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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
FIsHERMEN's SUpERsTITIoNs.

In British Columbia the Indians cere-
moniously went to meet the first sal
mon and in fiattering voices tried to
win their favor by calling them all
chiefs.
Every spring in California the Karaks
used to dance for salmon. Meanwhile
one of their number secluded himself in
the mountains and tasted for ten days.
Upon his return he solemnly approach
ed the river, took the first salmon Of
the catch, ate some of it, and with the
remainder lighted a sacrihcial fire.
The same Indians laboriously climbed
to the mountain top after the poles for
the spearing booth, being convinced
that if they were gathered where the
salmon were watching no fish would be
caught.
In Japan among the primitive race of
the Amos even the women left at home
are not allowed to talk lest the fish
may hear and disapprove, while the
first fish is always brought in through a
window instead of door so the other
fish may not see.
The Eskimo women of Alaska never
sew while the men are fishing, and
should any mending be imperative they
do it shut up in little tents out of sight
of the sea.
Under no circumstances on the north
east coast of Scotland will a fisher
man at sea mention certain objects on
land, such as minister" 'kirk, >,
"swine. p" ''dog," ETC., and the line will
surely be lost if pig is seen while
batting it. As on the land chickens
must not be counted until they are
hatched, so at sea fish must not be
counted until they are all caught.
1t is good luck to find mice nibbling
among the nets; horseshoe nailed to
the mast will help, and a herring
caught and salted down will produce
wonders.
In the Shetland Islands a cat must
not be mentioned before q man batting
his line, and among the Magyars of
Hungary a fisherman will turn back
and wait over tide if he meets wo-
man wearing a Wnlte apron
Every year the natives of the Duke
of York Island decorate canoe with
flowers and fern, fill it with shell
money and cast it adrift ''to compen-
safe the fish for their fellows caught
and eaten"
1t was always the custom of the Ma
oris, the primitive inhabitants of New
Zealand, to put the first fish that they
caught back into the sea with prayer
that it might tempt other fish to come
and be caught
If the fish did not come soon enough
in British Columbia the Indians used to
employ wizard, who made an image
of swimming fish and put it in the
water to attract live fish to the bait.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
THE RUMsELLER'S DIAMOND.

A rumseller, rich from the spoils of his
trade,
Was reading one day that a chemist
had made
A diamond SO perfect it couldn't be
told
From the prettiest sparkler that was
ever sold.
This rumseller, just like the rest of his
kind,
Had weakness for gems; so it entered
his mind
To order one made, and the very same
day
He wrote out his order in somewhat
this way:
'Dear Chemist: Please make me the
sort of stone
That q prosperous wine merchant glad
ly would own.
I want it to weigh about so many
grains,
And I'd like brief statement of what
it contains.
The chemist replied: ''Not a gem have
1 wrought,
But to bartenders' diamonds I've given
some thought,
OF the things they contain you have
asked for list;
Well, can't name them all, but these
few will assist:
''Some cheap ones are made from a
mans broken vows,
Who has chaneed to recover from one
nights carouse.
There are others more costly; they re
made of the lives
OF the thousands that perish where one
man survives,
There are some of pure white, like
the finest of pearls;
These are made from the souls of the
boys and the girls
Whose paths were at first with bright
promises strewn,
Till their guest led them into the open
saloon
''The clear, crystal ones are of woman
hoods tears,
Condensed from the pitiful anguish of
years,
And the rarest that ever I've seen in
my life
Were the tears of daughter, a mother,
wife,
''But the list must end here, for il
sickens the heart
To tell of the depths of this devilish
art
That thrives on the souls it has power
to convert
Into studs for the front of a rumsel-
ler's shirt
Russell Thrapp.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
LOVE BEYOND THE STARS.

When that loved maiden
My heaven was in her eyes,
And when they bent above me
knew no deeper skies;
But when her heart forsook me
Ny spirit broke its bars
For grief beyond the sunset
And love beyond the stars.
When that loved maiden
She seemed the werld to me,
Now Is my soul the universe,
My dream-the sky and sea,
There bends no heaven above ne,
No glory binds or bars
Ny grief beyond the sunset,
My love beyond the stars,
When that loved maiden
| worshipRed where she trod;
But when she Glove my heart, the cleft
Set free the imprisoned god;
Then was king of the world;
Ny soul had burst its bars,
For grief beyond the sunset
And love beyond the stars.
ALFRED Noyes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14

Like the famous Alice, Fashion would
insist that We grow ''tallerer and tall
erer, and "slimmerer and slimmerer.
Skirts are narrower and longer than
ever. and the object of every well-con-
Quoted costume would seem to be an
expressed declaration that women
should have only one leg to stand on. =
Madame.
A Kansas editor who paid little atten-
tion to punctuation is now defendant in
libel suit because he published an
item as follows: Two young men
went with their girls to attend a
teachers meeting and after they left,
the girls got drunk The comma
should have gone after ''the girls"
but as it is the girls have gone after
the editor.
Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon
their utter faith in women. No worldly
wisdom. no misanthropic philosophy, no
generalization can cover or weaken this
fundamental truth. 1t stands like the
record Of God himself-for it is nothing
less than this-and should put seal
upon lips that are wont to speak slight
ingly of women.-Amherst New Era.
Laws are good thing. They are for
the protection of society. But while
we have suitable and adequate laws
upon our statute books, those laws will
not enforce themselves. The sworn
officers cannot always enforce them,
because many times they do not see
the violation. So many men complain
of violations of the law and ask why
the law is not enforced. but when asked
if they win make complaint and testify
in court, they answer 'I'6 rather no
mix up in it," They lack backbone
-Lunenburg Times.
The pearl which Cleopatra IL said t.
have dissolved In wine, was worth
$500, 10000. One of the same value wa,
cut into two pieces for the statue OF
Venus in the Pantheon at Rome. Sin
Thomas Gresham in the reign of Queer
Elizabeth took pearl valued at $75,,
600. 90, and powdered it after the fashion
of Egypt's Queen, and drank it to tn,
health of his queen in order to sstonisl
the ambassador of Spain with whom hi
had laid wager that ne would give a
more costly dinner than could that
Spaniard. Pearls are costly, but wine
10 more costly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

here s what is meant by cause and
effect; "The county jail in Macon. Mo.
IS empty for the first time in 20 wears.
Macon county has been dry since
July kansas City Times,
Fire in Midway, Ky, DESTROYED five
whlskey warehouses, consuming Al. 500
barrels of the stuff, valued at 800, OO0.
fhe Whiskey flames set on fire a nearby
creek and burned for IL niles.
Who Is neglecting their duty in fail
ing to crush out the damnable LIQUOR
traffic, which Is making our bows and
men drunkards? Every few weeks
there passes through our midst one of
the devils agents with a wagon or
buggy load of the hellish stuff and it is
sold to our boys and men to wreck their
lives. 1t seems that these men who
handle the fiery fluid defy the law to
get them in its clutches. Sooner or
later their liberty will be cut short
Grayson Gazette.
Winchester has had local option lit
tie over four months and here is what
is said of it; 1.-The jail has been empty
for two months. June passed off with
only few arrests, other years every
available space has been filed with men
arrested for drunkenness on June 9Th.
Certainly this speaks well for temper
ance, and contrary to the predictions
of many. there does not seem to be a
stagnation of business. New buildings
are going up all over our town; our
merchants seem 10 be doing q thriving
business"
According to Maj. Bergman. of the
Salvation Army in Atlanta, there is lit
tie diminution in the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors since the passage of the To-
cal option act in Georgia. "On all sides
beverage known as near beer is
sold openly, says Maj. Bergman.
''It is claimed for this beverage that
it is non-intoxicant. although only a
few days before left Atlanta | saw a
negro arraigned in police court on the
~"ci Sc Va oShiB oAuuk OL Tie street.
The man was in a high state of intoxi-
cation, and he told the magistrate that
his condition had been brought about by
imbibing only one glass of 'near-beer. :"
Within short time every saloon in
Richmond will be supplied with placard
bearing an appropriate heading, and
carrying the warning that the owners
of the names found below must not be
allowed to purchase any intoxicating
drinks. Under the caption on the card
will be blank space for names, and
every time some unfortunate falls from
grace his name will be inserted. The
cards will be placed in prominent spots,
and the names will be written in letters
large enough for everyone to read. This
is in conformity with the Byrd liquor
law which says intoxicating liquors
shall not be sold to habitual drunkards.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS For
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they will do 10 ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
+. J. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo. o. contains nc
mercury. and Is taken informally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be snre You got the genuine. 1t is taken In
ternally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. j
Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price. 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
NOT ALWAYS EASY TO .BEAGUEST.

There are rules for behavior as q
guest which the girl who goes a-visit-
ing will do well to consider, says the
September Delineator.
Suppose We begin at the very begin
ming. You have been asked by letter
for short visit of week or two. Be
sure in answering it to repeat the days
for which your hostess has asked you.
This is the first rule on your part. Also
state in your acceptance the train on
which you will arrive and, if you wish,
add the train on which you will depart.
Whether or not you do the latter,
never fail to do the former. Don't
miss that train or change your mind
and take another one.
See that your baggage gets On the
train with you.
Attend TO your baggage-checks al
the station yourself, unless you are met
by man of the family, or competent
man servant who insists upon taking
this duty on himself.
From the moment you set foot in the
house, whether the visit be for days OF
weeks, remind yourself over and over
that all the things in it, from the tele,
phone to the chambermaid. are another
persons property, and that you mus
ask permission for their use.
Do not make demands on the servant;
in the house. They have other duties
When they offer their services to you
accept them graciously, but do not cal
the maid to fasten your gown fifteer
minutes before dinner is served wher
she has to wait on the table.
Ask the hours of meals and be punct
ual. Write that in your mind il
letters Of fire. 1t makes no differene,
whether you are hungry or not. at tn,
appointed hour be at the table.
i Do not bother your hostess by remain
ing at her side all the time. Let her &,
about her household duties or to he
room for brief rest. without follow
ing her around.
If you are visiting % house wher'
there are no servants, and where the
housework is done by the family, the
you should try in every way to be of help
1t takes quite little tact to find ou
whether you are in the way or not, bu
you can at least make up your owl
room and put away your clothes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14

honorable. There is nothing on earth
that looks good that is SO dangerous for
man or nation to handle, as quick,
easy, olg money. IL you do resist its
deadly influence the chances are that it
VIII get your son. 1t takes greater
and finer heroism to dare to be poor in
America than to charge an earthquake
IN Manchuria. Wall Street Journal
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14

lists thousands and tens of thousands in
the aggregate are made by the regular
ministry. The world must be saved,
ii at all, by the steady, systematic,
persistent work of the church organi-
zation, and not by evangelistic spasms.
The evangelist has his place and his
work, but he is at best only an agent,
and must never be countenanced as a
substitute for the ordained minister.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
YOUNG MAN. BE CAREFUL

1t is stated that a recent legal de-
cision is to the effect that if young
man goes to see a girl twice week
and takes her to an entertainment oc-
casionally, he may be considered legally
engaged to her. This does not include
visits to the soda fountain or ice cream
saloon.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14

Here's what is meant by cause and
effect; "The county jail in Macon, Mo.
ls empty for the first time in 20 years.
Macon county has been dry since
July l.-Kansas City Times,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-14
JUST AS EASY.

Just as easy to be happy as to cry;
You can touch different button if you
try.
That will make the sunshine Danish all
the gloom,
And will hardly give your trouble stand
ing room.
Nashville American.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Chief Uses OF Christmas.

Henry Drummond wrote of love as
the greatest thing in the world. Saint
Paul, in a golden chapter, said tina
love thinketh no evil, vaunteth not it
self is not pulled up, suffereth long and
is kind. The little town of Bethlehem
witnessed the incarnation Of Love Di-
vine when Mary Graded in her arms
the Babe of Heaven. The chief use of
Christmas is that it lifts US out OF the
region of low desires and rnean. motives
to a higher level of serenity and unset
fishness 1t is the elimination OF each
Swiftly passing year, and it fifty &C.
ours when the year is near its close.
If it did nothing beyond awakening
US to the privilege of making others
happy it would be to US as an aDgei
singing in our ears the melodies of
Heaven Does nut give US a chance
to make children happy, to sympathize
with young people who have the road
before them, and with older people who
have earned the right to sit still and
rest with folded hands after their long
activity? Give what we may to the
little ones at Christmas, is beautiful
opportunity for us is to surround them
with wholesome and natural pleasures,
that all their days shall be happy and
christmas be only the shining clasp OF
each blithe year. No one can rob any
human life of happy childhood. Its
afterglow will fall on the maturer
life with a benediction. Margaret f..
Sangster in Woman's Home Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
WHY ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR?
Why ask your neighbOr to go
on your bond when for a small
sum you can secure the best?
Thomson, Muir e Barns.
Roasts American School System

President Stanley Hall, of Clark Uni
versity, Worcester, Mass, in an ad-
dress before the Century Club Friday
night criticised the American public
school system as being inefficient and
unprogressive. He declared that Isl
school days year were not enough.
More than 5000, 600 children between
the ages of and II years were not en-
rolled in school at all, he declared, and
Of those who we're enrolled each was
absent almost fifty days in the year.
He declared that the school were suf-
fering from Termination; that the
teachers were poorly trained and in
sufficiently paid; that text books were
getting worse; that children are not
taught pure English that there IS too
much legislation regarding education,
and that the moral side of education is
almost neglected.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Peppermint Farms.

The worlds peppermint is grown on
peppermint farms in the neighborhood
of Kalamazoo. Over 800, 0U0 pounds of
peppermint oil, worth So pound, is
produced annually from the moist and
ink black soil OF Southwestern Michi-
gan.
Peppermint farming is simple. The
roots are planted in the spring the
bushes, which are about three feet
high, are cut down in the late summer
the still goes on through August and
September.
An acre yields about twenty five
pounds of oil. The cost of this produc-
ton = planting, wedding, stilIing - is
about 81. The oil itself brings S12.
Thus every acre of a peppermint farm
gives profit of Sll0.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Friday in Circuit Court.

The taking of the testimony in the
damage suit Of George Il. Crosdale VS..
the Blue Grass Traction Company was
completed Friday in the Bourbon Cir
cult Court and after arguments by at
torneys was submitted to the Jury
VINO retired to consider the case. The
jury brought IN verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $1,000.
In the case of Maggie Wilson VS.. the
Germanla Insurance Company motion
and grounds for new trial were con-
sldered by the court and overruled.
NOTICE OF appeal to the Court of APP
peals was entered of record.
Judge Stout granted Nora Patterson
flelds a divorce from her husband,
Jason Fields, and awarding the plain
till custody of her two children, Carl
and Roy Fields, and her costs in
Cured.
Judge Stout also granted divorce
In the case of Lee Larry VS.. Laura
Larry.
In the case of Nancy N. Shropshire
VS.. George R. Burberry, in which the
plaintiff was given judgment in the
sum of 81, 400, motion and grounds
for new trial was entered of record.
and the affidavits of Jurors w. II. H..
johnson and H. c. Whaley were sub
mltted. 1t is claimed the verdict was
not reached according TO law.
. GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Robert L. Stout,
Judge:
May 1t Please Your Honor, your
Grand Jury would make report as fol-
10 rs:
We have done our duty under our
oaths to the best of our respective
ability. We visited the Jail: upon
inspection found it in as good condi-
ton as that particIar Jail can be kept.
Upon inspection of the records of the
Circuit Court Clerks Office we find
that the criminal records are in such
condition as that it is ali but impos
slble to find indictments, and the like.
back OF memory of present Clerk, be-
cause of there being in said office no in
dex or cross index to such records. We
insist that such indexes be prepared at
once and so recommend.
By committee we inspected the Coun-
IA lnfirmary. The same is well kept:
the inmates well provided for and con.
tented.
We return herewith two pc
titions relating to the matter of nui-
sance maintained and continued by the
Louisville q Nashville Railroad Com
pany within the limits of the citv of
Paris. We examined a number OF wit
nesses; we ask your honor to refer this
subject matter to next grand jury for
It's inspection, as the nuisance COM
planned of in these petitions should not
be permitted to continue and the rail
road company should abate same.
We desire to thank Commonwealth
Attorney RObt. B. Franklin for .his
most efficient services to this grand
jury. We congratulate our County and
District upon having such a pros cut
ing Officer
(oignedl
BENJAMIN. WOODFORD,
Foreman,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Cannon Again.

Speaker Cannon threw some gloom
into the Rivers and Harbors Congress
in Washington Friday when, In an ad-
dress before that body, he declared his
opposition to bond issue for the i'm
provemenl of the waterways of the
United States. he said that if the
Rivers and Harbors Committee should
report a bill at this session providing
for the issue of 81. 600. 900, 600 worth of
bonds in the next ten years he would
vote against it.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
TIL Knockout Blow.

The blow which knocked out Corbets
was a revelation TO the prize fighters.
From the earliest days of the ring the
Knockout blow was aimed for the law.
the temple or the jugular vein. Stomach
punches were thrown in to worry and
weary the fighter, but If q scientific man
had told one of the old fighters that the
most vulnerable spot was the region Of
:he stomach, he'd have laughed at him
Tor an ignoramus. DR.. Pierce is bringing
hope to the 0ublic parallel fact; that
thd SGQmacN 5 the most vulnerable organ
cut Of khe PIKE ring as well as in it. We
protect pur. hTaSS, threats, feet and lungs,
but the~SNsGzaNb\%e are utterly indiffer-
ent to, until diseASAinds the solar plexus
and knocks US out. Make your stomach
sound and strong by Lhe use OF Doctor
Pleree,s Golden, Medical Discovery, ard
You project yourself in YOUR mostXuIner-
a6Ie SPOT. "Golden Medical Discovery
cures weak stomach" Indigestion, or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, bad, thin and in
pure, blood and other diseases of the or
gans of digestion and nutrition.
The vGolden Medical Discovery has
specific curative effect upon all mucous
surfaces and hence cures catarrh, no
matter where located or what stage it
may have reached. In Nasal Catarrh it
is well TO cleanse the passages with DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy fluid while using
the Discovery" as a constitutional rem
edy. Why the Golden Medical Discoy-
cry" cures catarrhal diseases, as of the
stomach, bowels, bladder and other pelvic
organs will be plain to you if you will
read booklet of extracts from the writ
ings of eminent medical authorities, en-
dorsing its ingredients and explaining
their curative properties. 1t is mailed
free on request. Address Dr. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo. n. Y. This booklet gives all the
ingredients entering into DIR. Pierce's
medicines from which it will be seen that
they contain not drop of alcohol, pure,
triple-refned glycerine being used instead.
DIR. Pierce's great thonsand-page illus
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will be sent free. paper-bound, for p one
cent stamps, or cloth bound for 81 stamps
Address DR.. Pierce as above.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
For Family Use.

No beer for family use is superior to
the famous Lion Beer. All doctors
recommend it for delicate women and
convalescents. Order a case today.
l st T. F. BRANNON, Agent.
Paris XIV
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Black Cake Ingredients.

New citrOn, seeded raisins and all
the ingredients used in black cake
can be found at our store.
8 st WINS AUER.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Holiday Goods.

We have everything suitable for
Christmas gifts, bridal present, etc..
such as art pictures, Xmas holly box
es, games, books, toy S bric-a-brac, etc.
| If PARIS BOOK STORE.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
The "Home-Make Kind"

Place your order early if you want
any of that pure home mada CANDY 90" ns
Miss Holidays, orders are cono;n,r - -
on every nail for Christmas hoxes
holidays. ' 1oi the
8 st BRUCE H014InAv
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Fresh Fruits.

Our stock of California fruits is al
ways fresh and OF the best quality,
grape fruit, grapes. bananas, oran-
ges dates, figs. ETC., always on hand.
BRUCE HOLLADAY
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Christmas Turkeys.

Turkeys for Xmas market must be
delivered Dec. 7th, to 18th. Highest
market price.
l5dec CHAS. S. BRENT & BRO. q
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-15
Contest Called Off.

Owing to The rush of Christmas
shopping it is deemed advisable 70 san
off the contest for the piece OF M
Mell;ck on exhibition in the wlnay~
of j. w. Davis & Co. until some da'e
to be announced later.