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The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
There's the Rub,

1.-TWO may be able to live as cheaply as
one"
''Well2''
But they can't dress. or pay doctors
bills, or 20 10 the theater on that basis.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

tor with descendants. please be a little
more particular about picking them out
This city was named for our first Presi-
dent. and we revere his memory.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
From the Chicago Record Herald
OUT OF CHILDHOOD INTO WOMAN
HOOD.

OUT OF CHILDHOOD INTO WOMAN
HOOD.
In childhOod's hours she PLAYED with
dolls. and I'm her little heart was sad
II other tiny maids possessed more dainty
dollies than she had.
She dressed the lifeless. waxen things
with loving hands and tender care.
And proudly wheeled them up and down
along the street 70 get the air.
In childhood's happy days she thought
large families were much the best,
And g!eefully she hoasted Of the many
dolls that she possessed.
She played at keeping house and sang
her dolls 20 sleep as best she could
Ii made her glad 10 claim the right 20
artless little motherhood.
To-day she lives in splendid style: a
butler stands beside her door.
But she has ceased 20 have the wish 20
play housekeeping any more.
You could not find. II YOU should look, a
baby carriage in her haI.
And children. she admits. make no appeal
70 her glad heart az all.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Quite an Adyenturess.

Yes ! can play an adventures
What experience have you had along
those lines %
Stranded eight times this season in
water-taHk towns"
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"The President is not an ideal person
age when il comes TO a square deal,
ventures a contemporary. Yes, he is,
-though-nI- Ideal"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The story Of the past life OF J. Adam
Bede. Congressman from Minnesota. is
toid in a few words in the Congressional
Directory. With the exception OF. per
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
What ANS ,Em.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The Republican leaders are suffering
from in1ammatory dread Of an outbreak
OF tariff revision.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

The Bristol Herald Courier quotes the
Norfolk Landmark as saying: prince
Helie de Sagan is descended from Wash
ington" If some OF our contemporaries
are just determined to supply Washing
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

From the Dallas News
Marriage is not always a failure. Some
times a wife settles a fortune on her
husband.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Mr.. Martin W. LittletOn appears 10 run
a great deal less to skyTOCketS and roman
candles in his methods than did Mr..
Delmas for which much thanks should
be his
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

"Kubeuk is the son Of a pheasant"
says the Piedmont IS. c. Observer. He
must be a bird
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Hon Hoke Smith is reported to have
about made up his mind TO go TO the
United States Senate" This is extremely
modest in the Hon. Hoke, nasmuch as
one would naturally expect the Senate 10
80 70 him.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

so you think you could buy me and
sell me-"
Well ] don't know about the latter
part Of the proposition"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
But No Matter.

That fur
He bought for her
To warm her neck and cheeks,
You bet
He'll not forget
For many wintry weeks.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Because the train was late a number
OF Frenchmen tore up a depot near Paris.
over in this country We merely think IN
printable things. and let lt so at that.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

1T is better TO be born In January"
says a scientist As a matter Of fact. how
ever, it is better 10 be born in Washing
ton.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

What we need in our business more
than anything else just now is a rubter
stamp that knows how 10 spell Miss Van
derbilts counts name.
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Geffinr FrnrzIed.

old man, your face looks worm"
mo doubt. I've been travelling on It
since Christmas"
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Avaunt. this weight Of sorrow! Senator
j. Davis has returned
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

A Georgia Judge has decided that social
clubs cannot serve liquors to guests Of
members. This puts &c up 10 the visitors
10 carry their own TASKS, or go thirsty
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Richmond has long contended that IL
is not gentlemanly 10 play baseball too
well says the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Perhaps Washiugton's idea is that it is
not gentlemanly 70 play it at all
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Looking Ahead.

Gone back TO your old habits, I See"
Case Of necessity"
How so?'
Must have something TO give up when
Lent comes, mustn't u"
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toad in a New York zoo is said to
have just eaten its first meal IN 1900
years. OF course. II human beings could
get along that way, there wouldn't be so
much kicking against the beef trust.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

II required seventy men 70 kin three
wolves in Kansas a few days since Are
they weaklings out there? Three men
should be able 10 XIII seventy wolves
easily
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Whom have YOU been kissing?' i'm
pertinently inquiries the Baltimore Sun. II
will occur to most folks that that is none
Of the Suns business.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

Chicago has organized a Happy Club"
The idea should spread; If Chicago can
maintain such an institution, any COM
munity on earth can.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

When the Senate went into executive
session yesterday. a young lady passing
the doorkeeper to the ladies' gallery said
to him: What are We ordered out for2"
"The Senate is going to have an execu-
tive session, miss" d"
Executive session. What is that?"
We'll" said the doorkeeper, some Sen
ator moves for executive session. the bells
ring three times, and our orders are to
clear the galleries. That is all I know
about it, miss
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
CLOTHES LINE
CAUSE OF SERIOUS TROUBLE
BETWEEN wAsHERWOMEN.
Jennie Fills Took Shot at Maggie
Clayton but Didn't Intend To
Hit Her.

Because a clothes line fell 20 the
ground, Jennie Ellis and Maggie
Clayton had a lively fight yesterday
afternoon, which ended by the Ellis
woman taking a shot at the Clayton
woman. Bad feeling had existed be-
tween them some time, and yesterday
afternoon the trouble was resumed
and II Is alleged jennie Ellis had
Maggie Clayton down and beating
her Friends separated them. and
Maggie hurled a brick at Jennie and
struck her on the head. Then, Il is
said, Jennie ran into the house and
secured a pistol and fired once at the
fleeing woman. To Judge Cross the
Ellis woman said: IL shot at her. but
didn't mean to hit her" In police
court this morning the case was com
tinued until Saturday morning.
The case against Claude Fondeau,
charged with grand larceny. was con
tlnued until tomorrow morning.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
"The Great Divide"

1.-THE Great Divide" William
Vaughn Moody's virile play, which is
to be presented at The Kentucky jan
uary 20, is generally acknowledged
to be the greatest drama of western
life yet written in the history of the
American stage 1t tells of the strange
going of an eastern woman and an
Arizons prospector. representing the
conflict between the free untrammeled
spirit of the west and the rigid con-
ventionality and uncompromising ira
ditions of the east. The play pos
sesses, it is'Said, great literary quality
as well as wealth of clever dialogue,
and to be intensely dramatic withal.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
"Thc Gingerbread Man"

Nixon and Zimmerman's gorgeous
ly staged musical fantasy, "The Gin
gerbread Man." will be the attraction
at The Kentucky on Monday. January
20 The book and lyrics of this Truly
successful operas are from the pen of
the late Frederick Ranken, author
of 1.-The Chaperons." 1.-The Student
King" Happy Land" etc. eac. The
music. by a. baldwin Sloane. com
poser of Lady Teazle-" Coming
Thro' the Rye" Jack and the Bean
Stalk" etc. etc. The opera will be
presented by remarkably strong
company including the Well known
artists, Jeanne Palmer. Della Nevin,
Rose Murray, Charles Gallagher,
Charles Morgan. Gus Pixley, ]. Quinn
and Robert Parkin.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

THEATRICAL NOTES
tbe Coming of "NIadam Butterfly"


Giacomo Puccini figures in the li.ne
light of critical musical opinion tolay
the most graciously favored of living
composers whose works are being or
VIII be presented during the present
opera season. Four of his works sJe
to be- heard in America this yea.
rhrec of them are earlier efforts. MT
al interest centers in his last. 'Mad-
a1 Butterfly" the sensational japan
$50 Grand opera in three acts, which
Henry w. Savage is to send 20 iris
ct tomorrow night.
Like "Parsifal," Madam Batter
fly" owes its first presentation in Eng.
fish in any country, and its first pre-
sentation in this country to Mr.. saw
age. "Butter1y's American debut
took place at Washington, ID. c..
where it met with an ovation. From
Washington Mr.. Savage took his pro-
duction to New York, where it
eclipsed all records for the number of
consecutive performances. Today il
is the reigning novelty and operate
sensation in both Europe and this
country. It1has been for the past two
seasons the most pronounced success
at Covent Garden, Londcn. Berlin
recently enjoyed II and Paris last
spring had 1t as the feature of the sea
son at the Opera Comique.
The opera is sensational novelty
in modern music. with a score express
siye of deepest human emotion Its
music is described as having enchant.
ing. enamoring beauty. With II Rrc-
clni sways his audience in a sympa-
thetic and rhythmic response. His or
chestral picturings are strong and
fascinating.
Cho-Cho San is a role calling for
beauty, graceful youth and rare vocal
ability. and Mr.. Savage is credited
with having ravished Europe Of every
available grand opera woman enjoy
ing these combined gifts. He will
bring Here six great prima donnas,
the cast being selected from the fol-
lowing: Repa vivienne, who sang the
role for Puccini at La Scala, Milan;
Phoebe Strakosch. gifted niece of
Mime. Patti; Elizabeth Wolff, the
pretty German prIma donna; Dora de
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

ports of the aiSair were abroad today
but when questioned regarding it Adj
miral Evans saids,
"The occurrence, was only an ordi-
nary drunken brawl, which was quick
ly stopped by local police and the Off
GERS from the ships. All were sus-
pended from shore leave. The mat
ter was not serious. The granting Of
shore leave was resumed today. when
1000 men, double the number of
yesterday, were permitted to go
ashore. The local authorities con-
sented to this large shore party. The
men have been cordially received in
Rio Janeiro.'
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
COMPLIMENT
GILLIAN SQUADRON WILL GO
TO GREET EVANS.
Evans is Improving and Will Soon
Visit President Penna-f,OOO
Men Ashore.

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 16:-Admiral
Evans has been informed that the
naval authorities of the Argentine
Republic have given instructions that
certain of the Argentine warships
shall greet the American feet when
It arrives off the coast of Patagonia.
The Gillian battleship Captain Prat,
will welcome the feet at Punta
Arenas, capital of the Gillian terri
tory of Magallanes. which will be the
next stopping place of the feet after
Il leaves here, and a Gillian squadron
viii meet II off Valparaiso. The send
ing of squadrons to sea to simply
greet a passing feet, as will be done
off Patagonia and Valparaiso. is quite
an unusual honor for one nation to
pay another and the American off GERS
are enthusiastic over it.
Evans is Improving.
President Penna, in greeting Rear
Admiral Thomas at the reception
given by his excellency at PetropoliS
regret that Rear Admiral
Evans was indisposed.
The condition of Rear Admiral Ev-
ans, as stated in these dispatches yes
terday, prevented him from going
ashore. He had an attack of the
In the ankle, but he is
greatly improved. AS soon as he is
able he will pay his respects to Presi-
dent Penna. who is very DESTROYS of
meeting him.
Rear Admiral Alexandrinc Alencar,
minister of marine, entertained at
luncheon on Mount Corcovanc~ which
overleoks the capital, 100 officers of
the feet. A large number of Brazil
ian naval officers were also present,
and they manifested great cordially
toward the Americans.
Vice Admiral Maturity proposed a
toast to the American navy. "whose
emblem. God grant" he said, "may
ever be entwined with that Of Brazirs
IN maintaining universal peace and
progress among mankind" Rear Ad-
miral Thomas responded, thanking
Vice Admiral-Maurity for the friendly
sentiments he had expressed.
Reported Battle Denied.
There was little broil between
some of the American sailors from the
feet and Brazilian and Portuguese
boatmen at the landing dock at mid
night last night. Exaggerated re-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
Reported Battle Denied.

There was a little broil between
some of the American sailors from the
feet and Brazilian and Portuguese
boatmen at the landing dock at mid
night last night Exaggerated re-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
Burley Pools First Sale.

Lexington. KY, Jan. 1G.-The Bur
ley tobacco branch of the Society of
Equity today made its first sale since
the tobacco pool was formed in 1906.
Three hundred and five thousand
pounds of the 1906 crop were sold to
Love & Burlington, of Covington. The
sale was made at the prices which
had been set by the Society OF Equity
for these grades, as high as thirty
cents being paid for some OF it, al
though most of 1t was sold at eigh-
teen cents pound.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

$500 Goats ............. 1850
5000 Goats ...........~. 1906
Every Fur or Fur Coat In the Guth-
RTE Store at Half-Price. None In re-
serve. IL viii pay every woman and
giil in Paducah to bny her fur now
for next season. Never before. nor
never again will you have such n
chance as during this Great Challenge
sale.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16
COUNTY TAX SUPERVISORS
PROCEEDING CAREFULLY

The county board of tax supervis
ors is said to be delving deep into
the assessment this year and will not
be ready 70 send out notices for some
time yet. The board has the advant-
age this year of valuable data furn-
ished by the county clerk, which will
be used in determining the value of
the taxable property.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

35c Red Figured Table Linen .:oc
30c Red Figured Table Linen ~,
soc Red Figured Table Linen SOC
SOC White Table Linen. extra fine 2ic
soc White Table Linen, good quar-
ity ...... .,............2 0c
Csc White Table Linen. 49,. .i9c
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

Philippe, the petite Partisan songbird;
Harriet Behnee, from the Berlin
opera. and Ethel Dufre Houston, a
eontralto' OF wide expe rienee. Three
conductors will direct the orchestra
of fifty. These are Walter ROCKWELL,
of Vienna, who conducted "Parsifal"
for Mr.. Savage; Cornelius Doppcr, OF
Amsterdam, and Guy Ambrose, of
Hamburg.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-16

When troubles start they come
ones way like a string of beads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-17
STIRRED THINGS UP.

Theodore Sutro's attack-before Q water is stirring up some of the ab- sorbers of that dish. Theodore was opposing the idea of a national pro- hibition law, or of any law looking to Federal curtailment of liquor traffic. and worked in the mince pie as an example. "If," he said. "the law can say to a man. 'Thout shalt not take sip of wine or beer or whiskey or brandy it can, by the same author ity, say to him, Thou shalt not take a mouthful of mince pie and a tumbler of ice water Gentlemen of the com- mittee, overinduIgence in intoxicants is not the only excess conducive to crime in this country. I give 1t as my firm belief that as many murders have been committed by dyspeptics made dyspeptic by too much mince pie and ice water as by men inflamed to vio- lence by strong drink"
 Now, we don't know whether Theo loves mince pie less or liquor more, but he seems pretty well grounded in his belief as to which is least hurtful to human beings. It Is possible that at some time he has fallen heir to one of those bargain-counter pies that would dislocate the digestive organs of an ostrich. Or he may be one of the bibulous kind to whom "a cup of good old whiskey" Is the sum of all good. But, as a contemporary sees 1t. "At this distance 1t seems that this libel upon mince pie is wholly extraneous and without logical relationship to the liquor evil. It smacks of craft and cunning that would deprive this coun- try of the staple comfort of a hal- lowed New England cafe which has inspired politics. religion and patriot ism since the time of Jonathan Ed wards"
 Of one thing MT. Sutro may rest assured, and that is that he runs right up against New England by his com parison. We believe it was The Bos- ton Advertiser which declared that "a whole century has failed to improve New England mince pie" and we sus- peLt that it voices the sentiment of all Yankee land in this terse declara- tion. We are not well enough post ed to know whether Jonathan Edwards started the pie habit, or whether 1t started before his day, but we are well aware of the fact that pie Is as dear to the New England heart as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-17
llraHr pn A aoop rnrNa.

The Kansas City Journal Is inclined to the opinion that it would not be a bad plan for that city to employ a ''dog brigade" as an auxiliary to the police force. Speaking of some of the good that might result from this aid to the city's guardians. 1t says:
 But it must be admitted that Irish settlers would be well. qualified to de- pointers could give tips to the sleuths when there was dearth of clues Each member of the Rnti-expectoration ssnadd e0uid De apPrSpriatsly to employing St. Bernards in Kansas City would be that people would claim the Metropolitan was running the po- also have a grievance if arattsrs' were sent to help preserve order during a strike; but with these trifling excep- tions the project Is not without its department often get dog tired hound ing some suspect, and a reserve squad ron of canines might come in handy. They could at least be used as mes dogs are born tale carriers. In many respects, the proposition to put dogs on the police force Is "dog-on" good one.
 Though The Journal talks thus flip panty about the matter it is more than possible that the addition of a few canines of the right kind would be of great service. not only in Kan sas City but in a number of other large cities, New York, we believe, has already obtained a few of them. and if the experiment is successful it may be repeated elsewhere. It is said that some dogs have more sense than some men, and 1t may likewise be true that some dogs would make better po- licemen than some men do. if half that we read about New York. Philadelphia. Chicago and some of the other large cities of the North is true. A canine brigade might not be . bad thing for Kansas City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-17
Innovatlone in Oregon.

Portland OregOnian, (Rep.)
 Now we may see how extensively the people of Oregon have embarked on the business of making their own laws. Nineteen measures are to be submitted under the terms of the initiative and when such bills might be fled with the Seer etary of State at Salem; so we know that there will be just nineteen. no more no less. It Is just enough far more than enough. The voter has the June election to acquaint himself with the provisions of these bills. But will he? He will not. Very few will take the time or trouble to know what these things are about, or what vital and far-reaching effect they will have on the Legislation and life in Oregon. For these measures are important, ev- cry one of them, and some of them
 rake, for ekample, the extraordinary constitutional amendment proposing in effect the single tax as the sole method for all future property tax in Oregon. all manufacturing establishments and all dwellings and to impose the chief tax burden hereafter on land. If this measure shall pass there will be read justnen6 and reform of all values in Oregon that will shake and undermine the whole property structure at its very foundation.
 Here is an innovation that no sane out careful consideration and long pre- paration; yet here in oregon a few agitators and reforners propose that it shall be done by the mere scratch of the careless or uninformed voters pen.
 The facilities for law-tinkering and law-making in oregon are too easy, and we are beginning to see that they are dangerous, or at least that they may be employed in dangerous and ruinous ways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-17
MONDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1908.
A WILD CONTENTION.

Among the strong theories advanced of late, hardly one has been more sur prising than the one set out by Alfred Henry Wallace, in The London Fort nightly Review, who declares that we are altogether wrong when We claim that the people of today are superior, morally or intellectually, to those of the earliest period of time. Take the following as a specimen of his reason ing on the subject
 Even the so long despised Austral ian--almost the lowest in material progress--yet show by their complex language, their elaborate social regula- tions, and often by an inmate nobility of character, indications of very simi- lar inner nature to our ownS If they possess fewer philosophers and moral ists they are also free form so large a proportion of unbalanced minds idiots and lunatics-as we possess. On the other hand, we find in the higher Pacific types men who, though saw ages as regards material progress, are yet, generally admitted to be-physi- cally, intellectually and morally-our equals nS ot our superiors. We have no proof whatever that even the men of the stone age were mentally
 
 This, we should say. is calculated to innIct a pretty severe jolt on the pride of modern human of the highest type --such as those of the United States. for example. It may be true that we have no proof that we are better than ancient man. for we know precious lit- tie about those ancient races. for that matter. If the wise man of science will tell us with anything approaching certainty when these prehistoric men lived-the men of the stone age, we will say-they might with more pro- priety venture to tell us what kind of people they were, morally and intel lectually. As it Is, the whole thing is largely guesswork.
 It would not have been quite so bad if Mir. Wallace had been content to compare us to the prehistoric people, because he has no more proof one way than We have the other. but when he hescends to particulars and virtually argues that our most highly civilized people are little more advanced than the native Australians are he goes be- yond the limit, for, as he practically admits. the Australian aborigines are very nearly the lowest in the human family. He had better stick to the stone age fellows where he will be on safer ground. Leaving out all ques- tion of moral advancement. if one chooses to do so, we hardly think Mr. Wallace will find many converts to his theory that we are mentally and intel Iectually on no higher plane than were thA aaYaEes of the prehistoric times.