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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
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BY ANTHONY HOPE.
Author f"The Prisoner OF zsnda"
Copyright 1906. Anthony Hope
Hawkins.
CONTINUED from Last Issue)

The orderly entered again, anpounc-
Ing Stenovics. let him come in here"
said the prince. His manner grew
lighter, and the smile which had COM
forted Sophy remained on his face.
Stenovics came in. His air was nerv-
Gus, and he looked at the princes three
companions with a visible access Of
embarrassment. At a nod from the
prince the orderly placed a chair for
the general and withdrew.
"The same matter we discussed last
night. general?"
"There can be but one matter in the
thoughts Of all Of us now. sir. Pardon
me; | understood your royal highness
would receive me alone"
The prince gave a low laugh. when
Dne bargains. shouldn't one have wit
nessesT'
In an instant Stenovics laid hold Of
the significant word 1t made him for
get his request for privacy. An eager
light came into his eyes.
bargains? You're ready now to-
ia mutt porte consell." He drew n
paper from the envelope. unfolded II
md handed It across the table. you
remember that. memorandum | sent
10 you three months ago in my capacity
rs commandantT"
Stenovics looked at the paper. II re-
member. sir"
Its Endorsed In your hand?'
"Yes."
'1'he Endorsement runs, Impossible
Rather curt. generalv'
"The note was for my private use.
but your royal highness particularly
pressed for the return Of the docu-
ment"
Il did, and. after all, why use more
words than necessary? One will still
be enough. but not that one"
I'm not following you. sir" said Ste
movies.
The prince leaned across the table TO
him. "In our conversation last night
you asked me TO do a very remarkable
thing and TO get this lady here''-he
indicated Sophy-'to do ii too. You
remember? We were TO think that at
night. In the Street Of the Fountain. in
the light OF the illuminations. Serglus
Stefanovitch and Nlkolas Stafnitz look
ed and sounded just the same. didn't
see my way to that. and didn't think
this lady would see hers. 1t seemed so
difficult"
Stenovics was in a strain OF close at
tention The paper from the envelope
cracked under the trembling Of his
hand.
'Now. II we had such a memory as
Lieutenant Rastatz Is happy enough
to posscssiy the prince pursued. "Or II
Colonel Stafrftz had taken us into his
confidence about his quarrel with Cap
tain Mistitchl All that was not so last
night Consequently Captain Mistitch
must be tried and shot instead Of suf-
fering some not very severe disciplin-
airy punishment for brawling in the
street and having a quarrel with his
superior officer"
Stenovics marked every word and
understood the implied offer. The offer
was good enough. Stafnitz himself
would not and could not ask that no
notice whatever should be taken. The
trihing nature of the punishment |
would in itself be a great victory. But |
the pricel He was to hear that In a
moment.
''Sergius Stefanovitch-Niko stat |
nitz! Which was IT. general? It's only |
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
The Internal Revenue.

Washington. Dee. i5.-Aoc0riing
to the report OF Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue John G. Capers. sub
mittted for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1908. Kentucky ranks third
In the list OF states 10 the payment a
internal revenue taxes. Illinois Is
FIRST. with SiG.122.N4t. New YorA
Is second. with S30.359.597, and
Kentucky's taxes were S2G,S7i,5S5.
In 1907 the total production OF dis
titled spirits was l7i.712,2iS gal
Ions: In 1908, 133.Ss9.5C3 gallons.
In 1907 in round numbers. 1876. 1907
600 gallons OF tax-paid spirits were
withdrawn; In 1905. l2l.400.00O.
There had been a decrease IN the
amount OF tobacco and snuff manu-
featured and an increase in the pro-
ductlon OF beer.
Decrease la Production.
The decrease in the production OF
distilled spirits noted in the report Is
EsoEibed TO the lack OF demand for
"high-proofed spirits" for rectifca-
ton purposes. the prohibition move
ment. the high price OF grain during
the year and the agreement entered
into By many distillers 10 curtai, the
production. This decrease for the
fiscal year ending June 80 last, as
compared with the figures for the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
Kentucky Kernels

Mrs. H. e. Voolfolk dies at Dan
vile.
James McBrayer dies at Lawrence
burg.
Chinese Highlander murder at
Owensboro.
Fifteen-year-old burglar captureh
at Frankfort.
Rabbits are dying of cholera in
Barren county.
Kentucky editors will meet at Lou
isville December 20.
Maggie Prince, of Symsonia,
Graves county. insane.
Twenty negroes caught shooting
craps at Mayfield Sunday.
Board of control bought Jersey
COWS for Kentucky asy,ums.
Bonnie Louise. infant of Walter
Dunning. died at Mayfield Sunday.
Hon. Bill Thorne says his railroad
is not as long as the l.. G N, but It is
just as wide.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
CURRENT EVENTS.
A Sea Going Owl.

When the whaier winthrop was
800 miles OF port on its return voy-
age a land owl was found in the rig
g.Dg by the steerage boy, who hear
ing strange noise, climbed aloft TO
ascertain what Il was. There, roost-
ing on the upper topsail yard. was a
little brown owl, which blinked won
derlngly with its eyes and fought des-
perately when efforts were made TO
catch It.
Where the bird came from Is a
mystery often discussed with much
reference in the forecastle by the
husky whalers, but as they were
homeward bound its appearance was
not taken a sa bad omen. and the bird
found a comfortable nest in a box,
with two pigs and a Japanese dog
for company.-San Francisco Chroni-
Gle.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

year 1907. was ii.5St,173 gallons.
The Withdrawals on the payment OF
tax from bonded warehouses during
the period from 1897 to 1907 In
creased approximately 100 per cent.
but there was a decrease In the tax
paid Withdrawals. for the fiscal ytar
ended June 30. 1907. OF DA327.-
4T2.3 tax gailons) between 40 ana
II per cent.
Tobacco Production.
The states OF Missouri. North Caro-
Ina. Kentucky. Ohio and Virginia, IN
the order named were the largelt
producers OF both chewing and Emok-
ing tobacco. the quantity produced
In Kentucky being i5.si9.S30
pounds.
The quantity Of distilled spirits
Q2C,9s9.740.l gallons) produced
from materials other than fru't and
deposited In distil'ory warehouses or
removed 20 denaturing Warehouses
direct from cistefn rooms OF jisil,l-
cries during the fiscal year ended
Junc 30. 1905. Is less than the guam
tity 80 produced GGS.573,9i3.2 ga
lonsl during the fiscal year ende I
June 80. 1907. by it,5st.i73l gal-
Ions.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

lie looked tttii at Ste Never mind
nouicS, and the gen. that" he said
crors oLes tcu. bn rather sharply
That's not first lin gmy mind or
should have left the matter where it
rested last night | was thinking of
the difference TO Captain Mistitch and
perhaps to you. general"
He looked full ut Stenovics. and the
generals eyes fell, The prince pointed
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

President Roosevelt's suggestion
that innocent negro soldiers be rein
stated as soon as they testify to what
they know about the Brownsville
raid is calculated by its fairness to
take all the Ffe out of Senator For
aker's plea 10 reinstate soldiers,
shielding comrades who shot into the
homes of citizens of Brownsville. This
country would be well protected by
soldiers like that, wouldn't 1t?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

The argument will be advanced to-
might perhaps that since the city is
in such great straits the license for
bucket shops should be reduced, so
that they will come in and add $500
TO the city's revenue. A bucket shop
would take out of the city thousands
OF dollars owed to the merchants and
they could better AFFORD TO pay that
money into the city themselves.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

How much the colored race de-
serves encouragement viii be shown
by the way the race responds to the
call for the new colored institute in
this state. The school will be practi-
cal In its nature. II is not expected
that individual colored people will
give much; but every one should CON-
tribute his mite and not be ashamed
of II. The aggregate of mites Is
spelled might.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

New York. Dec. 15.-Mrs. Taft
was elected honorary national chair
man Of the Woman's Department. Ma
tsonal Civic Federation. Il is expected
as the first lady IN the land she win
enlarge the organization.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

ireland has 1913 900 men over 20
years old ready to take advantage of
Great Britain's old age pension, and
IL we understand the Irish temporal
ment. all the rest of the inhabitants
will go on living just as long as they
can to get even with England.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

changing tw
words. yet what
a difference II
makes"
ct he differ
ence Of peace
tonight orr
Stenovics wav-
ed his hand to
ward the city.
But the prince
in terrupted
him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

John d. Rockefeller hurried to his
dentist at Cleveland with the tooth
ache Saturday. We thought the gov
eminent had extracted Johns teeth
at the trust investigation.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

e. L. Hartman by. a ruling of the
United States supreme court, escapes
answering questions put to him con-
corning Union and Southern Pacific
stock transactions; but why did he
wish to escape?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
November, 1908.

Average for November, 1908. .5O52
Average for November, 1907. 1925
Increase ...... .....f.... 1,l21
Personally appeared before me
this Dec. l, 1908, r. d. MacMihen,
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 30
the best OF his knowledge and belief.
My commission expires January
10. 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public McCracken Co.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15
Daily Thought.

1.-THE ability TO learn marks the
limit of actual living"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-15

There's little % the water Of hic
IN works ON religious hydrosiatlcs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Street Car Striking and Riotine.

Lawlessness is an almost inevitable ac-
compartment of street railway strikes in
this country. Rarely is dispute be-
tween a traction company and it's men
ended without bloodshed,- or at least ex-
treme disorder and the assemblage os the
police IN large force. The Chester situa-
ton follows the usual lines of develop
ment, a strike for changed conditions, re-
sistance to the demand on the part of the
management, an effort to maintain serv-
ice by means of strikebreakers and riot
ing. In another particular the Chester
case follows the line of normality In
he first reaction of public sentiment
against the strike when disorder occurs
The excuse is offered that the rioting is
all done by "sympathizers" and not by
he strikers themselves.
/. is this insistent sequence of events
that gives force to the public demand for
the institution of system Of arbitration
which will absolutely prevent the suspen-
sion of work on the part of organized
street railway operatives. In no other
line of employment is this necessity so
urgent. The street railway is by it's or
sanic nature a public utility, service
required by the people, and 1t should be
maintained regardless OF disputes between
employers and workers. The union can
not disclaim responsibility for the stop
page of cars and the stoning of crews
and passengers.
So regularly do "sympathizers' under
take to prevent TIL, free passage of street
cars when a strike has been declared that
1t u now incumbent upon those RESPONSE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17

BILE for the actions OF the street railway
workers to take this contingency into ac-
count when they order a strike. They
are not merely assuming the responsible
fly for withdra wing the regular, trained
force from the cars, and thereby lowering
the standard of service and endangering
the public safety. but they are actually
inviting disaster by appealing to the mob
force of the community. So uniformly
has the "sympathizer' element dominated
the situation in a street car strike that
the very threat to call off the workers in
wolves the virtual certainty that the COM
munity will be beset by riotous, possibly
murderous demonstrations.
1t is not to be denied that the mobs in
Chester include very large number of
people who are not directly concerned in
the outcome of the controversy between
the workers and the corporation. Idle
men are apt to take sides in such row.
and always against the capitalistic in
terest. The news reports state that the
gun shops of Chester have been virtually
emptied of all sorts of weapons, so heavy
has been the demand for arms. Tardlly
the seriousness of the case has been
realized by the authorities and force of
state constables has been sent to the
scene Had this been done with deter
mination al the first sign of violence.
with enough men in arms on guard to
insure order, the scenes of terror would
have been ayerted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17

sition now pending save that the area of
permission, lying beyond the mile line Is
eliminated and that all forms of gambling
shall henceforth be under the ban OF the
law in all parts of the District rms
enactment has been rendered necessary
by the menace to the public welfare semi
annually maintained at the local morse
race track, where a gambling game was
operated for three weeks at time OH
large scale under the protection OF the
law, as construed by the lower courts.
The District suffered not merely III pocket
and morals, but in its law sense, IN
asmuch as this fragrant indulgence OF lc-
galized betting on a vast scale stood out
in glaring contrast against the scrupuiouS
prohibition of all other forms of PERM
cious wagering anywhere in the capltai
area. Fortunately, the laws are now 10
be made uniform throughout the Distrlcl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Local PLAYGROUND Needs.

Up to date this session of Congress has
developed on the part of the District s
Legislature a lamentable attitude regard
ing the project of utilizing the unoccu-
pied spaces for the healthful and moral
entertainment of the children of the cap
ital Although the public playground
principle has been formally established
here and expensive sites have been
bought for this purpose, Congress is I'M
accountably reluctant to appropriate the
money necessary for the equipment and
maintenance of these spaces.
1t is to be borne in mind that there
are two phases of the playground enter
prise-that which provides large spaces
for general use and that which under
takes to develop the full possibilities of
the school yards for recreation purposes.
The District appropriation bill. as passed
by the House, carries an item of only
81 500 for the maintenance Of all the pub
lie grOunds-a sum so absurdly made
auate in point of the urgent needs of
the established spaces that its mention is
certain to cause a dersive smiles on the
faces of the citizens of the northern cities
who have long ago recognized the urgency
of this means of conserving the physical
House Furthermore refused to appropriate
penny for the equipment and mainte-
nance of the school yards as Fairgrounds.
for which purpose 81 500 had been esti-
mated as the lowest possible figure COM
mensurate with the work to be done.
The bill is now in the hands of the
Senate subcommittee on District appro-
priations. The latest understanding is
that the subcommittee is willing to in
crease slightly the item for public play
grounds and to grant $500 for school
yard maintenance, with nothing for equip
ment. Even this liberality is insufficient
to meet the needs. The grudging grants
of small sums simply serve to maintain
the unjust principle that the Fairgrounds
must be equipped and supported in chief
by private endeavors. The House has
proclaimed this view loudly. 1t has been
answered with undeniable force by those
citizens who have studied the question
and who realize how vitality important it
is that the children be trained physic-
ally, and that their moral natures be
developed through the medium of their
pastimes.
The neglect of the school yards, which
might with abundant profit be larger
than they are, constitutes one Of the
gravest violations of the economic laws
ever witnessed in this District These
spaces have been for years maintained
as mere romping grounds. 1t is we'll
known that the school children require
direction in their play. This is Smart
age. and the youngsters are precocious,
and if they are not guided into whole
some channels of physical as we'll as
mental expression they will suffer- The
hope of those who now urge larger ap-
propriations for the Fairgrounds, of both
classes, is that this important truth shalt
guide the lawmakers in their allotment
of the public funds. and that the unjust
principle of depending upon private con-
tributions shall be definitely abandoned
by Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Betting in the District.

There has been much misunderstanding
of the Sims amendment to the Benning
road bill, which is generally known as the
anti-gambling measure, just passed by
both houses and awaiting final enactment
through the acceptance by the House of
certain minor amendments. 1t seems to
have been regarded in some quarters,
especially out of town, as an initial move
for the suppression of betting at the
capital, as though there were no law
already in existence on this subject. Says
the Baltimore Sun regarding this bill:
I'm so far as men can be made wise
and good by legislation, the proposed law
to prevent gambling and betting in the
District of Columbia is to be commended.
After all. however, the most potent pre-
ventive is common sense. For those who
are without this invaluable faculty legis-
lation may afford some protection. And
when laws are placed on the statute books
they should be enforced. Ii is to be hoped
that the regeneration of Washington will
be effected with rapidity, facility and
thoroughness.
1t may be well. for the information OF
those who have not already learned the
truth, to state once more that the bill
which Is about to become a law merely
extends to the District boundaries the
already written prohibition against bet
ting on horse races. elections and base
ball games. effective under the code at
present as far as a mile beyond the city
limits. The laws at this time prohibit,
throughout the District. the maintenance
of any gaming table for the purpose Of
gaming or any gambling device common
ly called ABC, faro bank. EO, rou-
lette equality, keno, thimbles or little
Joker, or any kind of gaming table or
gambling device adapted, devised and
designed for the purpose of playing any
game of chance for money or property"
The present law furthermore declares
that the prohibitory section shall be con-
strued literally, 80 as TO prevent the
mischief intended To be guarded against. :"
Thus there is nothing new in the propo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Alabama's Pistol Law.
he BIRMINGHAM News. e.

From the BirmiDgham News.
1t has been reported that some subter-
fuge or other will be undertaken 10 get
around the new anti-pistol law in this
state. 1t is idle to talk about leasing re-
volvers for a term of years as q trick
to evade the law. The law is plain. and
it will be enforced. If it be contested I'm
the higher courts there is every reason to
believe 1t will be held valid. The man or
men who undertake to get around the law
will doubtless find it dangerous bust
ness. The abolition of the deadly con-
ceaIed weapon is a part of the program
to clean up the moral atmosphere and
suppress crime. The cowardly pistol
toting habit must go, along with other
menaces to the public peace, the public
safety and the public welfare.