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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12
copyright, BY Joseph B. Bowles. }
By
MARSHALL p. WILDER

To one accustomed only to Atlantic
travel the element of novelty begins
at once on a Pacific steamer. Instead
Of SNUG English stewards, neat Chi
namen in spotless linen gowns Of
blue. long cues. immaculate white
stockings, and the broadcast of smiles,
fly nimbly about carrying baggage or
waiting on passengers with most
cheerful disparity.
The Chinese stewards interested us
exceedingly. and when, directly after
sailing from San Francisco, we de-
scended to luncheon, We saw them in
new way. The long tables in the
saloon were laid out tnvitingly with
massive silver and piles of fruit.
around which the neat boys whisked,
making an attractive picture. Here we
received our first introduction TO the
farfamed "pidgin English" which we
had previously conceived to be very
largely a Pigment OF the story-teller's
brain. II was to be later impressed
upon us how universal the use of ii is,
from San Francisco right through to
Ceylon, wherever the Chinese coolie
lives and moves and has his being.
In the dining saloon the boys wore
long gowns OF blue linen, shiny with
starch, high cuffs over their sleeves,
and each smooth and jetty cue fin
neatly tucked through a little strap
at the side OF the gown. This ia to
keep It from slipping over the shout.
der when stopping over the tables.
When at hard or outdoor work. a
Chinaman will twist his cue up like
woman. but never in the house, as
IT is a disrespectful act to appear be-
fore a superior with the cue bound
up. Foreigners in many cases do not
know this, and the Chinaman, who
instinctively hates all foreigners,
will often resort 10 this method of in
sulting them, taking a deal OF comfort
out OF it. even though the foreigner
may be in blissful ignorance Of the In
tended disrespect.
Some of the dining saloon BOYS had
bStf III me btINltt lonS enough 10
speak and understand English very
we'll with others it was necessary to
resort TO the ''pidgin" dialect which is
ridiculous hybrid of baby talk,
broken. or rather mangled, English,
and few stray Chinese words.
II was my luck TO draw a waiter
who was particularly shy on straight
English, and when ! asked for a nice
piece OF rare roast beef. and vegeta.
bles such as my wife had. his face
remained as blank as a newly white
washed barn door Seeing my per-
plexity, kind neighbor taught me
what to say, and, though feeling
rather silly. l repeated: boy, you
ketchee me number one piece roast
beef, no too well done, and vegetables
alice same lady have got" His face
beamed with intelligence, and my
order was executed with neatness and
dispatch.
/ subsequently discovered that II a
chair was desired from the upper
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12
lardly enough material for one,

hardly enough material for one!
Well, the minute the ship left the
dock ! felt better. | threw out my
chest-and lot OF other things
didn't need-and prepared to enjoy
life
BY the time we got TO Sandy Hook
the ship was having st. Vitus dance,
and most OF the passengers decided
TO &c below to unpack. | started TO
ind my stateroom, and | think | but
ted into every one there was. ! was
finally hurled into one just as the &C.
cupant, a lady. was climbing into the
upper berth. She said. "Sir!" Then
the ship went the other way. and /
was never so completely sat on by a
lady in my life,
At last found my own stateroom,
which was locker with a couple OF
shelves in It.
The ship now seemed TO stand on
her nose and wag her tail in the air:
deliberated whether | shot ID slsse
the port hole and go to my berth. or
close my berth and 90 to the port
hole. On the fourth day | began to
take notice OF things. and crawled out
on deck just as the ship was doing a
buck and wing. was shot from one
end Of the ship to the other. finishing
with a head-on collision with a fat
mans stomach. He was mad because
! butted in on his breakfast. apollo
gized for the intrusion, and crawled
into a steamer chair
II was so rough they had a fence
built round the table to keep the
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LOCAL MARKET.

Eggs are retailing for 20 cents a
dozen today, but because of the pleas.
ant weather. and the drop in prices
in the foreign markets, the dealers In
the hen fruit believe the price will
descend to 10 cents a dozen by Satur-
day. This will be the first time the
price has been so low in some time
and the Paducah housekeepers no
doubt Will take advantage OF the cu;
in prices. The dealers are not de-
pending on the cold storage so much
now. Since the weather has become
warmer the country people have be-
gun TO bring in the eggs regularly.
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There is some humor in the idea
of the political enemies of the nation
al administration preferring charges
with the administration against its
friends for taking its side in a politi-
cal contest. The more we consider
the situation the more we are con-
WINGED that the Fairbanks men are
more anxious to injure the standing
of the present national administration
than they are to win the next presi-
dental election, and that leads us to
believe that the same men are trying
to defeat both Taft and Bryan for
the nomination. Then they wouldn't
care who wins.
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dishes on. was pursuing a piece OF
eight" and the lady opposite got my
bread and got her fish. For the
rest OF the meal we fed each other
The day 1t was toughest the pas
sengers asked me TO get up a con-
cert. There was a prima donna on
board who was having her voice Gull
tivated in Paris. ! supposed she was
going over 20 get Il, for she certainly
didn't have 1t with her. She consent
ed to take part in the concert, and
chose a fitting selection for a rough
night-"Rocked in the Cradle OF the
Deep" Just as she, started in to
sing the ship side-stepped and threw
her under the table. A friend Of
mine was accompanying her on the
piano, so, of course, he had to follow
her. | said: "For heavens sake, is
this a concert or knockabout act?"
The prima donna thought she was
down for solo-but she was down
for an hour.
On the Pacific there were no such
experiences for us. And IL is such n
great. big, lonesome oeean-only once
in all the IS days did We see ship
a big, full-rigged ship with all sails
set-but seeming to stand perfectly
still, utterly becalmed, "a painted
ship upon a painted ocean"
Captain Porter was a delightful ra-
contour and entertained us on several
occasions with stories of his sojourn
in the frigid zone. His tales OF Es-
quimaux dainties, especially a duck
soup, where the bird is put in for
cooking not only undressed but I'M
plucked. made us glad there we're no
Esauimaux cooks on board
The evening before our expected
arrival at, Honolulu the chief topics OF
conversation were the principal sights
OF the town, and the best methods of
seeing them.
Every one retired with the keenest
anticipations, for even six days on
the water create longing TO see
land. proving that man. though he go
down to the sea in ships, is beyond
question a land animal.
Most of us were up betimes and
were rewarded by the sight OF dark,
low-lying island on our port bow. This
is Molokai. the leper island and the
scene OF Father Damien's heroic life
and death. This Belgian missionary
priest, who started life a simple I'M
lettered peasant, so lived and worked
and died that his name will ever be
one Of those who need no hall OF fame
to make their memory immortal. His
will go ringing down the halls OF
time as one that loved his fellow
men.
Ahead, another island, with high,
rocky promontory, stood out now
quite plainly. AS we came nearer we
could distinguish fleets OF little fish
ing boats, their white sails dotting
the blue water like fiocks OF birds. A
snowy sickle of sand outlined the
black and beetling cliff, and around ii
came the little Alameda" rolling and
plunging in swell that did not even
disturb the stately calm of our
giantess.
1t was noon before we really
warped to the wharf, alongside OF
which was United States naval
training ship. whose band welcomed
us, accompanied by the shouts OF the
white-clad boys.
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were. Is shown by the.fact that w. D.
Deboe himself had to seat the Nc
Cracker county Taft delegates on
temporary organization, although thes
were engaged in the proceedings of
the regular convention presided over
by DR.. Frank Boyd. Readers will
find that The Sun again in referenc.
to the district convention contains
the only intelligent account of what
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

Maria said the Oklahoma legis-
lator, you've been neglecting my
buttons lately" She could not make
denial. Now, | want TO say" he
continued, that unless you do better
I'll have a bill put through making
such conduct penal offense. We
statesmen know our business. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
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Character is controlled will"
THE DELEGATES OR THE CHAIR
MAN


Before now delegates have bolted,
and delegates have forcibly removed
"A chairman from the convention, but
Yesterday was the first time in the
First congressional district that dele
gates ever took a convention away
from the chairman. Yet, that is ex-
actly what was done by eightN-seveh
of the one hundred and forty dele
gates in the Republican district con-
yention, and they had the authority OF
eight of their thirteen district COM
mitteemen for doing it.
The rules of the state central COM
mittee say, when two or more dele
cations claim to have been selected
by the convention called to order by
the regular official of the party, the
delegation, which has its credentials
properly certified by the regular Off
cial of the party who called said con-
vention to order shall, until the con-
test is settled, take part in the WORK
of the convention
That regular official is the county
chairman, and as the contests are
finally settled by the credentials
committee, the delegations holding
credentials certified to by the county
chairman take part in the work of
the convention until the credentials
committee acts. The credentials conn
mittee does not act until the tenn
porary organization is effected by
electing a temporary chairman, and
so the delegations with credentials
certified by the county chairmen, vote
for temporary chairman. II was
eighty-seven delegates thus qualified,
representing eight of the thirteen
counties in the district, who revolted
fused the right of sixteen of them to
take part in the work of the conven-
ton, and there never was a quorum
present to effect a temporary organi-
cation of the convention which w. j.
Deboe called to order The revolt
took place before he had seated a
quorum, and so the Fairbanks men
never really held convention.
The unique question is raised
whether a majority of the delegates
without the chairman, or the chair
man without a quorum constitute a
convention.
All the sophistries w. ]. Deboe
may indulge in will not change the
fact that he had no right to go be-
hind the certificate of the county
chairman of Graves county in the
temporary organization. If anything
was wrong in Graves county it was
the right of the convention. through
its credentials committee to remedy IT.
Deboe's position, of course, was
clear. The credentials committee
would be composed OF one member
chosen by each county delegation hav-
ing credentials signed by the county
chairman. Eight of those delegations
were for Taft, and so eight of the
thirteen members of the credentials
committee would be for Taft.
Consequently he Just assumed the
responsibility of settling the contests
himself. 1t was the browning act OF
the scheme TO create fictitious con-
tests in strong Taft counties. as was
exposed in The Sun Tuesday in re-
viewing the proceedings in Nc
Cracker. Trigg aud Graves counties
How accurately The Sun reported
the McCracken county convention
and how far wrong the other papers
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Hart in Fas, Company.
Complain To Us.

Not to your neighbor. He cannot
help you; We can and will. II you
have a grievance It is mere justice
that you bring II to the company first.
We have too much at stake to neglect
YOU. II is unfair 10 dIscredit us with
your acquaintances without giving us
a chance. Recently an old subscriber
wrote us letter telling how the COM
.pany had for a long time failed 20
give him What he expected. II was
the first time he had ever mentioned
Dc to the company. The trouble wa,
corrected at once and he is now com
.p,etely satisfied. He had complained
to nearly everyone else but to us. No
.one knows how many contracts he
spoiled. VUaWIN
Complaints should be made direct
to the following departments:
Telephone in trouble, call trouble
department. 24OO.
For service complaints. cali chief
Operator. 500.
Cashiers department. call $50.
Contract department. installing or
removing telephone. call 6G4.
Managers Office, call 300.
EAST TENNESSEE TELEPHONE
COMPANY GncorporatedD
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WORST KIND OF FALsEHooD.

WORST KIND OF FALSEHO0D.
Not because we think the warped
brain that makes the explanation nee
essary can grasp the idea, but to make
clear to others, who may have the
misfortune to start the day wrong by
reading falsehoods, the managing
editor of The sun" who is accused of
saying in the Courier-Journal, Febru-
airy 2S. that IF he (Deboe) wins in
the district he will have the fight to
make all over again." will say that
the construction put upon the quota
ton is worse than a lie made Of the
whole cloth, because it is purposely
misconstrued, and if what went before
1t was published. it would show that
the article published in the Courier
Journal, February 80, and attributed
to the managing editor of The Sun,
had no reference to any possible bolt
in the Republican district convention,
and any one reading that sentence and
protesting to believe that 1t had is
either a fool or liar.
The article was devoted to the ac-
ton of the state central committee,
the substance of which was that the
state central committee, had fixed the
county conventions for the purpose of
the counties of the state
at a later date, so that "If he CDe-
boe) wins the district he will have the
fight to make all over again" mean
ing that even if Deboe should get the
district craftsmanship, the central
had so arranged 1t that he
would have another fight in each
county to prevent the anti-Deboe fac
ton electing county chairmen, who
are members of the district committee.
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The thousands of sand hill nests of
the magnetic ant of Northern Aus
tralia, lately inspected by the gov
ernor-general, measure two to three
by ten to fifteen feet. They form
natures compass" the long axis
pointing always north and south.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

deck an order in plain English would
not be understood. But say to him,
boy, you go topside, ketchee my one
piece chair, bring TO me-" He will
depart cheerfully, knowing Just what
you mean.
"Pidgin" is the Chinese. word for
business" and a great many years
ago this motley means OF communica-
ton was evolved, piece by piece, as a
medium through which the English
speaking traders carried on business
with the Chinese. Despite the fact
that numbers of Chinese, especially
the merchants, speak excellent Eng
fish, this absurd polyglot has held its
own. and 1t is benighted Chinaman,
indeed. who cannot conjure up a few
lame phrases. 1t Is means OF com.
munication, even among Cinnamon,
SO it is said; for the different prov
inces Of that country differ in dialect
as so many countries. but with a lit.
tie of the universal "pidgin" they
make themselves understood
During our entire trip across thS
Pacific we were never of an almost
even keel. II was so different from
lmy first ocean trip. which was across
the Atlantic. I'll never forget that.
hadn't been feeling well. and was told
that the sea voyage would make an
other man Of me. Imagine making
another man Of me, when there was
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In Rolling Chairs.

Sporty. "Td ride all day II were
not pushed for time
Sportlcigh: $50 would 81 were
not pushed for money March LIP
pIncotts
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SLIGHTLY HUMOROUS.

1t is better to give without thinh-
ing than to think without giving.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

For the information of the unen-
frightened we suggest that postmasters
are not under the civil service, but
deputy collectors and gaugers are.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

Smoking tobacco is now dispensed
from penny-in-the-slot machines in
London.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Every dose makes you feelbetter. Lax-Fo
keeps your whole insides right. Sold on the
noney-bs plan everywhere. Price 30 cents.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

How some women do enjoy taking
a whack at some other woman's repu-
tation.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

He who follows duty ever may find
danger often, but defeat never.
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February, 1908.

Personally appeared before me, this
March 2, 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 February, 1908, is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
Nv commission expires January
10th, 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12

Waiter, is this supposed to be
Coffee" inquired the diner in the
Rapidly Cafe. 81 couldn't say" re-
piled the waiter. 81 only started here
this morning. Harper Weekly.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-12
GOOD BASEBALL
PROMISED BY MANAGER mol
LAND THIS SUMMER.
some Crack Minor League Players
Already Signed for Paducah
Independents.

Manager John Holland. of the Pa
ducah Independent baseball team
has already secured contracts with
several crack players and by the time
the season opens, April 20, expects
to have a team together that will be
the equal Of any minor league organi-
cation in the south. The players al
ready secured are Earl Davis and
Clyde Downs, of Murray. members OF
the fast team of South Kentucky col.
lege at Hopkinsville; Robinson. Hes
sian, Lally and Arnold. of Paducah
Burke, a crack first baseman of Mem
phis; Bates. a pitcher. OF Terre
Haute; Davis and Schroeder, OF Gen.
trial City.
The grounds at the ball park will
be placed in first-class condition by
the traction company and It is assert
ed that some OF the finest exhibitions
OF ball playing ever given in Paducah
viii be seen during the coming sum-
mer.
Hart i'm Fast Company.
Lee Hart, the pitcher who gained
much fape by pitching on local
teams, will leave this evening at 6: 10
o'clock for Vicksburg to play in the
Cotton states league. This is Harris
first league experience, but with the
proper training he should develop
into a good youngster. He has a
healthy left arm, and curves that
make him a promising twirler for any
minor league team.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-16
Mas eyCuD|aS en- Csyey
ALUMNOS SIN CLASSES

De una correspondence que tenemem
La vista y que nos remiten de Caysya
yemos que La Junta escolar de aamnE
pueblo hace esfuerzos para solucionmr
ell conficto que Sc ha presentado EN-
aquel distrito
El corresponsal en- dicho pueblo dSca
q este prop6sito 10 siguiente:
Ha dado principle ell curse escogar.
quedando sin escuelas mas de cien M
nos, que reclaman urgentemente A@
creaci6n de nuevos planteles, para saA-
var asi ell conficto de yer tantas cxis-
turas que anheian aprender eareecm
de medios para clio.
La Junta local ha trabajadO EN- Ell
sentido de que Sc abriera sufciente nG-
nero de escuelas; pero Sc ha estretlade
ante la negativa del Departments " In
indiferencia del senor inspector, que
parece prometi6 mucho y consigui6 pc
CO."
Es necesario que ell SubcomisionadG
Mr. Haddork, que tanto interes mUem-
ira por ell desenvolvimiento de la ense-
nanza en- la Isla, estudie detenidamen-
te Ell suceso que denuncia el correspOn.
sal de Cayey, y procure por todos lcE1
medios llevar la ensefanza pnbiicA e.
los muchos alumnos que hoy sc ven pFi-
vados de ella por falta de escuelas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-16
ASUN7OS HIPICOS
HABLA UE SPORTMAN

Para compiacer muchos amigos
nuestros anantes enthusiasts de las ca
rreras hipicas, reproducimos de nuestro
colegs FL Aguila dc Puerto Rico" Ell
siguientc articulo
Tn sportman cuya competencia en
asuntos hipicos IS generalmente reeo-
nocida. asegura que Il Majestic" ~
invencible para los cabaIlos de raza del
pals
Su record fue, en- mil metros he dis
tancia un minute y seis segundos, el
que no puede ser superado por ningun
caballo puertorriqueno
Ell Majestic" ha desarrollado al
mirablemente su velocidad, hoy, en-
las condolences Ell que Sc encuentra,
podria correr en- cualquier hip6dromo
del eXtranjero
Ill campe0n capitaleno es IN crusa-
miento de raZas americana Y puertorri-
quena, 10 que le hace muy superior al
Perla fina
FL Perla fina puede considerarse
eI campe6n de los caballos de raza del
pals pero no asi de ejemplares de otra
raza que aventaje la nuestra.
FL publco habra visto que el Per
la - Sc despista Ell la Ultima curva, al
tomar Ia recta al Jurado, para dar All
el mejor record, que es I'm minute nue.
ve segundos Ell carrera de mil metros
ESQ mismo lie ocurri6 cuando co
rri6 con el " "Adoptivo', viendose en-
tonces bastante apurado el 'Perla"
Luego Sc habra visto que ell Ma
jestic' di6 40 metros de ventaja al
"Adoptivo', venciendole aqu6l d este
con gran facilidad.
Estos-datos prueban que el Ma
jestic" no tiene competitor entire los
caballos del pals, Y que su record no
sera superado nunca por ell 'Perla'',
menos que el Majestic" no este en-
condolences para correr.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-16
La ocupacbn del teatre
REFoRMA DE UNA ORDENANxA

Nos ha visitado ell aplaudid0 acton
Miguel Casas, expresandOnos que le eu
impossible actuar con su compania e1
sabado y domingo pr6ximos.
No obstante, ell teatro permanecer&
eerrado.
La compania de varieties ha salid~
para Arecibo y Caguas, Y no regresar&
a San Juan hasta el lunes; pero la en-
presa tiene arrendado ell teatro y, &C.
gun las practicas municipales, tiene de-
recho a dejarlo cerrado, con tai de que
10 pague.
Parece que las argumentaciones deE
senor Casas han hecho pensar q nnea-
tros administrators municipales en
que debe exigirse los contratistas deR
teatro que 10 empleen en- dar espectacn-
los, va que es de Greer que para ESQ h&
sido construido nuestro fiamante coli
SEQ.