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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26

cially with the notion that he is being
prosecuted. Many an individual who
is denominated a crank has paranoia.
In general these unfortlnates are mis-
anthropic, have no social intercourse
with their fellows and are brooding
and interpretive. Very often their
mania leads them to the notion that
they have been born to lead mankind
in a religious way. and they proclaim
themselves prophets of God. Quite
often, too. they are discoveries OF
some wonderful invention that will as
tonish the world
ut was a paranoiac who followed
the great actress Mary Anderson from
place to place. declaring himself her
favored sutton and threatening to kill
any man who sought her company.
These threats were what led to the
locking up of the demented creature,
and believe he finally shot one Of the
asylum attendants. ParanOiacs very
frequently develop homicidal tenden-
cies, and 1t is prudent to watch them
at all times."-Baltimore American.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Pleasant While II Lasted.

He listened intently. 1t was his wife
and her mother talking.
No, my dear" the latter was say
ing. 81 must go tomorrow. do not
believe in mother-in-law making long
visits. But. before ] go, want to tell
you what treasure | think you have
gained in your husband. He seems to
me to be near perfection. Are you sure.
however. that you are not too strict
with him? Do not be quick to chide
him when he stays out late. Men need
a little latitude. you know-say two or
three times week"
The man stirred uneasily in his sleep.
1t seemed so real: but, alas, it was a
dream!
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
BEAUTY IN THE COUNTRY.
Suggestions For Making Farms and
Rural Homes Attractive.

Financial circumstances are often
such that the farmer cannot adorn his
farm with expensive houses, barns ane
lawns But this lack of means should
not discourage the average man, for
there is no reason why his home
should not be beautiful. There are
homes where we see these improve
ments, yet there may be an element of
beauty lacking to those who love beau
ty for beauty's sake. Cleanliness,
good taste and a certain amount of
pride must be seen or beauty will be
lacking. There is a lack of taste and
management in some country homes
to be deplored.
We see country homes, one after an
other, almost entirely without flowers.
Sometimes we judge it Is because the
women do not have time to care for
them, but more often we believe it is
because of the lack of love for flowers
that they are missing. says Mrs. E. V.
Gordon of Lamar county, Tex, in the
Farm and Ranch. Every home should
have it's flowers. One should take
time to care for a few at least 1t re-
quires very little time to plant and
care for a hardy flower. and that flow
er will afford pleasure and beauty for
many days in the year Flowers ap-
peal TO our finer taste, and in the cul-
tivation of them we become more re-
fined. The front yard should have good
walks and well arranged flower beds,
and these should be kept clear OF
weeds and grass if possible. The back
yard should never be neglected. 1t is
just as important a factor, if not more
so, in the everyday life of the home
maker as the front yard. All weeds
and rubbish should be removed and
trees and flowers of value planted.
1t has been our lot to be thrown into
some communities where the average
farmer greatly neglected the appear
ance of his farm and seemed to he pos.
sessed with a don't care disposition
and to be endowed with very poor
ideas of refinement
There IS So much left undone which
could be done with profit and added
comfort. Our farms would be much
more attractive If all fence rows
orchards and back lots were kept
clear of weeds and grass. Gates and
barn doors should be well made and
hinged, not propped. Fence wires
where they are loose at every other
post should be stapled up. These are
snail things. but they mar the beauty
Of the farm. Our farms are often
destitute of trees. This should not be-
There is time wasted unthoughtfully
which could be used in putting out
trees around yards. lots. fences and in
pastures. 'In all labor there is profit"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
A GOOD HEDGE.
How HoneysdckIe Can Be Planted to
Offset an Ugly View.

How HoneysGekIe Can Be Planted to
Offset an Ugly View.
1t may be that you are planning a
new hedge this year to shut out an
ugly view or intruding animals or to
form a boundary line, says the De-
lineator. For this purpose the COM
mon honeysuckle. LOnicera grata, is
worthy of consideration. A simple but
strong wire fence will support it per-
fectly, and the roots may be set in at
almost any time of the year. The vine
grows rapidly, showing disposition to
take care of itself even to the extent
of choking out poison ivy or other
climbers that endeavcr TO invade its
stronghold. Its habit is t. grow to the
top of the fence AMI ten to droop
down gracefully on either side. A
close wall Of green is soon formed, so
close, indeed, that dogs give up the at
tempt to push themselves through it's
mass of intertwined twigs The flow
ers return for second blooming, cast
ing always to considerable distances
their soft. delicate scent
A hedge of hOneysuckle vines, more
over, is less costly than one of box or
privet, and it does not require the
clipping and care of the latter. Often
such a hedge forms desirable wind
break. especially for the roses of a
garden. Trained over simple frame
work. it makes a delightful canopy for
garden bench.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
CURRENT SPORT NOTES

Annapolis will construct quarter
mile running track.
Pugilist Billy Papke win rest six
months.
Willie Hoppe will go into the billiard
business.
st. Louis is to have a six day bicycle
race.
Baltimore City college will take up
rowing.
University of wisconsin is likely to
drop baseball.
The Annapolis lacrosse team is ar
ranging an elaborate schedule. Games
are pending with Johns Hopkins, Ste
yens, Lehigh, Harvard, Swarthmore
and Virginia.
The Rockport track. just west Of
Cleveland, O.. will probably be includ-
ed in the tri4state circuit now being or
gahized. IL is proposed to have uni
CORN purse events Of $500.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
CABLE CHESS MATCH DATES
CoIIegians Select March 20, and Brook
Iyn Club Accepts March 26.

iyn Club Accepts March 20.
Dates for both the international ca
BILE chess matches with Great Britain
have been agreed upon. The first of
the fixtures is set for March 20. when
a team of six American students will
play against Oxford and Cambridge.
Heretofore play has been confined to
a Saturday, but proposition will be
made to start play on Friday after
noon, thereby preventing the recur-
renee of the adjudications which pro-
1onged the decision of the referee inor-
dinately last year.
The Brooklyn On. " Chess club has
been offered the choice of two sets of
dates by the City of London Chess club
for the annual cable match for the Sir
George Newnes trophy and has cabled
Its acceptance of Friday and Saturday,
March 26 and %, play beginning each
day at 1O.o'clock in the morning. New
York time
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
WOMEN BUTCHERS.
An Unusual Feminine Occupation Fol-
lowed In Paraguay.

lowed In paraguay.
The butchers in all parts of Paraguay
are women. In the public slaughter
houses the cattle are dispatched by
men. This is the only part of the work
done. by men. The animal is skinned
and otherwise prepared by women who
are deXterous in the use OF the saw
ard knife. 1t is served out TO the Gus
toners by women-not generally by
weight, but by the piece-and the price
is very low.
Women of all ages act the part of
butchers. Some are young and pretty
others old and wrinkled. The women
are great bargainers and keen to pull
a new arrival almost to pieces in the
hope of securing his custom. These
women butchers earn good wages. and
many of those in business on their
own account acquire modest fortunes.
The cause of this state of things is
the heroic war waged by Paraguay
more than thirty years ago against
the overwhelming forces of Brazil the
Argentine Republic and Uruguay COM
bined. This war. which lasted five
years, bore many similar points of re-
semblance to the recent BOer war 1t
ended in the almost total humiliation
Of the ablebodied male population of
the country.
When the war was over the speople
had been reduced to the most abject
poverty and were on the verge of star
walton. Worse still, owing to the de-
struction of the male population, per-
feet anarchy prevailed, and all the
work formerly performed by males
fell on the fair sex. They rebuilt the
houses which had been burned down,
titled the fields and wove for them
selves rough homespun clothing from
the cotton grown in their own fields.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
NEWCOMER FOR RING TITLE.
Or. Roller of Seattle Anxious to Ex-
change WaIIops With Al Kaufman.


a new champion heavyweight posi-
bility has loomed UP on the pugilistic
horizon in the person of DR.. B. f.
Roller Of Seattle, Wash, practicing
physician, who is a wrestler and an
all round athlete. The doctor has post
ed $1,000 to bind match with Al
kaufman, the California heavyweight,
who recently defeated Jim Barry in
thirty-nine rounds. Roller is an anna
teur and has never fought real bat
tie, although he has boxed with many.
good heavyweights in practice and
more than held his own with them.
Roller has been in the wrestling
game for many years. He has only
one defeat chalked up against him,
that at the hands of Frank Gotch, the
champion. In speaking of the medico
recently Gotch said: ROLLER is the
toughest man ever met, not even
barring the great, Hackenschmidt
Were it not for his overeagerness he
would have had a winning chance.
held back and made the big fellow do
most of the work until he became
tired" Roller says lack of experience
will not worry him in the fighting
game.
Roller stands six feet in his stock
ings and in fighting costume weighs
210 pounds. He was born ON farm
near Newman, Ill When he was if
teen years old he had attained his full
height, weighed 203 pounds and was
the champion wrestler of his county
AT seventeen he became known through
numerically beating a prizefighter who
had had a challenge out for years to
any one in Douglas county.
In 1893 Roller entered the junior pre-
paratory year of De PAW university
and five years later graduated with
high honors. While in college he play
ed almost every position OF the foot
ball team. and was one year captain
and coach of both the football and
track teams. Roller was one Of the
best football players in the central
states and established some new state
records in throwing the weights In
the spring of 1898 he represented the
Chicago Athletic club ina dual meet
with the New York Athletic club.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26

The Good Housewives Experience and
Its Abrupt En6ins.

Its Abrupt Endina.
maggie" said Mrs. Hartford sharp
ly, this meat is not properly cooked
My husband says it is not ut for a
pig"
"But. Mrs. Hartford
''Now, do not answer back, Maggie.
/ do not care to argue with you.
went to the butcher myself yesterday
and bought the steak, SO l know it is
all right"
IF you ~
do not be impudent with me.
have warned you several times about
trying TO correct me. You have made
dismal failure of today's dinner. Mr..
Hartford is thoroughly disgusted with
your cooking and just left for the cafe
TO get something to quiet his apps
tite"
BY this. time poor Maggie was in
tears.
There is no use crying about it."
continued Mrs Hartford without the
least display of sympathy. II have re-
monstrated with you about your neg
lect of duty long enough. Remember,
now, If this occurs again l shall GER
tainly discharge you without a mo-
ment's notice"
But Mrs. Hartford awoke with a
sudden start and, shaking her bus
band violently, said:
George. l have just had the most
impossible dream."-St Louis Repub-
lie
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
INTERNATIONAL HANDBALL.
6owles of ireland and Kelly of Brook
Ign to Play Series.

An international handball series has
been arranged between John j. Bowles
of Limerick, Ireland, and James Kelly
of Brooklyn, who was also born in Ire
Hand. The men have agreed to play
the best of fifteen games for $500 q
side, the first seven games in Limerick
between July 5 and IL and the re-
manning games at the Brooklyn hand
ball court the following September.
This match will be the first interna-
tional contest which has taken place
In America since the match between
Mike Egan, of Jersey City and Tom
O'Toole of Kantunk. Ireland. some
years ago, when Egan won easily.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
A Linht Diet.

A certain father who is fond of put
ting his boys through natural history
examinations is often surprised by
their mental agility. He recently ask
ed them to tell him what animal is
satisfied with the least nourishment"
THE MOTH. one Of them shouted
confidently ct eats nothing but
holes. Youths Companion.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Clean un-

The most unsightly feature of town
at present and one that may easily be
removed is the vacant lot crop OF
weeds. Just now the weeds are going
to seed and should at once be. removed
and burned. Not only will this i'm
prove the looks of the streets and
town in general. but the destruction Of
this years coed crop will materially re-
duce next years weed crop upon these
areas and adjoining premises. 'One
years seeding makes seven years
wedding Is all the truth and none Of
fiction. You're next. Get busy.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Value and Protection of Street Trees

Value and Protection of Street Trees.
Municipalities have Of late much
awakened to the value of street trees
and the ACCESSIBILITY of protecting
them, more especially since several
eastern courts have placed a value of
several hundred dollars on fine old
specimens damaged by public service
companies through their wire stringing
vandals. These latter look upon all
street trees as so many distractions
and place no value upon them. This
is evident through the ruthless and I'M
necessary butchering INDUCED in by all
linemen. That neither the public nor
tie abutting property owner has any
rights or privileges in the matter seems
to be taken for granted.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
THE PARAMoIAc.

Queer Deiusions That Come With This
Curious Mental Disease.
'sThat curious form of mental dis
ease known as paranoia is seldom or
ever cured" said noted Chicago
alienist.
"a paranoiac may be able to trans
act business with q fair degree Of eff
cheney. but, as rule. few of this class
can be made to stick TO work, as the
nature Of the malady prevents concen-
tration of mind One so possessed is
afflicted with strange delusions. esDe
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
3 The Same Old Wav

Miss Madeline Edison, daughter of
Thomas A. Edison, is said to be fol-
lowing in her fathers footsteps as an
inventor. For several years she has
been his comrade in working out ex-
periments in electricity. As her own
invention she has put on the market
an automobile map.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Cordial and Confidential,

How did you get along with Ma
mics fatherT
Fine He said it was all right before
| asked him. And then he asked me if
didn't know few more likely young
fellows who would take the rest of his
girls. cleveland Pl.in Dealer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Flower Bedeeked Windows.

Here IS an idea which could be adapt
ell to the identifying Of towns with
great advantage. The municipality of
'Taris offers prizes for the most attrac-
tive window decorations by using
blooming plants. there being several
c,ssses in which competitors may
Etrive-that is. single windows. whole
house fronts and the fronts of mercan-
tile establishments.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
BASKET BALL TOURNEY.

Big Annual Meet of Protective Asso-
citation In February.
The Protective Basket Ball associa-
ton of New York has arranged to
have the largest of its annual tourna-
ments start about Feb. Is and will
embody two Championships light
weight class, averaging 40 pounds,
with individual limit 155 pounds, and
the heavyweight class, weight unlim-
.Htpd
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Dixie II. TO Race in Monaco.

Commodore e. ]. Schroeder, owner
OF the Dixie H., the American cham
pion motor boat, intends sending the
speedy craft to Monaco to compete in
the speed trials there in the spring.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26

well. young DR.. Slicer has made his
mark already. hasn't hep
Yes: did il on his first case"
-Great work! What did he doY'
''Vaccinated him"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26

There is many d good hearted fool.
The trouble is that man doesn't do
his thinking with his hearty iladel-
phia Record.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-26
Substitute for sunIiaht.

Atmospheric electricity is believed
to encourage plant life In the arctic
regions. where there is but little sun
light
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08
A LONG FELT WANT NOW SUP.
Piled.

Volumes have been written, orators
have exhausted their store of language
and newspapers have written long edi-
torials, endeavoring to point out way
that would lead to real success for the
Negro Of this country. 1t has been said
that the Negro has no pride in himself,
and that a race without pride can
never make real success. This is true;
and yet the foundation of pride must
always be a knowledge of ones his
tory When the Negro knows himself,
he will be proud of himself, AMI having
had his pride once aroused, success is
fully assured We find no hesitancy in
saying that nothing has been done
since emancipation that has aroused
the Negroes of this country to sense
of their own Importance, or injected
stronger hope into the hearts of his
friends, as the great Negro exhibit at
the jamestown Exposition, that was
conceived in the mind of Col Giles b.
Jackson, and carried to a most remark
able and successful termination. Sem
ators, governors, diplomats, representa-
tives and the president himself, were
loud in their praise. Col. Jackson, not
content with this achievement, believ
ing as he does that thousands upon
thousands of our people were unable
by reason of the shortness of time and
the stringency of the money market, to
see this great exhibition, he has de-
cided to put this in permanent form
He has called to his aid the we'll known
D. Webster Davis of literary fame, and
together they have written "The In
dustrial History of the Negro Race of
the United States as cleaned from the
great Negro exhibit at the jamestown
Exposition. This book is destined to
be of incalcuable benefit to the race,
placing, as it were, the Negro exhibit
into every home by means of numerous
cuts and illustrations. The reading
matter is not only fascinating and en-
pertaining, but instructive and reliable.
The price is merely nominal ($1.00,
$3.50 and $3.50, and it seems to us as
a matter of race PRIZE that the news
papers of this country should do all in
their power to encourage the placing
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08

Of this book in every Negro home and
into the hands of every school boy and
girl. 1t is confidentially expected by
the editors that this book will be
adopted in the schools of the various
States as a text book, and certainly
nothing fairer or better could be done
to uplift the people.
We commend this book most heartily
to the reading public and urge that
they purchase it in large numbers, for
only by this means can the publishers
find result for their painstaking and
ar1uous labors of love for the good Of
the race. 1t is a complete history of
the race from it's origin to the present
time and deals with every possible
phase of the Negro question from every
point of view. 1t shows his remarkable
progress along social, economic and in
dustrial lines, his accumulation of
property, his business enterprises, his
schools and colleges, all backed up by
statistics obtained from the most relia-
BILE sources. 1t is absolutely astounding
to see what has already been accom-
plished, and the dullest and most pess-
im1stic soul must receive inspiration
from reading this splendid volume
The editors are calling for 10000 agents
to sell this book. Liberal arrangements
Will be made by writing to Giles b.
Jackson or R. T. Hill, COZ N. Second
street, Richmond, Va
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08

I wish every Pythian brave man"
would take copy of the Pythian
Monitor. There is an article in the
December number on Reclaim Your
Suspended Members which is worthy
of attention. In the January issue E.
l.. Rogers will have an article on
"Pythianism and Our Duty and other
matter pertaining to our Springfield
lodges. All who desire this Pythian
paper can secure a copy at j. e.
Thompson's grocery store or Neal &
Browns restaurant.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08

That Negro Business Mems League
is the timeliest thing of the last dec
ade organized here.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08
WE WANT SUBSCRIBERS
Five Hundred New Subscribers Must Be
Had by July 31st, 1909.

We want Subscribers and must have them and will
therefore, make the following liberal offer for the 30 days
The Forum will be beginning
for One Dollar Forum the will
be sent for S5 the Forum
azne will be for $780, The The Freeman
sent for $780, Old subscribers who all back
this luxurious offer put only good
for 30 days from the first publication of this offer.
For further information
The Forum, 3O5 S. 9th ST.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08

Bring your friends!
You will find our
teous clerks w h o
will enjoy showing
you thru the store.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-19
Memory Studies.

A small boy went into a South Bos-
ton drug store. wrinkled his face,
rubbed his head and rubbed his left
foot up aud down his right lex In an
effort to remember something that
had escaped him.
"Say." he began. will you tell me
the name OF the place where We
Americans have so many soldiersg"
Fort Sheridan"
"oh. no; It's further away thaf
that and a new place" e
''The PhiliPpinesf"
That ain't just Il, but IT'S someK
where around there"
Perhaps you mean Manila"
"Manhal That's right knew
would get Il after a while. want a
bottle OF Manila extract for fiavoring
They're goin' to have Ice cream -
Boston Record.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-19

there can be no doubt. Before this
case can come up. however. the Tri-
bunal will meet on May l, to try the
Casa Blanca case between France
and Germany; while other cases are
reported to be pending in the shape
Of several American claims against
Venezuela for which President
Gomez has granted the arbitration
Castro refused.
Doubtless a successful settlement
of these questions will hasten the
establishment of the court of arbi-
trail justice proposed by the Hague
conference of 1904 court made
up of salaried judges. holding regu-
lar sessions. 1t will be remembered
that the Hague conference, failing to
agree on an allotment of judges
drew up a complete code of pro-
cedure. and provided that any mum
Der of nations may establish the
court for themselves by simply nam
ling judges. other nations being free
to join in like manner. The court il
not to suppIant but to supplement
the present Hague tribunal Mr..