences OF loyalty to the association
are sufficient to disprove these asper-
sions.
Planters are demanding a loose
leaf pool, which means an agree
ment, as we understand it, to hold
out for a certain price; but for each
farmer to sell his tobacco to whom
he pleases at the pooled price They
say that the loose leaf pool was the
intention of the original Dark Dis
trlct Tobacco Growers association. in
which the planters had some voice.
1t was superseded into the Planters
Protective association, the capital
stock OF which was reduced ana the
authority more concentrated.
The association leaders say such g.
pool would not hold together; If the
buyers should hold aloof for a time.
some hard pressed farmers would
dump their product for what they
could get.
One thing is evident; IL is the
planters themselves, and not the trust
buyers, who are raising this rumpusl
with Felix Ewing. and that makes It
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Mr. RooseveIt,s Enturc.

he has Only once been president by
a popular vote, and the idea OF his
being written of from American ar
fairs and settling down TO the seolud-
ed life In which some Of his predeces-
s1rs have faded from the public gaze
Is enc OF thcse things which the mind
refuses to think. The future Of Mr..
Roosevelt Is at least as interesting
as the future Of Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bry-
an or Mr.. Hearst. He Is perhaps the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-02

u IS re'1ted Ct Professor william
LyOn Phelps. OF Yale. that durius the
course OF one OF his lectures. White
deep In a discussion OF a question OF
logic. the governors footguari. an
ancient and honorable military organ
izatlOn Of Connecticut. went maroh-
ing by with co.ors flying and band
playing. with one accord. professor
and class retired 20 the windows -
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-02

Thousands of IL Year Old Girls
have learned that II is an easy mat
ter for them to make lemon. choco-
late or cocoanut-custard pies IL they
use "OUR-PIE" Preparation. They
simply pay the grocer 10 cents for a
2-ple package, follow directions on
package aud failure is impossible
Then they tell their friends about
their delicious pies of which every
body wants a nice large piece. Don't
hesitate; order today. II your gro
Ger cannot supply you, go TO one who
will
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enc man In the word IL whom Il
cen b. sal1 that after seven years %
pub r. oflce he retlres With tis pcpu-
'ar.U urimrc.red To have cura a
man in r,flrye IS great asset FOR
ary nat.1r. and q Is lmpos blc 90 b.
;,eve Ties D. viii not be- powerful
force On moidmg the future Ct Amer
Tea. W,smlns Ter Gazette.
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The French are nice people and
hate scandal. Everybody thought
CFaure was poisoned, but they has
'-fened his funeral and hushed up talk
18o it wouldn't get out. Faure was
dead and it wouldn't do any good to
besmirch his memory with stories of
his amours. That's the way France
did with the Dreyfus case. A bas
LA Bum Francei
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N""'' V"t ~ easy giggle ana shaking
Bo"I rep knees. Mlstltch clapped
nc them on the back.
Another bottle apiece
and Wen all he heroes" he cried "Mar.
kart you 90 home 10 your mammal"
Though given In no friendly way.
this advice was wise beneath It's meta
phor. But Markart did not NJ once
obey IT, He had no more authority
than power 20 interfere. Mistltch was
his senior officer. and he had no spe-
cial orders 10 act. but he followed the
three In fascinated interest and with
the hope that very brief proof 81 his
freedom would content the captain.
Ont from the barracks the three march
ed. The sentry az the gate presented
arms. but tried 20 bar their progress.
With n guffaw and mighty push Mis-
itch sent him sprnwlinr "The com
mandant wants us. you fl1lt" %, cried
and the three were IN The forrre
Continued in Next ISsue)
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And. of course, if we have war
with Japan, Russia will help us.
isn't it funny that whenever a per-
son or a nation gets whipped, moth.
ing else does it so much good as to
see some one else whipped by the
same party?
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pointees to the lower board will de-
eide his attitude
II Mayor Smith has done this
thing. Mayor Smith and The Sun part
company at the bedside.
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his majesty s
guards was con
fined % its bar
racks in the
square Of ST.
Michael by or
der OF the com
M a n dant OF
Slavna T his
by reason of
high military
mlsdeneanors
glacl. ness
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HUMAN NATURE ASSERTS ITSELF

HUMAN NATURE ASSERTS ITSELF
Human nature is a factor always
O be considered in every organiza-
Ion of men. There is a deal of IL
ropping out in the dark tobacco sit
alton. Much is being said pro and
ORION about the trouble between thu
IA association and its members; but
loiled down the trouble is that the
ssociation should have sold the 1907
BalGop of tobacco and II has not. The
eason 1t has not. is that it priced the
)bacco too high. The best OF 1t was
Sale,ld, and as the tobacco was regrae.
Il and reduced the buyers kept TAX
W up bargains. but they left the
ulk OF II alone; ana the longer n.
as kept on hand the lower il had
be graded to attract the buyers,
ecauee the season of the 1905 crop
as approaching and the buyers
scmed afraid to overstock in antici-
ition OF a glut of the market
II the 1907 crop had been sold at
good profit, there would have been
talk OF loose leaf, and OF not
ening the books OF the association.
P,,ere Is only one thing in this world
al is inexcusable and that is fai,
zoe e. II some OF the big industrial
had gone to smash and
pckei their constituent companies
y me OF Americas greatest finan-
,fs would have been bounded to thu
uu1pitentiary by manufacturers, who
Aged their enterprises. They made
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-02

II II is true that creamery COM
bine has cornered all the storage but
ter for the last year. the butter mar
ket will be strong the rest of the
winter.
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ma tonight unless / meet
one man. But you can't
stop me. Markart. aud
you'n only do mischief
by trying. Now. my
boys
They were with him.
Sterkon with n CLEAN in
his squirting eye. Ras.
tatz with a forced. I'M
easy glggle and shaking
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-02

Levi Ruff apparently has COM
pletely lost sight of the theory of our
penal system.
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Daily Thought.

He who gives a child an inspira-
fion for life does more than he who
teaches a rule in grammar.
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you DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Rveiy dose makes you iseibetleT. L.x.Po
sesps your shois lDsides right. bold or the
money back plan everywhere. Price 90 cents.
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When Simon says thumbs up" IL
Hayti; thumbs are up.
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watch the procession. After gazirg
aof a moment AZ the oorpn.cut forms
OF The ancient ana honorable" n.ne
oy Ia military AIRY. Professor PhCips
TUNED ana dr. iy observed.
There. gentlemen. d an n.ustra-
ton Of just what We have been SIS
cusling. The undlstrlbuicd mid
do '''-Succeff.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-02

DR.. J. n. Mccormack, of Bowling
OEreen, stands high in professional
nrirces. and is a great advocate of
sanitation away from home; but it is
mot popularity known, perhaps, as re,
ssoported that he was cited by the Bowl
haing Green board Of health to appear
In the police court on a warrant,
him with gross violation of
he most common laws of sanitation
.,round a pubic building he owned,
Ind he got out Of the serape by pre-
: enting a pardon signed by Governor
3eckham and dated October 4, 1907.
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SOME STORIES
AROUND TOWN.

Not long since enc of Paducah S
veteran firemen was smoking a pipe,
and recalling the numerous fires he
had been in. incidentally the con-
versation drifted to the exeitability
of property owners at fires.
There's scarcely anybody" IN
said, who thinks that We boys are
doing the job right After almost
every fire | hear somebody complain
ing about the way that the fire lad
dies went after the blaze, and ex-
pound all kind of nonsense.
"You must remember we look at a
fire scientifically and sometimes from
a novice's point of view, we are
neglecting the most threatening point
in a big fire. but the biggest blaze is
not always the point of danger. Our
business is to put fire out, ana fire.
quent,y the fremen are blessed out
for using too much water. and again
the excited owners stand around and
comment on how slow the hose il
laid, and how amateurish the firemen
are in their movements. However,
we are past that and give It little
thought. for the thought that OF his
property loss has made him unreal
sonab,e, for the time being, about
the best methods to employ.
Frequently after hard fire when
during the whole time the owner has
ranted and sworn at the water pres
sure, and the department and bad
luck in general, he comes around to
the station and tells us what a splen-
did fight We made ana how three
times as much was saved as he ex-
Dected."
1t was to the football game Pas
was taking a friend. The sport was
a new one to him, and he noticed
keenly how the linemen knelt down
and bucked while the fellow with the
ball tried to run. but in almost every
case was iowned by several men Of
the opposite team jumping on him
and dragging him down. Pat was
pleased with the game. and while
play was in progress hardly spoke,
but seemed absorbed in the sport.
On the return TO the city Pat
broke his silence. Indeed" he said.
Il knows phwat thot ga-ame wuz
goode fur?''
"What?" responded his companion.
"Why dem young filters wuz re-
eceivin' training fore dey married a
wife loike moine."
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
November, 1908.

1OIdl l@o'oVf
Average for November, 1908. 5O52
Average for November, 1907. 1872 IS
Increase ...... ......... 1,l2f
n Personally appeared before me
this Dec. 1, 1908, r. d. MacMillen,
business manager of The Sun, who
affirms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of November, 1908, is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
MY commission expires January
10. 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public McCracken Co.
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Keeping faith with folks IS a good
gay OF ou.tivatng faith In them.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-06
Twin Falls Business.

Business is booming at Twin Falls, according to
The News, which says:
The citizens of the Twin Falls tract have more
than million dollars to their credit in the various
banks in the country. This is remarkable showing
and it demonstrates what has long been claimed, that
the Twin Falls tract has citizenship unexcelled.
The Filler bank, which has only been open few
weeks has deposits aggregating $34,34141. Every
cent of this home money belonging to the farmers
in the vicinity of Filler When it is considered that
many of these farmers have accounts in the Twin
Falls banks, the showing is astonishing. The Kim
bery bank, which is scarcely out of its swaddling
clothes, shows up with deposits amounting to $780,
47159, showing of which it may we'll be proud.
The two Bull banks have total of $1O1,983.49 in
deposits which illustrates the kind of people they
have the west end. The Citizens bank of Bull
in the infant class also, yet it forward with
over $4,000 in deposits The Miner State bank,
less than year old, has $111,o6371 on deposits.
The deposits in the three Twin Falls banks aggregate
$692,578.5o. These figures do not include the money
which has been deposited by land seekers since
the rush began, the statements being made May
A. The North Side companys payroll last month
was over 100000 and the Salmon payroll for the
next two years will into six figures every month