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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
A Doubtful Accomplishment.

3 A man who suffered badly went to
q specialist and after ten difficult les
sons learned to say quite distinctly,
"Peter Piper picked peck of picked
peppers" His friends congratulated
him upon this splendid achievement.
Yes said the man doubtfully. ''but
it's s-s-sucn a d-d-deucedly d-d-d-diffi-
cult rem-mark to w-w-work into an
ordin-n-nary c-c-convers-s-sa-tion, y
know"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Each Bud Blossoms But Once.

Each bud blossoms but once, and
each flower has but its minute of per-
feet beauty. So in the garden of the
soul each feeling has. as it were, its
Towering moment, its one and only
second of expansive grace and royal
radiance. Each star passes but once
in the night through the meridian oyer
our heads and glitters there but for
an instant. So in the heaven of the
mind each thought touches its zenith
but once. and in that moment all its
brillianey and all its sovereign great
ness euiminate.-Henr Frederic Amiei.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
OPPORTUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY.
Master Of human destinies am I!
Fame. love and fortune on my footsteps
wait. .+
Cities and fields; Iwalk. / penetrate
Deserts and fields remote, and, passing by
Howell and mart and palace soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate.
II sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before
turn away. 1t is the hour of fate.
And they who follow me reach every
state g ~ &Ha
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt or hes
itate,
Condemned to failure. penury and woe,
Seek me in vain, uselessly implore-
i answer not and return no more.
s8F John ]. Ingalls,:
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
The
Scrap Book
Sure of One.

Sure of One.
There is a certain congressman from
New England, self made man, who
is noted in Washington for two things,
his quick wit and pride in his Celtic
origin.
He was walking down Pennsylvania
avenue one fine evening with fellow
member from Kansas when the west
erner, looking at the sky, remarked,
''How bright Orion is tonightv'
"A-r-rh" replied the New England
er. $50 that is Organ, is it,. Well,
thank the Lord there's one Irishman
in heaven ans howr' Lippincottls.A
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Got the Signal.

Railway men-conductors, engineers
and brakemen-are so accustomed to
communicate with each other by
means of gestures that the habit OF
looking for such dumb signals be-
comes a kind of second nature. In
this connection a western railway off,
cial tells of an amusing incident in
that part of his state where it is so
common for cattle to be run over that
the manager of one 'jerkwater' line
required his engineers to report all
such accidents, with full particulars
as to place. time and circumstance.
One day complaint was received at
headquarters that valuable COW had
'beenSkilled on a certain day and by a
certain engine. The case was referred
to the proper department, but refe--
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Doina His Best.


A fat man entered restaurant that
served dinner at the fixed price of 75
cents. He knotted a napkin about his
neck and fell to heayily-so heavily, in
fact. that the waiter, after whispered
conversation with the proprietor, ap-
preached him and said =
!, BEG: pardon, sir. but III have to
charge3you a quarter extra, you eat SO
much"
The fat man, red and short of breath
from his excessive gorging, said ear
inestly:
For goodness sake, don't do that!
I'm nearly dead now from eating rs
cents worth. If you make me eat an
other quarter I'll bust"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29

ence to the files showed that the eb~'
gineer had failed to report such an
accident. Accordingly he was sent for
and asked why he lad omitted to re-
port the matter
Il didn't know burt the cow" he
said
"Then you remember hitting her?v
eyes, and l slowed up as she rolled
over on her back. But she waved her
feet for me to go ahead, and so con-
cluded she was all right -Harper's
Weekly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
-Eippincott's.
Would Have the Author.

. During a performance Of SophocIes'
tragedy of "Antigone" at the Theater
Royal, Dublin. the gallery gods, avery
important portion Of the audience in
that city, were greatly pleased and, ac-
cording to their CUSTOM called for the
author. a III
Bring out Sopherclazem some one
shouted.
After awhile the manager appeared,
and there was general shout until he
explained that Sophocles had been dead
1900 years and more and could not
we'll come.
Then chuck us ont his mummy y
came back in answer from the gallery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Resurrections.

Resurrections.
The world is full of restrictions.
Every night that folds us up in dark
ness is death, and those of you that
have been out early and have seen the
first of the dawn will know it. The
day rises out of the night like being
that has burst its tomb and escaped
into life.-George Macdonald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
PUBLIC SALE
Bourbon County Farm.
BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT.
John W. Liver and Others on Petition
ORDER OF SALE.

ID Pursuant to judgment and order of
sale in the above styled cause at the
November Term, 1913, of the Bourbon
Circuit Court, the undersigned as spec
lal Commissioner of the Bourbon Cir
cult Court will expose to public sale to
the highest and best bidder at the
Court House door in Paris, Kentucky,
at about the hour of noon on
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Louisville { Nashville R. R.

Important change of time in L. & N.
schedule and new train service to take
effect December Il, 1908.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-12-29
Attention, Ladies!
Telephone BY if YoufNeed a
Masseur. s ~.

Will call at any address in city
Paris. Satisfaction guaranteed
Prompt service will be given out of
town partons at the parlors at Mrs.
Corne Watson Baird's if it does not
suit to have calls made at their
homes. i@att
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
,,pslbysnY apslyaltu,t sn,ua @rtnhrr "a 1908

campaign than any other man or body
of men in or out of it, except the base
| ball contestants for the various cham
pionships Thus is Hearst justified
unto himself for holding back those
letters for three long years; thus the
calculations of the various Journals"
| Americans" and Examiners" wax
great, and in scores of cities there are
negotiations in progress for the estab
| lishment, sooner or later. of new
Hearst newspapers.
| Early in 1905 Mr.. Archbod discov-
| cred the theft, and Willie and Stump
were discharged. They had cleaned
up little over $4,000 by the series
of transactions in Park Row.
The Pawns and the Players.
| Stump isn't dead, but he looks i'll
and tired of life. He works as a desk
| clerk on the third floor of Yale q
Towne, No. Murray street. and he
lives at 1886 De Kalb avenue. Brook
Ign.
what I want to know" said Stump
to me on Monday, Oct. IL. what is
there in it for me if / see Willie? It's
bit of a trip to Tarrytown And this
game of Archbold's getting us to swear
one of the letters was faxed by Hearst
so as to make it look as If the whole
correspondence was a yellow journal
fake-I want to know the price for
that. ] want guarantees before / lose
a job for that scheme. Anyway / want
to see s25 before I talk it over with
Willie"
There is something pathetic in COM
ing to know these two in their sickly
deceit. insincerity and utter willing
ness to be purchased. They lay open
their whole dirty and pitiable life to
you as you sit with them: and, weary.
of the game, they will still be asking
"How much is there in it for me-"
The episode will drive Willie out of
Tarrytown and will throw Stump out
OF his job. 1t will give them some more
unhappiness in place of easy money,
while it will scarcely annoy Mr.. Arch
bold and Mr. Hearst. And yet these OBJ
scure men are not the most guilty par
ties Of the now famous Archbold-F For
er-Hearst episode. They are the sad
little pawns of the well-hidden players.
1t is a pity If. in dramatizng them.
we have obscured the main offenders
in our 1908 show. The act of uncover
ing them at least reveals what is done
to human nature by the secret agencies
of men who have grown ruthless in
success.
Mr. Hearst has been enlivening the
present presidential campaign by read
ing a series of letters from the private
files of John u. Arehbold. The stories
which Mr. Hearst has already unfolded
show the relations OF prominent AM
erican statesmen to the powers of high
finance In the revelations which we
now make. the most important piece of
news. If it be true. is the statement of
one Of Hearst's tools, made to us, that
Penrose and Aldrich are going to be
hit even harder than Foraker was. We
understand that Mr.. Hearsts intention
has heretofore been to put out the
Penrose and Aldrich material about
Nov. 1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

about, if elected president. If the
country over looks at this matter as do
the citizens of Iowa. this is a fair
statement of general conditions A
majority of the voters, and a big ma
iority of the smaller banks are in
favor of guaranteed bank deposits, but
only very small per cent favor the cleo
ton of Bryan as a means to an end
John Cownie. of Des Moines, John
Cownie, of the board of control, John
Cownie the man that furnishes the
Des Moines newspapers with copy
when they need "illing.' lin his lat
est corn bulletin on soft corn in Iowa.
did make us farmers laugh" SO we
need $50 days in Iowa to raise sound
corn We cannot plant it before May
/ and so we must have no frost be-
fore Oct. l If we get sound corn. Some
of us farmers planted corn this year
along in the eos in May, and have got
sound corn this year. altho we had
a September frost. Some of us plant
100 day corn every year and get sound
corn almost every year. Next to the
theoretical farmers at Ames agricul-
tural college comes John Cownie of
Des Moines, in the way of not know
ing what they know about farming,
this from the point of view of the old
fashioned farmer of Iowa. that leaves
out the theories and sticks to the old
way of doing things.
We all remember that during Bry-
ans l6 to campaign the loudest talk
ers were the democrats that claimed
everything in and out of sight. So 1t is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
SAMPE BALLOT

OAMPE BALLOl
affirmative question sub.
the after the word
similar mark the following
the {"
Shall the following amendment to the Constitution
be adopted?
article % Of the
sanitary
by special
assembly
shall be
bitches and
andp prescribe the o condemnation
Shall the following public measure be adopted?
nation county farm for
enseo of he
hereby constitutional amendment
Tuesday g. 1908
banda of October, A. d. 1908
ERAsTus CORNELL, Auditor of Marshall County
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

this year. The republicans are doing
the ordinary voter. Only one travelling
man. has the writer heard this year
talking politics He was "a Bryanite.
There were 100000 idle men in the
east, school children in Chicago were
starving by the thousand, the rich were
getting richer, the poor getting poorer,
the country was going to the demni-
ton bow vows and in the face of all
this he was trying to sell the mer-
chants OF Iowa, "a blend of Mocha and
Java at IS cents" when by right we
should all commence getting used to
his NNXX brand at So
Speaking of travelling men, how this
thing sticks out The travelling man
from the west knows everything. He is
posted on everything on earth under
the sea, and can lecture on astronomy.
The knight of the grip from the effete
east knows only one thing but bless
your soul he knows that from to
lizard. He's a one idea man. but so
thorough no other man can floor him.
Frequently he is department man
from some big concern in the east and
1t is fact some Of the retail dealers
in Iowa know more about the house.
what it is doing, sales. etc. than TINS
department man does of the house he
travels for 1t has been said many
times, it takes all kinds of men TO
make a world this should be amended
1t takes all kinds of travelling men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
Looker-On In Iona

Sheffield. Oct. 24.-General Apathy
has still full control of the political
forces of Iowa. This, even where the
spell-binder has held forth, and where
the brass band played and the small
boy followed it to opera house, an;'
then went home condemning the whole
business as poor show. Generally
after a speech in the opera house, the
next day there was more or less dis
cussion. Not SO this year. In the no.
tells, depots. on the cars, and on the
streets, one hears no talk on politics
and sees no gathering of men settling
the affairs of the nation. There was
an interest in the base ball games.
One heard the words Cubs" and
Tigers" everywhere. But Bryan and
Taft were small potatoes when the
names Of certain pitchers and catchers
and shotstops were mentioned. In
Searsboro one democrat asked the
writer "Who was running against Bry-
an this year?" Not so bad everywhere,
but in "Pickett's congressional district
there are scores of men that do not
even know the name of the man rum
ming on the democratic ticket. And
in many places in Iowa. intelligent
republicans have forgotten the name
of Bryans running mate.
This campaign presents. another pc.
culiar feature. Mr.. Bryan's long suit
is his guarantee bank deposits theory.
Mr.. Taft opposes it. Yet the republic
can voter by Il big majority favors
guaranteed bank deposits. but will not
vote for Bryan, BECAUSE, he reasons,
it will become law by force of public
opinion and Bryan personally will
have little or no power to bring 1t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

prevailing in this
is because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis.
ease, pneumonia
heart failure o.
apoplexy are Otter
the result of kid.
11ey disease. II
kidney trouble is
allowed to advance
tllekidney-poison.
ed blood will at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
BRYAN AND THE MoRmons.

A special dispatch to the Omaha Bee
connects the democratic leaders with
what is apparently an attempt to Sc
cure the Mormon vote. According to
the story. Mr. Bryan's brother-in- law
has been in Idaho, under an assumed
name and on secret mission. The
anti Mormonites have been called into
council and labored with in order to
force them to a surrender of their OPP
position to the Mormons. Senator Du-
bois at last. it is stated by the dispatch.
turned on the envoy and told him
plainly that he would not palter with
Mormonsm, if it lost him his political
office and influence to maintain his
principles in favor of decency, and that
he would oppose the lecherous law
defying Mormon oligarchy so long as
he had power and voice. However,
two days after Mr.. .Allen-Bryan' $
name Of Smith, Dubois paper, the
Scimitar established primarily to fight
Mormonism. suspended.
None will be ready to accuse Mr..
Bryan OF a personal knowledge of an
alliance with the Mormons for the sake
of what votes he can get by a surren-
der of principles. without much more
conclusive evidence than that furnished
by the dispatch: but it is evident that
the people of Boise and Idaho are
aroused over his brother-in- laws visit
and it's apparent object 1t is mighty
suspicious situation to the people most
interested, a people who are dominated
by a majority of Mormon votes in
a section controlled as Senator Dubois
says in his last issue of the Scimitar.
by the Mormon organization. While
to those who have heard Mr.. Bryan at
chautauquas, and in his lectures. it
would seem impossible that he has
added to his silver ratio a matrimonial
ratio of sixteen wives to one husband.
the circumstances as stated in the
dispatch carry the suspicion that some
of his advisers and managers are not
averse to corralling the Mormon vote.
Mormonism has nothing,to hope and
everything to fear from the republican
party and its candidate. Is it possible
hn tb, rriad
the democratic party leaders to the
point of disgraceful alliance with
"lecherous oligarchy," abhorrent to
every American principle of home life
and government? Mr.. Bryan should
explain. The American people will
stand longer for the Haskells and the
Standard Oil monopoly than for Nor
and polygamy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

tack the vital organs, causing catarrl O.
the bladder. or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
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a cure IS obtained quickest by proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR. kilmer's Swanlp-Root, the
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1t corrects inability to hold urine and
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1t stands the highest for its wonderful
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Swanp-Root is pleasant to take and Is
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covery and book that tells all about it,
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writing mention reading this generous
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mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghanlton. N. Y. on every
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
ARE THE coneREssmEr cowARDs2

l.
over the prospects of Uncle Joe Can
non and inquiries savagely:
| Why do not some of these repub-
| lican congressman who are stumping
for reelection make bold to say a
word in defense of Speaker Cannon?
They know the quality Of man he is.
They have voted Endorsement of his
| administration of the speakers office,
and they know the democrats Joined
with them in such Endorsement :. :.
Mr. Cannon was courageous enough to
do what he thought to be right, and
1T is because of this courage that he
has become target. Why do not
some of these republican congressman
speak up? :. +. Mr.. Cannon's repub-
lican associates in the house of repre-
sentatives owe 1t to their own integ-
rity to take their share of responsible
ity. They may differ with Mr.. Cannon,
as many of them do, but they should
be witnesses for him against assail-
ants made bold by their cowardice.
One Of the principal reasons why
congressman fail to speak up for Jo-
gressmen are about as tired of his
dictatorship and autocratic manner of
assuming that representative from
an Illinois district is the American
house of representatives, as are the
people in general. Perhaps these con-
gressmen foresee in his downfall some
possibility of being able to represent
their own districts in congress with
out trucking to Mr.. Cannon and his
coteHe Of interests. Mr.. Cannon has
been courageous, more than courag-
eous. He has taken the attitude Of
holding all congressman except a few
in contempt and Of looking at the
country in the light of a spoiled child
whose entreaties and demands ne
should refuse as he saw fit. 1t Is not
unlikely that the congressman are as
sicl, of Joe Cannon as the rest of the
country is sick of him.
1t is scarcely consistent in the Jour-
nal to change Congressman Smith and
Dawson, among others, with political
cowardice and inferentially with I'LL
terror motive These two have been
the approved of the Journal, very much
approved, since they might be counted
as against Cummins." Judge Smith
was good enough for senator in the
Journals opinion. Why isn't he good
enough to succeed Joe Cannon as
speaker of the house? Congressman
Dawson was the protege Of Allison and
trained VIZ the school of that great
statesman. Isn't it likely that some
thing is wrong with Cannon when
these and other congressman take the
first good opportunity to fall away
from him?
The fact is that both Smith and
Dawson are strong men in and out
of congress They have good reputa-
.tions as thoughtful men and some rep
utation in craftsmanship Without
doubt they are convinced that the
country would be the better for 2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

cape from the boys and of the boys to
evade supervision. The remedy for it
is an open house to the boy and his
friends, and some care and consider
alton given his friends and their Sc
lection. But the shack should go. 1t
is dangerous. as dangerous as dyna-
mite in the back yard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

Joe Cannon seems to be serving as
a substitute for the railroads.-Sioux
City Journal,
1t has seemed noticeable Perhaps
most of his district difficulty may be
attributed to Substitute play"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
.sHacksr AND q lGGLEs..

Waterloo authorities have taken up
the question whether the boys shack
is good or lad in it's influences. and
decided adversely to the shack. Conse-
quently the shack, "wiggle," or what
ever name it may go by, in various
communities must go from Waterloo,
and the boys find another place to con-
gregate. From the Waterloo investiga-
for q great deal of deyiltry. Time
grows heavy and Satan and the natur-
al impulses Of boys to be doing some
thing find mischief for idle hands and
unrestrained minds to do. It begins
In mere boyish deviltry and develops
into something worse. The police in
I Waterloo have concluded to break up
the nests.
This is one Of the instances where
the good and innocent must suffer re-
sstraint by reason of the bold and
vicious. No doubt there are many
1.sWiggles1 in Waterloo as in other cities
where nice little boys meet to con
their next days lessons and talk over
the pleasures of Sabbath school and
the Epworth league meeting of the
coming week Perhaps most of the
"wiggles'' are supplied with the GUAR
terly" and the checkerboard hangs
y,
ELDERS drop in all is as it should be-
We have all been boys, haven't we?
Possibly a close search might bring
yut much that would be astonishing to
Tome good parents who find the shack
{ great relief from muddy feet and
koyish voices raised in alteration and
lelfglt. Some of us older fellows
would know pretty well where to look
( Tor the deck" and might scent IA
niliar smell as of. burning rice paper
Ind Somebody's Mixture. Some there
le whose lack Of youthful regeneration
night enable them to recognize the
aughter that greets a "smutty'' story
rom the lnirth that rings from the
lips of complete innocence
One serious fault of the shack is in
The one fact, old as the incident fol-
lowing Creation, when evil communi-
rations corrupted the good manners of
pur most remote maternal progenitor.
One low lad in shack can and will
10 more harm to dozen decent boys
Than the dozen decent ones can over
tome in a hundred years. Your boy
s fragile vessel. 1t sits in pre-
various place. All the kings horses
md all the kings men find it hard to
ret Humpty Dumpty UP again after
i term of vile association and sugges-
lion.
The Waterloo plan is sane and sens
,s3le. Boys ought to have a good time.
Most OF us think that card games do
lot differ in morality simply because
HE pictures and spots fail TO repre-
rent great authors and their birth
places Most of us have concluded
Mat it is better for a boy to learn
eribbage and whist and seven-up at
home than to be initiated into the rela-
live value Of two pairs" when held
against .threes' in hay NOW. The
shack is an effort of the parents to es-