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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-12

that prompts us to ask for early shop
{ ping There is no doubt Of the fact
that the stocks are more complete
the clerks In better humor. with more
time to show anything that may be
desired. deliveries made In bette,
order and other things that suggest
themselves TO one who views il
right"
Yes. Christmas trade with rs Is
fully up 10 our expectations In fact
surprising them shopping has start
Ped on earlier this year. and IL run-
ming to the better value things and
the substantial. sensible gifts. W.
have done splcnddly this week, hut
Of course the big end OF the buying
Is ahead OF us Sales on TOYS have
been fine We have good stock
OF an the newest things IN toys aud
Il has been one Of our best depart
ments. but Il Is hard 10 single ont
one department as doing the best be-
cause We are satisfied with all az
them" The store Is beautifully de-
GRATED. and the displays featured u
show them OF TO the best advanisgs
Throngs OF country people are IN
the city today taking advantage OF tbs
pretty weather 10 do their Christmas
shopping. and as result II has been
the busiest In retail circles for many
days. North Third street IN front of
HsTbour's big department store wore
the appearance OF court day IN
county seat prosperous town. With
wagons lined up. two deep. ON each
side Of the street You could hardly
get IN the store. during the busiest
hours. on account OF the thrangs
Trade Il more than We expected.
Mr.. Harbour said today. so. 81
course. We are satisfied The tobacco
sales recently have helped 10 siimu-
late business. and improvements IN
an other lines OF activity are contrib
uilng their part to the general con-
dit.on. We fully expect to surpass
any Christmas In the history OF our
store"
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CURRENT EVENTS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
.Carries No Mail. But Mail Carries IL,

I'tarffeS No Nall,But Mail Carries u
The legend above conveys. in sue
cinct form. an exact description OF
what the Red Cross Christmas Stam9
actually is; properly speaking nc
stamp at all but sticker, badge
an emblem. an earnest OF concern
for ones fellow man and for oneself
It is at once a Yu.etide memento
: and the insignia of a recruit enlisted
in an intelligent and well-directed
fight on the Great White Plague
The cost is trifilng, but the message
extends to the farthest ends Of the
earth. Merely an artistic token in
itself, it bears with 1t the implied con-
cern of all who use It in a campaign
vigorous. educational and Timely.
That prevention is better than cure
lis no recent discovery the applica-
tion of this piece of fugitive wisdom
to the practice of medicine. the reali-
zation which has come to the profess
sion that there is a public which must
first be educated before its sick can
be cured is, however. comparatively.
new development. Modern santa
,tion is predicated largely on a propa-
ganda of useful knowledge: and a
campaign of publicity on educational
lines is everywhere admitted to be an
indispensable prerequisite to the eff
fective checking and stamping out Of
all epidemics.
But, IL this is held to be true OF
such epidemies as, for example. ty-
phoid fever. scarlet fever and diph-
iberia, which attack a community
with no warning but its own lack of
precaution, and leave 1t when their
course is run; which come, but which
also go; how much more convincingly
true is II of tuberculosis, whose in
sidlous and insinuating attacks are
everywhere; which. having acquired
footing. may improve. but will not
leave 1t.
Il is dreaded by all. but how few
take the trouble to avoid and to es-
cape. With the best intentions in the
word its victims are themselves cen
tiers of conflagration. nuclei of infec-
ton. Boards of health pass rules
with respect, among other things, to
promiscuous expectoration; but an
Indifferent public, comfortable In its
ignorance. pays little or no attention
and the enforcement of these COM
nonsense regulations is thereby made
matter of serious difficulty.
Successfully to combat tuberculosis
the general public requires to be
made alive to its own criminal neglect
of precautions the most ordinary;
that. first of all, but not. by any
means, last of all.
To attain that end this sale of
Christmas stamps has been instituted;
IL will arouse interest; It deserves
and will no doubt receive the widest
support. and the funds thereby Sc
cured will become the basis for an
energetic campaign rather Of enlight-
eminent than of eradication. That
must come later.-Louisyi,le Times.
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JUGGLING THE JUNK.

II she gives the drawnwork square
To Agnes or Aunt Mag,
Nellie gets the sandal box
And Cert the beaded bag.
That will leave the picture frame
For either Tom or Mable;
And exc that funny leather piece
For Alma's center table.
Indian baskets she can give
To either men or women;
So she will send one to the chap
Who held her up In swimmin'.
But there Is lot Of stun
she really can't dispose of;
Who can use a beaded belt?
No one, that she known Of,
Birch bark trifies, slightly warped
Pipes. a plaster rack
That she bought In Charlevoix.
Bay View or Mackinac.
Now they won't fl in at all!
Mid much manipulation
She rues the day the Christina
Thought"
Stole in on her vacation.
Louisville Post
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and that Schmidt must have graces
of the vote getting kind. else they
would not be In the position to steal.
No donbt there are good men in
San Francisco today, who believe
there is politics behind this prosecu-
ton, and who refuse to believe the
men guilty OF the crimes, or who ex-
cuse the crimes themselves by calling
1t call in the game"
We have seen in print declarations
that rich young Spreckles. who is put
ting up money and brains and energy
in this fight against corruption, has
some Interior motive in it. There
never was a crusader whose motives
were not impugned.
There is no great lesson in the in
cident for the prospective public
plunderer except the thought of the
thief caught; but II Schmidt could tell
how he was led into 1t step by step,
until he was a criminal before he
realized he had overstepped the line
of conventional political prudence.
there would be warning for the young
man in politics. He enters a career
about which he knows nothing. The
men who do the most for him in the
campaign are professional politicians,
and among them he looks for his ad-
visers after he is elected. If they
happen to be thieves. he is consulting
with thieves, not knowing It. When
he finds them out. his loyalty for
bids his telling. II he Is dependent
on his salary for his livelihood. some
thing more than loyalty holds his
tongue. If he is poor and falls in
company with extravagant folks, he
will be sorely tempted to close his
eyes. at least. When a man reaches
that point in his career. ii is time
for him to get out of politics.
The prosecution of San Francisco
grafters has been sensational and
bloody. All the powers OF evil In the
city have been turned loose on the
trail of the prosecutors. Threats
have been made: juries have been
bought; the chief OF police committed
suicide: and Heney. the prosecuting
attorney, was shot by criminal, who
tried to get on the jury.
But Ruef was convicted. May the
other Ruefs in other cities. now at
large. take heed
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SOME STORIES
AROUND TOWN.

This story is told on the streets at
the expense OF the firemen at one OF
the fire stations. The firemen de-
cided to present their captain with an
ak in honor OF his birthday. Elabor-
ate plans were made for the program,
and one of the fire laddles was Sc
lected to deliver speech The elo-
quent and flowery tribute he selected
cost him many hours Of patient toll
no one would have guessed unless il
was the captain. The captain heard
rumors, and he worked equally as
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DUN's REVIEW.

New York. Dec. 12.-The retail
trade is active in holiday goods an
winter wearing apparel. while whole
sale and jobbing departments are
seasonably quiet as TO new business
but there is a good movement on Cd
orders, and manufacturing operations
are not curtailed. Mercantile collec.
tions are more prompt ana a steady
gain in the production of pig iron Il
"a most encouraging indication OF the
in leading industries. Sea-
sonably quiet conditions are reported
in the primary markets for cotton
goods. stocks being reduced as far al
possible before taking inventories
but there is confidence in a normal
revival in January.
Narrow print cloths have been sup
ported by liberal purchases. but oper-
ations in wide goods at second hands
have had a demoralizlng influence.
Only fair duplicate orders are re-
ceived by the makers OF lightweight
mems wear woolens.
The expected advance in prices of
footwear has been asked by New
England manufacturers. and while
the rise tends to restrict new bust
ness, the raw material situation
seems to warrant a small increase OF
2h to cents a pair Statesmen are
returning for the holidays after plac-
ing fair case contracts for spring
goods.
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Country papers throughout the
Purchase are saying the loose leaf
sales of tobacco in Paducah are fail
ures. Since the planter doesn't have
10 take the price offered and can ex-
pose it for sale from day to day with
out cost, he doesn't run any risk.
Planters who sell their tobacco that
way apparently are well satisfied The
papers have noted the price offered
for trash and low grade Tugs and
drawn a wrong conclusion.
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No Saturday Sales.

No sales CT tobacco will be conduct
ed on Saturday at the new loose leaf
warehouse In order that the clerical
force may settle mp the weeks bush
ness. Fifteen wagon loads OF tobac-
co were received on the floor this
morning and Il is expected that Mon
days sale will be the largest yet held
The tobacco received today was also
OF good grade.
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Diary. Mistitch had preclpitated
~ an unwelcome and premature
crisis. The ministers deliberate,
slow moving game was brought to a
sudden issue which he was not ready
TO face. IL had been an essential fea-
ture. a governing rule. OF his campaign
TO avoid any open conflict with the
Prince of Slavna until an occasion
arose on which both the army and the
king would be on his side The king
was n power not merely by reason Of
his cheaply won popularity. but also
because he was. while be lived. the
only man who could crown Stenovics'
operations with the consummatlon 70
which the minister and his ally. Count
ess Ellenburg. looked forward with dis
tant yet sanguine hope. The army was
with him now. but the other factor
was hacking The kings pride as well
as his affection was enlisted In his
sons interest. Moreover. this occasion
was very bad
AIistitch was no better than an as
sassln. 10 take up arms on his behalf
was 10 light In cause plainly dis
graceful-one which would make sue
cess very difficult and smirch II forever
and beyond remedy even II Il came. II
was no cause in which 10 fight both
prince and king That would be play
ing the big stake on bad hand. as
Stafnitz put II.
Yet the alternative? Stafnltz. again.
had put that clearly. The army would
have no more TO do with the man who
could not help It at the pinch, who
could not save its favorite, who could
not release Barabbas.
The prince seemed 20 be in his most
unyiclding mood-the Bourbon In him
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Estimates Wanted.

The city has instructed the board
of education to take bids on build
ings and closets with sewer connec-
tions at the Lee and Lincoln schoo
buildings. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the Office of the clerk
c. c. Kelly. 1927 Kentucky avenue
All bids must be in by noon Monday
December 81, 1908. Rights are re.
served to reject any or all estimates
BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Karnes, Byrd and Kelly.
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White win Insncct Pen.

Guthrie. Okla. Dec. l2.-It is re-
ported that Goyernor-elect S,ubbs. OF
Kansas. has requested william Allen
White 20 investigate conditions In the
Lansing. Kas.. penitentiary as the re-
suit OF the investigation OF Kate Bar
nard. Of the Oklahoma commission Of
charities. who found the conditions
OF oklahoma prisoners In the penp
Tertiary a disgrace White has writ
ten Miss Barnard for data.
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lid a fine trade. But the center Of IN
terest was ON the north wall and the
adjacent quays under the shadow Of
Suleiman's tower. Within those walls
were the two protagonlsts. Thence the
prince issued his orders. Thlther Mis-
itch had been secretly conveyed the
night before by party OF the princes
own guard, trustworthy Volseninns.
A crowd OF citizens and soldiers was
chattering and staring at the tower
when Sophys carriage drew mp at the
entrance OF the bridge which. crossing
the North river. gave access 10 the
fort. The mouth Of the bridge was
guarded by fifty of those same Volse-
mans. They had but TO retreat and
raise the bridge behind them, and Mis-
itch was safe In the trap. Only-and
the crowd was quick enough TO under
stand the sltuatlon-the prisoners trap
could be made snare for his jailer
too. Unless provisions could be OBJ
tanned from the country around II
would he impossible 20 hold the tower
for long against an enemy controlling
the butchers and bakers shops OF
Slavna. Yet Il could be help long
enough 10 settle the business of Cap
tain Hercules.
Snphy entered the time worn walls OF
Suelman's tower with thrill OF pleas
ure and followed Peter Nassips up the
narrow stair with delighted curl
oslty. The prince received her In the
large round room which constituted
the first floor OF the central tower. Its
furniture was simple, almost rude. It's
massive walls quite bare save for some
pieces OF ancient armor. Narrow Sits.
deep set in the masonry, served for
windows and gave view OF the city
and OF the country around on every
SHE. They showed the SETTLING throng
on the north wall and on the quays.
The distant sound OF n thousand voices
struck the ear.
Zerkovitch and bis wife were with
the prince, seated over a simple meal.
at which sophy joined them. Marie
had watched Sophy's entrance and the
princes greeting closely. She marked
Sophys excitement betrayed In the ia
miliar signal on her cheek. But the
journalist was too excited on his own
account 10 notice other people. lie was
talking feverishly. throwing his lean
body about and dashing his hands up
and down. He hardly paused TO wei
come the newcomer. lie had thou
sand plans by which the prince was to
overcome aud hold down Slavna. one
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&c Wus ,a,A- At last the prince pat
'"V''''''''D' ted Zerkovltch's shout
der indulgcntly.
"Well. It's good not to fear" he said
1--WE didn't fear the other night. Mile
de Gruche and /. and all ended wcli!'
"EndedT" Marie murmured half un
der her breath.
CONTINUED In Next Issue)
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Andy Carnegie has been giving
away libraries aud gold medals with
his name on them for years, and now
old John ID. Rockefeller hands a
waiter a five cent tip and gets as
much notoriety for it as Andy got for
hts Libraries and medals. Andy's a
canny lad; but for an intuitive APP
probation of value John ID. still has
the world heat
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and oil. they had the
same defect. They sup
posed the absence OF
the danger which they
were contrived 20 meet.
They assumed that the
soldiers would obey the
com mandant even
with the sound OF the
rifles which had shot
Mlstltch fresh In their
ears.
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New York. Dec. 12.-Total bank
c.earings compiled By Bradstreet's for
the principal cities In the United
States for the past week s3,11S.39O.-
600 against $2.273.071, 900 in the
corresponding week last year.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Total lzo,SVf
Average for November, 1908. .5052
Average for November, 1907. 1926
Increase .... ......... 1,l21
Personally appeared before me
this Dec. /, 1908, r. d. MacMillen.
business manager of The Sun, who
afiirms 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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Mr.. Perkins, of New York, must
pardon the president and all the rest
of us for overlooking the dignity Of
the lower house.
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The squire of 81 Mich times have. He
dci trGs Jfni ~ NC bad no fear OF
aud hustle; TIC center the verdict and
Of Interest tras on tie M hood for lie
"o' 90 ''''''' appropriately.
He know the danerr-Stenovics made
no secret about that-but said plainly
that he would sooner be beaten by
mutiny than yield 20 the threat OF one
The first meant Tor him defeat. per
haps death. but not dishonor nos ig
nominy. The more S,enovics prophe-
Sled or threatened a revolt Of the
troops. the more the commandant stiff-
ened his neck
Meanwhile Siavna waited In omi-
nous. sullen quiet. and the atmosphere
was so stormy that King Alexis had
no heart for fishing.
On Friday mornlng-the day before
that appointed for Mlstitch's trial-the
names OF the members Of the court
were published The list met with the
reception which was no doubt antici-
pated even by the prince himself. The
streets began to oil with loiterers. talk
ers and watchers: barrack rooms were
vociferous with grumbling and with
speculatlon; Stafnitz. with Rastatz al
ways at his heels. was busy with
many interviews: Stenovics sat I'm his
room modify staring before him. seek
ing road out OF his blind alley. and q
carriage drew up before the sign Of the
Silver Cock as the cathedral bells
chirned noon. II was empty Inside. but
by the driver cat Peter .Nassip. the
princes personal attendant. wearing
the sheepsl.in coat. leather brceches
and high boots that the men Of the
hills wore. His business was 70 sum
mon Sophy 10 Sulelman's tower.
The square Of ST. Michael was full
Of life and hustle. The Golden Lion
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hard on response In which adJec-
tiyes were used frequently
The day arrived, and firemen group
ed In the reeding room, and called the
captain. The spokesman stepped for
ward. opened his mouth, but words
came not. He looked at his captain,
looked at the floor then the ceiling,
and gripped the ak tighter AT last
he said: Here's your AK"
The captain who had risen gave
him one look OF grim CONSERVATION,
and said: HI. is that the AK"
One little problem sprung by a trav
cling salesman stopped all the wheels
of industry in a big wholesale house
several days ago. and II has proved
as puzzling as "How old is ANN
The problem was a simple one. but
after the bookkeeper had raked out
his algebra and pondered for many
minutes before he saw through II.
$1l1O for a bottle of medicine. He
paid 81 more for the medicine and
bottle than he did for the stopper,
and the question; Is, how much did
he pay for the cork? AT first thought
It appears that he paid 10 cents for
the cork, but after several minutes
reasoning 1t is apparent that il is
wrong.
After an absence of "a years, NJ.
G.. Rexsinger, % Cincinnati. visited
Paducah last night to find that the
small town OF the Civil war times had
outgrown his expectations, for he said
he found a good city. Mr.. Rexsinger
recalled many acquaintances with the
older citizens and last night II was
his pleasure to meet several OIL
friends he had known during the war.
Mr.. Rexsinger was a clerk in Paducah
for three years. but in 1864 eft Pa
ducah ana went south. Years ago he
established a business in Cincinnati,
and is prominent. In speaking OF
the rapid growth of the city. Mr.. Rex
singer said: when left Paducah
in 1864 II was a small village with
Smithlani ranking as a town of much
promise. and little in prospect for
Paducah. II was surprise to me 10
return and find Paducah a growing
city. while smithland is still a small
town. This is my first visit to Padu-
cab for A years, with the exception
of short stop over about two months
ago. and it was then | decided that |
wouli come here some time and see
the improvement
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-12

OF course, when Sharp. the adam
God" of the Holy Rollers, was shot
his followers could see through him.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Eve.y dose makes you ieelbsttsr. Ls1-Po
Seeps Jour whole tnsides right sold on Ne
aoney-bsek plsn everywhere Pree
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Daily Thought,

Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er
books back.--Ben Johnson.
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was peepin z
out. For the
honor OF the
royal house and
for the sake OF
discipline Mis-
itch must die.
He had packed
his court mar
tial with the
few trustworthy
friends he had
among the Of
ncers. using the
stification
W hich jury
packers always
use and some
lines have. He
had no fear OF
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Chapter
Fifteen

.TENOvICS was indeed in a guam
. dairy. Mistitch had precipitated
. an unwelcome and premature
crisis. The minister's deliberate,
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