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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11
THE LOCAL POLITICAL SITUA-
TON

Political expediency is always akin
to good citizenship, IL the politicians
only realized IL. The politician best
serves himself. who best serves the
public; and there is this point to be
considered by the Republicans in
choosing their city candidates at the
delegate convention at the city hall
September 20 at O'Clock.
In this case the relationship be-
tween political expediency and good
citizenship is so apparent. that DEM
|ocrats are just as loud in urging the
party leaders TO do their duty, as are
the Republicans. and the memory of
the last municipal campaign, in
which the ticket, designated Republi-
can on the ballot. won a victory. is
still too fresh In the minds of all to
be overlooked. Partyism should be
discounted in municipal affairs; but
we speak OF Republicans particularly
at this time. because the Democratic
party has already acted. and 1t is too
late to warn its leaders against the
errors they have committed. Good
citizens now must turn to the Re-
publican party with their demands.
The local Democratic ticket is
being advertised every day. and most
voters by this time should have
learned just who the men are that
are running for the Offices. We de-
sire to only recall in connection with
the recent primary that the morning
paper rebuked the party for dropping
two members OF the present general
council from the ticket. and one
of the committee in charge of the
primary. was moved to publish a
statement, generating himself from
any connection with that result and
|dep,oring the same fact that the
paper did.
The truth is that. while there are
Isome good men on the ticket, II was
picked out by the same faction that
stood sponsor for the Democratic
ticket last fall. and that is taking a
hand in the Democratic county and
Circuit primaries. One OF the fine
iihcs VI uiSNiuCliOh uIdNu III lnt city
primary was between what they
designate as Smith Democrats" and
regular Democrats" meaning that
the men, who are suspected Of hay
ing scratched their ticket last fall in
the interest of good citizenship. are
TO be punished by the yellow Dog
variety of partisan.
II is no wonder that Democrats.
who put their citizenship above their
partisanship, are becoming disgust
ed with the manner in which local
party affairs are being managed. 1t
Is a crime in the eyes of the spoils-
man when a man scratches his ticket.
and he is backed up here by the
party organ. which denounces those,
who scratched their tickets as trait
|ors. A few more lessons. such as
they were given last fall, may tend
to modify their idea of what consti-
tutes party loyalty: but it is evident
that they haven't yet grasped the
true theory of popular government.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

of the last meet are attracting more
are taking on themselves the risk of
possible bad weather. Last year Pa
ducah had the best races ever given
in western Kentucky and this year
the purses, the track and reputation
OF the last meet are attartcing more
and better horses, insuring even bet
ter sport The Sun declares with con-
viction that the fall race meet is en-
titled to the support of the citizens.
Whether the merchants deem II adj
visable. or think they can AFFORD to.
or believe 1t will benefit the city to
close for one-half day to give holt
day tone to the meet and make II
appear to the horsemen and visitors
that Paducah is wide awake and
happy and interested in the sport
and their enjoyment. they will have
to decide for themselves.
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skin rasp,d on A wave would slide
down .ouf front and rip every button
~ your suit. The shoshlp keeled
over on man one night, and before
he could 80 her on himself his ankle
bone was busted
~ man ~ the wings made thunder
and MATING with one hand and ate
a cheese tandwich With the other
The brave ship rocked to and fro. aud
L seemed that every minute would
be her last The dust from on the
waves vas stiangllu' n YOU glided
100 fast over the seas surface you
got sp!intefs IN you silll We swan ON.
Sometimes. though. worn out,
we'd swim behlnd the ship, stand up
on the wives. stretch ourselves and
ges,. Then back we'd swim bravoly
again.
when that terrible act was 81 .ast
over. we'd go downstairs. remove the
dust and spinters that We had con
tiacted from our long swim. pack The
ship IN a trunk. fo.d up the ocean.
and 90 back to the boardln' house for
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11
A Hard Part.

My hafdest part on cur unfor-
Itunaie summer tour" said the sailor
was IN a sea drummer. The Tar and
the Cinga.ese' PLAYED third mate
The wreck scene was certainly
strenuous. Me aud The crew sWum
the who.e act throuh. The sea vas
Ia blue c,oth what the supers shook
I'm the wings. aud layln' on Il. We
swum overland. Every time cur
palms hit the water you could hear
Il all over the house.
THAT fierce swimmin' In the Wild
seas was terrible hard work Now
aud then your backbone would come
down On the ocean and get all .hc
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baron; then he paused and looked from
father to son. Pardon me, but they
both manifest some interest IN Miss
Claiborne"
ave met them abroad" said Dick.
"and they both turmoil up again In
Washington"
zone of them is here. or has been
here in the valley why not the other
asked Judge Claiborne.
But Of course Shirley knows moth
ing Of Armltage's whereabouts" Dies
protested.
"Certainly not" declared his father.
How did you make Armitage's ac'
quaintance;" asked the ambassador.
"Some one must have been responsible
for introducing him, II you can remem-
ber."
Dick laughed
1T was In the Monte Rosa at Gene
va. Shirley and ] he'd been chatting
each other about the persistence with
which Armitage seemed 10 follow rs.
He was taking dejeuner at the sam"
hour. and be passed us going out. Oh
Arthur Slngleton-the ubiquitous-wa'
talking to us. and he nailed Armitag,
with his customary zeal and intro
duced him TO us IN quite the usual
American fashion. Later asked SIN
gleton who he was. and he knew moth
lag about him. Then Armhage turned
up on the steamer where be made
himself most agreeable Next Senator
Sanderson vouched for him as one Of
his Montana constituents. You know
the rest Of the story. swallowed him
whole. He called at our house on sew
eral occasions and came 20 the post
and asked him to my supper for the
Spanish attache."
"And now. Dick. we want you to
find him and get him into a room with
ourselves. where We can ask him some
questions" declared Judge Claiborne.
They discussed the matter In detail.
Ii was agreed that Dick should remain
at the Springs for few days To watch
Chauvenei; then II he got no clew to
Armtage's whereabouts he was 90 20
TO Montana to see II anything could
be learned there.
Ito be contin~ed In next issae.)
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roLEcArs no nE JOY roREvEN
Mississippi Chicken Farmer Solves
Problem OF Winning Respect
for Animal.

From time immemorial the pole
cat has been an outcast among AMI
mails. The world has respected him:
| Il has never loved him. There aTe
certain OF his qualities and attributes
which forbid a close acquaintance
ship. But now. thanks to a remark
able scientific discovery, all this Is TO
be changed. The po.ecat IS to have
not only his present place among the
living beautifu' creatures OF the out
of-doors. but will bear message OF
fragrance to the world as well. II is
from a Mississippi country weekly
that we CLEAN the glad tidings
A gentleman farmer OF that state.
who is the proprietor of chicken
farm. has also a polecat farm near by
it, Not long ago his chickens fell
sick He mixed coal oil In their feed =,
and was surprised to find that the
next batch of eggs which his faithful
hens produced smelied strongly of
petroleum.
A bright idea dawned upon him.
He had long hated the odor OF his
polecat farm. Now he mixes laven-
der. bergamcnt and orange flowers
with the food which he gives the
pretty little animals. The results are
al that the most fastidious nature
could wish; delicate and delightful
odor hangs about the polecat farm
nova scent that vies with the vlo-
let and puts the musk rose and the
magnolia to shame. Thus Is an AMI
NAL OF lovely appearance. but OF ter
rible reputation. transformed into a
creature III to be the theme and in
spiration Of a whole school OF lyric
poets.-Uncle Remus' Home Maya
zine.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

The News-Demoorat, which de-
clared that Patrolman John Bryant
was appointed in January after
Mayor Smith entered Office. after
being corrected by The Sun. says
bryant was appointed to the force
December 29 at the request of the
Republican end OF the administra-
tion." Now. II It will kindly inform
us who constituted the Republican
end of the city administration last
December, we shall learn something.
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longer than others packed only in
straw.
potatoss Rot la straw.
Experiments made With both
straw aud fern caves In the same
cellar showed surprising results m
favor OF ferns While the potatoes
packed IN ferns and arrive on Tho
OF rottlng in the spring. those IN
ferns were az fresh ~ IL they had
just been dug Fresh meat Is also
well preserved by fern leaves.
1T would seem as II the prcseIvs-
tive qualities OF fem leaves are due
10 their high percentage OF sat. No
.afyae, ma ggots. etc. approach ferns,
as the stloag odog keeps them away
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11
THE FALL RACES.

Merchants. who are asked TO c,ose
their business houses. one-half day
during the fall race meet. may begin
their consideration OF the proposition
with the fact that the promoters are
not out for money; that they are Civ
ing up their time and their money
TO a project that can be made an
annual attraction to out of town buy
ers: and that they really are imp,ov-
ing the horse market Of western
Kentucky.
The merchants are not contribute
ing generally TO the financial support
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man, he was also possessed OF a de
gree OF curiosity. lie did not know
Just the series OF Incidents. and confer.
ences that preceded his summons to
Washington. but they may be sum
married. thus:
Baron Won Marhof was a cautious
man. When the young gentlemen Of
his legation spoke TO him In awed
whispers OF cigarette case bearing an
extraordinary device that had been
seen n Washington he laughed them
away; then, possessing a curious aud
thorough mind. he read 81 TIC press
clippings relating to the false Baron
Won kissel and studied the hcraldic
emblems of the Schomburgs As he
pondeTed he regretted the death Of his
eminent brother-in-law. Count Ferdi
nand Won strocbel. who was not n
man TO stumble over so negligible y
tri6e as cigarette case. But Won Mar
hof Himself was not without resources
He told the gentlemen Of his suit that
he had satisfied himself that there was
nothing In the Armitage mystery: the
he cabled Vienna discreetly for few
days and finally consulted Hilton Clai
borne. the embassy's counsel. AT the
Claiborne home at Storm Springs
They had both gone hurriedly &c
Washington. where they held long
conference with the secretary Of state
rhen the state department called The
war department by telephone. aDl
quickly down the line to the command
ing officer at Fort Myer went special
assignment Cor Captain Claiborne 70
report to the secretary of state. A
great deal Of perfectly sound red tape
was reduced TO minute particles in
these manipulations: 1t was also Of a
private and wholly confidential charac-
ter. Therefore he returned 20 his cot
tage at Storm Springs. aud the Wash
ington papers stated that he was III
and had gone back to Virginia TO take
the waters.
The Claiborne house was the pleas
ATTEST place in Storm valley and the
library a comfortable place for con
ference. Dick Claiborne caught the
gravity Of the older men as they uu-
folded TO him the task for which they
had asked his services. The baron
stated the case in these words:
n''You know aud have talked with this
man Armitage: you saw the device on
the cigarette case and asked an ex-
PLANTATION. which he refused. and you
know also Chauvenet. whom we sus-
pect OF completely with the conspira-
tors at home Armltagc Is not the
false Baron Won Kissel. We have es-
tablished that from Senator Sanderson
beyond question. But Sanderson's
knowledge Of the man is OF compara-
lively recent date. going back about
five years TO the time Armitage pur-
chased his Montana ranch Whoever
Armitage may he. he pays his bills; he
conducts himself like gentleman; he
travels at will, and people who. meet
him say good word for him"
HE is an agreeable man and re-
markably well posted in European poll
tics" said Judge Claiborne. II talked
with him n number Of times on the
King Edward and must say that
liked him"
"Chauvenet evidently knows bin.
There was undoubtedly something
back OF that little trick at my supper
party at the Army and Navy" said
Dick.
1T might be explained began the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

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Rainfall.

The discussion of observations on
rainfall made first by Sir John Muir
ray and later by Buckner and Frit-
sche permits an estimation to be
made of the mean rainfall on con-
tlnents. which is found to be about
thirty inches year. The rainfall on
the ocean is more difficult to measure
but II has been estimated by Supau
and Fritsche, taking account OF al
the known facts. estimates the mean
annual rainfall for the entire surface
of the earth at about thirty-slx
inches. Making use of this number,
II Is easy to calculate that the total
rainfall amounts to 464 millions mill
lions OF metric tons year, l,272
thousand millions OF tons a day. 3d.
600 millions OF tons an hour. $50
millions tons a minute: or 10 mil
lions tons a second. Scientific
American.
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The Standard oil company now,
Instead OF complying with the law,
and establishing its tanks outside the
city, has cut OF the local supply of
gasoline in order to discommode
gasoline boat owners and automo-
bilists and coerce them into taking
sides with the oil company against
property owners who are protesting
against the presence of tanks in the
city.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Bryan scored one on Cannon by
declaring that he has made only
$4,000 at 1t. while he averred that
Cannon has made 100000. But
then, Cannon has been in politics
longer than Bryan has. and Bryan
may have overestimated the Danville
sage's thrift. II is always easier to
say million" than to make II.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
County Count Clerk.

The Sun is authorized to announce
Hiram smedley candidate for re-
election to the once of Clerk OF the
ncCracken County Court subject to
TIE action Of the Democratic party.
City Jailer.
The Sun is authorized to announce
Wade Brown a candidate for re-elec-
tion to the Office of city jailer. sub
ject to the action Of the Republican
party.
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FOOD kEI'T FRESH
IN FERN LEAVES.
New Packing Prcservatise il Pound
Ia Excel STRAW and Other
Foliage.

Washington-Fern leaves excel al.
other agents for packing articles OF
food, according 10 Consul General
.Guenther. At Frankfort. lie has for
wardcd an article to the state de
paumeut. OF which the following Is a
summary:
People who have lived In Eng
land know that the English have
nsed fern leaves successfully for
many ycars. Valuable fruit. fresh
butter ETC. are no longer seen In the
English markets packed in grapevine
leaves. but almost always In fresh
fern leave, which keep the articles
Iexcellentiy
HeIrings Packed la Fern.
This Is done where grapevine
leaves aye 90 be had in abundance.
Every one pogted well IN botany
knows the ash preseryatiye power Of
fern leaves With reference TO vege-
table and animal substances.
ION the Isle Of Man behring's are
packed In ferns and arrie on the
market In as fresh condition as
when they were shipped Potatoes
packed In ferns keep many months
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"it's TOO bad" said the Judge
caustcals. that the defendant
should haye chosen you for counsel
You know nothing about law.
Wei. Your Honor" replied the
young lawyer, II don't need TO in
this court. '-- Philadelphia Press.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Raymond Patterson. the Chicago
Tribune correspondent. says that
Bryan deposit guaranty system is In
vogue in free silver China.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11
YOU DON'T HAVE 10 WAIT

Kvery dose makes you fecibetter. Lsx-Po
keeps your whole insides right Sold or the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Jeweler-Yes. that engagement
ring is plated but It is warranted for
ten years PurchaserAH Haven't YOU
got anything cheaper warranted for
about ten weeks?-Cleseiand Plain
Dealer.
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Well, they can't blame the decision
In the Hepburn act case on the adj
ministration. Judge George Gray
handed down that one.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Nevertheless. we can remember
about those Standard Oil tanks for
two weeks longer; and Will not let
the councilmen forget.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

All the same. they would have
been glad IL Hughes had not been
nominated for governor of New
York.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11
Daily Thought

Courtesy sowed reaps friendship;
thoughtful kindness, love.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

or Mary.and's twenty-three coun-
ties all but seven are upon nayigable
waters.
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' some mystitication Cap
tain Richard Claiborne
packed a suit case In his
quarters at Fort Myer.
Being a soldier. he obey
Ell orders: but. being hui
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increase >. ......... Il
Personally appeared before me
this Sept. 3, 1908. r. ID. MacMillen,
business manager Of The Sun. who
nffirms that the above statement OF
the circulation Of The Sun for the
month OF August, 1908, is true to 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, 1908-09-11

Twill this silk washe"
ut ought to. It's Chinese silk. .
Cleveland Leader.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

He that neither works nor pushes
Won't find food among the bushes
Irish.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Even the promoter isn't Away,
truthful to his trust.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

Nowadays it's a poor rule thai
won't work FIVE or six ways.
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HUMOR AND WIT.

You can generally tell hard
drinker by his mug.
Adversely is the grindstone that
sharpens mans wits.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-11

The near-genius who wears long
hair is seldom long-headed.
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Judge Fennei-'I heard that your
brother was cast upon strange
waters"
Col. Bluegrass-"Suh, all waters
|are strange to him.
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DChapter XIX

CAPTAIN CLAIBORNE on Duty.
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longer than others packed only in
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-25
woke the Judge,

The Westminster Gazette relates that
an action was being tried before Lord
C0lertdge for damages for the death Of
q sheep dog. winner OF many pEizes
ut bench shows, and counsel for the
defense was endeavoring to show that
tho dog had had his day" and that
3Amages should be nominal. Lord Cob
ridge, however, was sweetly slumbsr-
ing, and counsel felt the necessity for
rouaing him. II possible. So, gradual
y raising his voice, he asked one Of
the PLAINTIFFS witnesses, "Is 1t not your
experience as an exhibitor that when
an old dog has taken his place regular
y on the bench for many years he gets
sleepy and past his work." The laugh
ter that followed had the desired e.
fanf-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-25

trains, she flung her defiance by
speeding across the track barely
infront 81 the rushing locomotive.
But it il not of record whether
she learned the trick from a man
8or came by il through her own
desires. The circus tells US every
year of its sdeath-defy tying women
and we see them dallying with
the laws Of gravitation. But
chiyalry itself should make GER
tain that women are not SO self
reliant as are men. 1t is not in
their training to dare as much.
1t is a safe conjecture that there
are moro reckless automobile
drivers among men than women.