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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05

Among my esteemed neighbors there
Is a family known for the piety of its
members and their implicit confidence
In the efficacy of prayer. One of the
daughters, Miss Kate B.. has almost
reached the age when she could be re-
ferred to ungallantly as an old maid
She is the target for many a good ma
tured Quip pertaining to her alleged
hopes and endeayors in the direction
Of matrinony.
Not long ago a certain society Of
young men which had interested itself
in campaign for higher saloon license
sent committee to visit the homes of
the district and obtain signatures to a
high license petition When this COM
mittee. numbering half a dozen mem
bers, assembled the front steps at the
h home my friends wife was the first
to see it through the front window.
Laws. Johnp' she exclaimed to her
husband. See all those young men
coming to visit u.s."
Mr.. b glanced out of the window
noted the number of the invading force
and remarked. with an air of convic-
ton:
"Humphl Hates been praying
again San Francisco Call.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
cireumstantial Evidence.

You say you met the defendant Oh
drinking and gambling" said the at
torney for the defense during the cross
examination.
YES" replied the witness.
did you see him take a drinkT'
mo"
did you see him gamblingf"
mo"
''Then how do you KNOW" demanded
the attorney. that the defendant had
been drinking and gamblingT
We'll" explained the witness. "he
gave the conductor blue chip for his
car fare and told him to keep the
change "-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
He Was a Warbler.

You could tell from his hair that he
was a musician or something of the
sort.
EYES," he said to the company at
large, ''the greatest tenor in the land
once paid me the biggest compliment l
could wish"
"Oh?" remarked some one interroga-
lively.
"It was like this: sang without ac-
Compartment always have trouble
with accompanies; they're so unsym-
pathetic, you know-and at the end of
the song he said to me:
"'Do you know when you began
without an accompanist I was sur
prised; when l heard you L was as
fonished, and when you sat down /
was delightedr
And the sun shone down and lit up
the youths beatifc smile of satisfac-
fion.-London Mail.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
The Suns Liaht.

1t has been calculated that the
amount of light received from the sun
is about 100000 times that of the
moon. The intrinsic brightness of the
suns disk is about 10000 times that of
a candle flame, $50 times that of the
limelight and more than four times
; brighter than the brightest spot in the
crater of an electric arc light. The
darkest spot on the sun is much bright
er than the limelight.-New York Amer
ican.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
THE FOLLOWING CONNECTIONS
ARE MADE DAILY Ex-
CEPT SUNDAY.

L. & E. Junction-Trains Nos. l..
and 8, will make connection with the
C. & o. Ry. for Mt Sterling.
Campton Junction-Trains Nos. 1,
2, and 4, will connect with the
Mountain Central Ry. for passengers
to and from Campton, Ky.
Beattyville Junction-Trains Nos
2 and 4 will connection with the L. e
A. Railway for Beattyville, Ky.
o. & X. Junction-Trains Nos. 3
and 4 will connect with the o. & X.
Railway for Camel City, Kv., and
way stations.
w. A. MCDOWELL, Genl Mgr.
CHAS. SCOTT, G. P. A. 17tf.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
A Lucky Horseshoe.

The Australians when they find a
horseshoe throw it over their shoulder
A lady in Sydney found one and threw
it gracefully over her shoulder. II
went through a batter's window and
hit customer who was trying on a
new hat This gentleman. under the
impression that one of the shopmen in
a fit of temporary insanity had played
the trick, promptly struck him and
sent him through the plate glass win
dow. A general melee ensued. although
on consideration nobody knew what ii
was all about.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
HIS SUNDAY SUIT.
He Was q Good Dresser ard Careful
With His Thinus.

VIII tbs nfu0Ss
"The line which separates those who
dress for dinner from those who do
not is an invisible crack compared
with the yawning gulf that divides
those people of London who dress
themselves of a Sunday from those
who have none but their workaday
Clothes" So writes a district nurse
In 'The Next Street but One'
II had often noticed" said the writ
er. ''that one highly respectable old
agricultural laborer wore very much
the same clothes at all times, but un-
fortunately it was not until after his
death that l heard of the tragedy that
had darkened all the Sundays of his
later life and bitterly mortified his
wife and daughters.
Thirteen year ago his clo'es was
stole by tramp, and us never had no
money for to put 'em back Us did
feel it, going to chapel and all. There's
q many as would have stopped at
home, but he wasn't that sort, the old
man wasn't. 'It's the garments of our
souls as matters" he'd say But fer
all that he was ashamed to wear his
week day ones. He couldn't never get
used to it,
His proper suit was made by an
Irish tailor who came over to these
parts In a cattle boat and stayed a
month or two, earning what he could
all roundabout. Twenty-nine years
they'd lasted him, and they'd have
seen him through to the end. Yes, he
was always good dresser, and pretty
careful with his things too"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
SOME WORD ORIGINS.
Harrsh Cesiee From the old BattIeery
of the Vikings.

of the Vikings.
Rah, the final syllable of most col
lege yells, is, of course, short for hur-
rah. The word hurrah itself comes
from the old battlecry Of the ancient
vikings = namely, Tur Ale, which
means God aid. There is another form.
vhuzza, which comes from hosanna.
1Fhis was the old cry of the crusaders
The word yes comes directly through
the Norman-French oyez, which means
near. In it's old form it is still
used by beadles and certain municipal
officials in civic functions in England
and also by the royal heralds in pro
claiming the succession of sovereigns
to the throne. No is purely Norman
French and comes from the Latin
non ita, meaning not so. The real
,.Anglo-Saxon was nay, just as the An
glo-Saxon affirmative was yea. The
word mister is directly from the Latin
magister. meaning master Mrs. is
from the word mistress, and formerly,
as late as the eighteenth century. all
unmarried women were given the title
OF mistress-as, for example, Mistress
Sophia Western in ''Tom Jones'" Els
quire is derived from the old Norman
French escuyer, which means shield
bearer. Every knight Of the shire had
bis shield bearer, and the honor of
carrying the shield was supposed to
confer gentility npon the follower. The
word gentleman until the middle of the
seventeenth century meant. as the
present French word gentilhomme. a
nobleman, nothing less. and no man
was gentleman who was not entitled
to "bear arms."-New York World.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
The Old, Old Story.

Old Lady reading a letter from her
son in college)-Lor' sakes alive, Jo-
star, if John hain't gone an done it,
An he warn't no hand fer the gals
nuther!
Her Worse Half-Wut's the trouble.
Samanthy?
Old Lady-Why. he says he's fallen
In love with Belle-er-Belle Lettres.-
Brooklyn Life.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
How 70 Fish

On many occasions one might i'm
agine the fish saying to the anglers,
''Take me while am in the humor,"
but they take no notice Of it and often
attempt the feat when they are not.
1t is little use trying to catch fish
either in the sea or fresh water when
they are not in the humor to bite
Fishing Gazette.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
ALLEGES HIS STOCK
WAS POISONED

CAMPTON, KY, Dec. w. H.
Ledford, a prominent farmer of this
county, has brought suit in the Cir
cult Court against V. T. Chapman, a
prominent young merchant of Pine
Ridge, tGs county, for $500, alleging
that Chapman poisoned fine mare
and COW belonging to him.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
Needed Practice.

Little girls should be seen and not
heard. Ethel"
II know. mamma. But II I'm going
to be lady when | grow up I've got
TO begin practicing talking some time.
you know."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
Advice.

'You wants to look out fob de man
OATS always givin' advice" said I'm
Gle Eben. "De chances are dat he's
one o. desc folks dat likes to watch
experiments while some one else takes
MI de risk. "-Washington Star.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
He Was a NEGATIVE.

He said he felt greatly encouraged
because you turned the gas down low
when he was calling on you"
''Well, he needn't feel encouraged.
1t takes dark room to develop a mega
tive, you know."-Philadelphia Press.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
His Thanks.

81 notice." said the young mans EN-.
ployer. that you are always about the
first in the Office in the mornings"
Thank you. sir"
"Why do you thank me?"
For noticing it."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05

Unless the average man is overesti-
mated he feels that he is not appre-
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
A Contradiction.

Although woman's age is unde-
niably her own. she does not always
own it.-Exchange.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
TRAIN SCHEDULE.

Passenger trains leave Winchester as
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-05
LEXINGTON & EASTERN R'Y CO

Time Card. in Effect June Fl. 1908.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.
Of WaIIa WaIIa AsctyIene Gas Com
pany.

A. F. and S. H. Bryan have sue
ceeded Bryan & Clark as proprietors
of the Walla Walla Asctylene Gas
Co., located at 104 East Alder. Mr.
Clark having retired from the firm.
A. F. Bryan in speaking of the
change stated that his brother had
been anxious to secure an interest in
the firm and finally succeeded in pur-
chasing Mr. Clarks interest.
"Our company was organized about
four months ago." said Mr.. Bryan,
land we find that this is an excellent
field for a concern of this kind. We
have enjoyed most gratifying business
both in the installation of asctylene
gas plants and our general line Of gas
fixtures. 1t may be we'll to add that a
good asctylene plant properly installed
is much more satisfactory to the av-
erage consumer than any other form
of lighting, costing less to operate and
as our plants are built so that under
ordinary conditions one will last life
time"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
THE JUDICIARY.

- feature of the new primary law
which seems to have escaped general
notice, is that provision seeking to es-
tablisk bipartisan judiciary
Urder the provisions of the law can.
didates for superior judge and judge II
the supreme court, who file their dec
larations, will have their names print
ed on both the republican and the
democratic primary tickets, ana blu,
the one candidate for each place who
receives the highest primary vote, will
have his name on the official ballot or
election day.
This really means that judges will
be elected in the primaries, the elec-
ton following being simply a ratifica-
ton of the choice of the people AS ax-
pressed in the primaries.
There will be no party designation
printed after the name of the candi-
date on the primary ballot and un.ess
a voter knows the politics Of his can
didate for ilJea he will have no me.1-
CO! or finding on. when he goes into
the ballot boy
This scheme, which gives every in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local applications, as they canno
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
is inf1amed you have rumbling soune
or imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result
and unless the inflammation can bt
taken out and this tube restored to it
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out OF ter
are caused by Catarrh. which Is
nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (causey by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consul
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
WHY SALT THE WOUND?

For narrowness of soul, perversity
of purpose, obliquity of thought and
downright poverty of human smypa-
thy, commend us, says the Oregon
Journal, to this quotation from the
Oregonian:
But this (the Cleveland resolu-
ton in the Denver conven' ion) was
not remarkable at all, not in the least
degree of a nature to produce amuse-
ment or excite guffaw, compared with
the special resolution on Abraham
Lincoln"
Why should not the Denver con-
vention have paid a tribute to Lin
coin? Is the war not yet over? Is
it a lie that the blue and the gray
marched up San Juan hill together?
Is the tradgedy of 1861 with its red
valleys of blood and cities of grave
stones, brought on by passions OF
men and the accumulated heresy OF
centuries, heresy contributed to by
all men and all parties-is all this
a gaping wound that must be probed
and dug in lest it close and we for
get? Which is the nobler, the Den
chasm of 40-odd years to place a
wreath of flowers on the tomb OF
Lincoln, or this carping misery pro-
ducement with it's whine because
the dead statesman has received a
need of praise from an unexpected
source?
Is party a thing that must abso-
lutely see no good in the men
measures Of another party? Is it a
crime, or an incident to excite guf-
faw" for a man or all the men in
one party to acknowledge that a
man, living or dead, in another party
is worthy of applause? Must justice
between man and man, must human
sympathy, must all the thought of a
square deal for men of another party
be stilled when the portals of the OPP
posing party are entered. Does man.
hood and magnanimity end where
party begins? Where is the authority
for this bending, this narrow, this
peevish, this tragical party creed, save
in the hand that challenges the right
of democrat, because democrat, to
speak kindly of the name of Lincoln
Was Lincoln, and is Lincoln, a politi-
cal party's dead, or is he the nations
dead
From where, more than from those
delegates from the sunny south, should
there come benisons upon the memory
of Lincoln? 1t was the gentle, for
giving Lincoln that offered to take the
seeded states back into the union
whenever 10 per cent of their people
would organize a state government and
ask admission. If he had lived, the
stricken south would have been spar
ed the hard gruelling terms of recon-
struction forced upon her brave peo-
pie by congress. In those last days
the south and all the country got {
glimpse of a heart that it had never
seen before, heart that in the hour
of triumph and power was gentle, for
bearing, magnanimous in it's terms for
recementing the union. 1t was heart
out of tune with congress, which at
tempted to impeach Andrew Johnson,
mainly because he sought for the
south the magnanimous terms Lin
coin had proposed. Why should nor
the southern delegates there have rolled
back 40 years of time to lay a wreath
on a martyrs grave. Shall all men
cease to be magnonimous, because a
few are prone to possess the instincts
of swine?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
JAPANESE TROUBLES.

We have endured a considerable
lapse of time in which there has been
a cessation of newspaper jingoism;
and to all intents and purposes, actu-
ally and prospectively, Japan has been
at peace with all the world. This ar
rest of gossiping hostility is the more
remarkable from the fact that scarce
ly two months have passed since there
was an election in Japan which nearly
upset conservatism, and which would
in that event have lodged the conduct
of affairs in the hands of the Japanese
jingoes.
There is discomfort in Japan, chiefly
upon two counts: 1t is contended that
the Japanese cabinet has ANONYMOUSLY
failed to maintain Japanese honor and
prestige in it's diplomatic relations
with other powers; the government is
charged with a violation of it's guar
antee not to increase the burden Of
taxation. Opposition to the govern
menr based upon these contentious
was not united by reason of certain
side issues, but it was powerful enough
to force the resignation of the minis
cause Of the personal Intervention of
the emperor, combined with an ap-
normally restricted electorate. But in
these circumstances conservatism re-
allied only the narrowest margin OF
victory.
1t is interesting to know, in this
connection, that the right of franchise
is enjoyed only by those male citizens
over 25 years of age, who pay an an
No citizen is amenable to direct tax
unless his yearly income exceeds 300
yen. 1t is stated on good authority
that by this restriction not more chan
II out of every 1000 are endowed with
the franchise, which reduces the ac-
tual vote of Japan to something like
100000. Naturally this vote represents
the full conservative strength of the
empire, and the fact that under such
condition victory barely should be re-
allied by conservative bureaucracy is
not without it's significance.
Of course the hand of the emperor
is strong. BY all political ethics IN
Japan it is not likely 60 lose it's power
in the immediate future Though
radicalism should win the ministry, it
is extremely doubtful if there would
be any revolutionary change in Japan
csc policy. What the tendencies are
toward an extension of the franchise;
whae the probabilities are for the op-
Grafton of constitutional government,
genuinely in accord with that of Eng
land what the prospects are for unit
ing all factions in opposition to the
government-these are the matters to
| be considered before we can conclude
that boastful pride and popular passion
will supplant moderation and good
sense in the conduct of Japanese af-
fairs
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
OFFICERS Of ELKS
PRESENT REPORTS
SERIOUS BUSINESS SESSION OF
GRAND LODGE BEGINS
IN DALLAS.

DALLAS, Tex, July 15.-Delegates
to the national grand lodge convention
of the Benevolent and Protective Or
Ger Of Elks yesterday began the serious
business of the session. The reports
of the grand lodge officers were pre-
scented and show gratifying
gain in membership and financial
prosperity since the meeting last year
in Philadelphia. A great Mexican din
ner will be the days entertainment
feature.
In his report, Grand Secretary Fred
G. Robinson says:
''The membership, the past year, has
had The usual steady growth, and the
increase is much greater than it has
been for many years. 1t is noticeable
that lodges are wedding out the de-
linquent members and those not de-
sirable are rapidly being dropped from
the rolls. During the year lodges re-
ceived by initiation or utilization 46,345
suspended or expelled 1854; stricken
from the roll for non payment of dues
S,206, and admitted 1868. Deceased
2,71S.
"Forty-fou new lodges have been
added to the long list, with an in
crease of 1925 lodges and a total men,
bership Of 2S4,321."
In the numerical standing of lodges,
Brooklyn takes the lead, with New
York a close second. There are six
teen lodges with over a thousand mem
bers each, a gain Of five over last year
In membership gain during the last
year, Rochester takes the lead, with
Scranton, Pa. second and Hutchinson
Kan. third.
The sixteen leading lodges of the
country, in the order named, are as
follows: Brooklyn, New York, Phila-
delphia, New Orleans, Chicago, Port
land, Ore, Denver, Kansas City, Balti-
more, Hoboken, Detroit, Oakland, Gin
cinnati, Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg.
Among the states, Pennsylvania is
in the lead in Elk membership, with
1866; New York is second. with 49,
S76, ani Ohio third, with 1905. Mich
igan, Indiana and Illinois follow, in the
order named.
The report Of the auditing commit
tee, presented yesterday, shows that the
total cash on hand is 1920, 1896. OF
this sum, $1OO,529.S5 is in the general
fund $15,63S21 in the emergency
charity fund, $4,000 in the reserve
fund. $4,000 in the emergency charity
reserve fund, $4,000 in the contingent
fund of the grand secretary, $1,000 in
the contingent fund of the grand ex-
allied ruler and $1,000 in the contin-
gent fund of the home committee.
Los Angeles has been chosen as next
years meeting place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-15
SERVICE OF SYCOPHANCY.

1t is interesting to note that GER
tain high sounding and persistent de-
Tense of those who instigate colossal
graft, and of those who profit by per-
nicious monopolistic business combina-
tions, has become somewhat the fash
ion, and that legal prosecutions in
tended to punish the evil-3oers in both
instances are being discredited; the
motives behind these prosecutions i'm
pugned, and the prosecutors made the
mark for villification. All this is the
service of sycophancy High or low, it
amounts to just that, and nothing
more.
The attitude of saving the day for
those who, erStwhile, were deServedly
under the ban of public condemnation
extends all the way from Maine to
California, AT the Maine end of the line
ex-Congressman Littlefield stands as
an apologist for those who are brought
within the penal sanction of the Sher-
man antitrust law. He f1outs the idea
that conditions have been so fragrant
as to warrant any extra activity by
the department of justice, and Incl
dentally he lays upon President Roose-
velt's shoulders the lash of scornful
censure that as chief executive of
the nation, he should not have known
better than to worry wealthy men by
attempted enforcement of this act.
Down in San Francisco we have an
other example evincing the same spirit
under different circumstances The
Argonaut. referring to Mr. Roosevelt S
recent letter to Mr.. Spreckels, and
others in that city, encouraging the
continued prosecution of notorious
grafters, and, by implication, scoun-
drels whose wealth holds such papers
in subservient attendance, thinks that
Mr. Roosevelt's virtue has gone astray
+, in assuming that the appellate court
of California has lent hand to the de-
| feat Of justice. Mr.. Roosevelt in his
| letter does not say as much, but the
Argonaut, conscious of the fact, prac-
tically puts the sentiment in his mouth.
There is. however, no doubt that the
president thought it, inasmuch as it is
| impossible for honest men of sound
| judgment to escape that conclusion.
| So, again, but recently, Harper's
Weekly came openly to the apologize
defense of Abe Ruef, and endeavored
| to show that he was not as common
rascals are, and therefore, as the or
| binary man would infer. is he enti-
tied to special consideration. And
following Harper's Weekly comes the
New York Times with comment upon
the Roosevelt letter; arguing the COM
plexity of the situation at San Fran
cisco, which honesty and the judgment