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Blue-grass blade., 1909-04-04
(By Harmon Stitt.)

Stitt)
Some time published William Threlked
Foe of the Oldest and most highly respected citizens OF
During the editorial of the late C. Moore not
to introduce Mr. Fen the readers of the Blue Grass
in OF commentator
Se two Of m poas the eaf PSa o fg @ M
Moore published articles rejecting Paris that
had furnished the information and was therefore cpable
mas Sod though IU s ~e of the most
citizens of Paris were willing to become surety for him Mr. Fcken
hind the bars and Ficklen did anticipate dull time such
him Fcklen that time member of the Christian
ngs He strictly moral; he honest to the core didn't
drink had he Of the sin sins so $
charge the public began to take notice Some said It's
who was back of to begged
o on" ae Then he c o Nc
They thought he acted so about but then must
would have with the other fellows He preferred
pleasure He was dischargedany old way~and there the
matter s ended saw 50 that a w s n" furnish or with M
items complained Of That done by Lexington newspaper
infdel Ficken withdrew from
the He purchased Frehough books study
lis possible these men n% teach h such splendid mow s
thieves scOners at women and home the sacred ties
honor and and all that makes life and sweet! But
They the Beatiudes They hold that motherhood is
owies cradle. They Lord the
sereIant men and who scn to hold God Responsible
their Affections and do not off until another
world balance the debts credits evil committed
here This discovery pleased Mr. Fclen That people could
without the Intervention superstious
rites awakened his profound admiration He decided help the
For circulated Blue Blades
each week He subscribed to the capital stock of the enterprise
launched He thousands gladly believing
they would thinking and thus lead them to truth
Noticing the close alliance between the church and predatory
bought punches of the Appeals Reason
lated them the and believing and sold
Mr. Ficken Incorporating prohbions like nearly all
infdes having hopes Of life in another world II behooves
this pleasant possible He of his early
preachers with deal harty
him to call the ministers to
Usually they refused Sometimes they
promised would forget it, subsequently claimed
they learned political meeting and they could
the pulpit certain occasion of the
Blue-grass blade., 1909-04-04

did insisting upon remarked
among you"
Feklen jail of the indgnties he
dubbed him eashed bestowed
him paronizmg smile they condescendngly listened his
rank him mankind All that expects and is
It is satisfied with nothing but humiliation may by the
may come by nurng mans business or estrangng his friends
from him In some guise comes 1t struck Mr. Fclen in his
deepest wound
For forty Flen has been member of certain
time. his visited
questioned Brothers motives sae
beliefs Lodge night was looked forward TO by him with
their dreams their hopes their aspirations 1t an ideal Order
Gentle meet around its altar and counsel for the good of the
it stiles good impulse of the human heart How blasts
and destroys wherever it touches Well got into this Lodge
charges Ficken. suppose the
@ Do o 5n' that H @
9" his wor Would S not be- sme But for
speaking dsrespectu Of book claimed by these have
vgnshe who spins worlds and systems worlds from the
Mr. Fcken of Paris Kentucky budened with the weight of
gy h, wa hea SUSPENDED %era One % I to the
pposched Mr. Fen and stated that he had been appointed to
was asked for as means of making d. One was given
another So another statement given but as the accused
Lodge member was not allowed to be present at the trial he does
Whether that the members
given himself
the verdict does OF tell
really 1t doesn't However, let forget that
drink the of God in vain lie
childhood God damn him he spoke drespectfuly of the
Bible.
Ficklen EZavie Fleming county Kentucky
18th 1927 His father noted stock
Fcken laid village
wholesale business
years War
married, bachelor
being the of spirits who love
clean story pleasant book occasional game of cards He
hearty live yet, in
possession
ruth
his He takes the world sereney philosophy
fu-but speaks disrespectfuly the
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
COLORED SCHOOL NOTES

Our school is moving on well. In all departments the work IS being done with much precision.
 We had a new teacher this week, Miss Nancy Renwick, who was elected by the school board to fill the vacancy of Miss Mat tie Boyd who resigned her posi- tion in our school
 Two boys in the sixth grade missed school Friday evening to go quailing, but we think they had poor luck. Better try it on Saturday next time, boys.
 Queenny Royston and Pearl Tidwell, sixth grade, won. re- spectfully, the half and quarter holiday this week, having solved the greatest number of problems in Intellectual arithmetic. Queen ny solved 23 and Pearl solved 21, though Pearl was out of school Monday morning. It is not so bad for the girls to beat the boys in grammar, but it doesn't sound so well for the girls to beat the boys in arithmetic.
 It makes no difference what kind of inducements our princi- pal make to secure punctuality, a goodly number of our pupils will be tardy and some just dc escape being sent back home or account of eing late. We would ask the parents to assist the teachers in having children be more on time, as There is nothing like an early start ir life. "
 A certain girl in the sixth grade failed on problem in In- tellectual arithmetic one day
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
ARTISAN

Henry Coppock has rented the Parks place and will move on it soon.
 Levi Martin will move from the Greeson Farm to the Arm stead place one mile south of here.
 John McSweeWy tells us that he went hunting one night last week and the dogs treed a wampus about four feet long. He sent another boy up the tree to kill it, thinking it was a coon and did not know any better un- til he went to pick it up.
 Vester Sanders is wondering why Miss Eva Garrett has not answered his post card.
 Earnest Summers is going to get married soon. as he bought his furniture at the sale Friday. He bought a horse collar.
 Born-On October 3Oth to MT. and Mrs. w. B. Cummings, a boy.
 MT. Ross was out looking at his wheat last week. He thinks it will make enough biscuit to use up a quart of syrup.
 On last Sunday week our roau
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
D Neighborhood News K Interesting News Items Collected
 y By Our Country Correspondents

Miss Ethel Honey entered school Monday. We are very glad to have her with us.
 Chas. McSwain says he thinks he would make a better dog than Prof. Crump.
 Ask Vester Sanders to tell you his experience in killing a wild cat.
 Work OF the play is progress ing nicely. This play, "The Night Riders" is to be given Saturday evening Nov. 13. We expect this to be the very best play ever given in our auditorium. A small admission fee will be charged. Proceeds to go to piano fund.
 Mr. Booth Lowrey will be with us on Saturday evening, December 4th. We are looking forward to his coming with a great deal of anticipation. We believe that he is one of the greatest orators in all the South. Every one should make arrange ments to hear his inimitable Simon Says Wig-Wag. " This is a very laughable lecture, and at the same time a very instruc- tive one. The writer heard this lecture several years ago and 1t made a lasting impression on his mind. To hear Booth Lowrey and to know him is to love mm. We also hope to have him with us on Sunday and to hear his great sermon "Why Daniel Be came President. ," Don't forget the date. Don't fail to hear him.
 The small boys of our school have organized a basket ball club and are arranging ground. This makes three courts, for the girls court is in daily use. We have not gone daffy over basket ball, but we believe it one of the best games ever devised to give wholesome exercise to school boys and girls. It is not as rough or as dangerous as foot hall or base ball, and is really better exercises.
 We are sorry to learn that Dr. Shackleford is soon to leave us. He returns to Louisville, Ky, where he graduates in medicine this year. We trust that he will return to Emmet.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
\ O Our Men Friends.

We know you pants, and for that reason we want you to call at store and see the low prices making on that article of mems We offer you the Best Assortment-- be found in the City.
 Every pair Of Pants in store was bought from reliable manufacturers and were guarant eed to to be strictly first class, and in return guarantee them to you--guarantee them to give you your moneys worth--and if they fail to do so, we Il replace them with another pair, "'and won't look mad about it either.''
 Respe ctfully,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
EMMETT SCHOOL NOTES
Last Week.

Last Week.
 We are proud of the way our |basket ball boys held down the Hone team last Saturday. At the |elose of the first half the score ,tood Ii to II in favor of Emmet. But the Hope team rallied and rolled up six points in the second l half. making the final score F to / Il in favor of Hope. The teams were pretty we'll matched and the game was a contest of brains and agility.
 Miss Alice Garland gave a Halloween party last Saturday eyenine. This was enjoyed im- |nensely by the school children land by a number of others who. according to FlimAam, must have come in from the sur founding country. There were ! witches and hobgobliHs. dark l stories of old women and back cats, fortune teller, and various | oher amusing features. Miss Alice is a capital entertainer, and 1t is always a pleasure to visit |her home.
 Some of our pupils are develop ling bump of poetry. The fol- lowing ode to examination has been unearthed:
 Oh, that examination day,
 It is nation 1 must say. It is worse that excommunica-
 tion,
 With all its blamed compli-
 cation,
 But is a fit remuneration
 To the boys of any nation To be able in their old age to
 say
 We have trod the rough and
 narrow way.
 Nichts Mehr. The Daily Whig, (Jackson, Tenn. says: Booth Lowrey is a king among men, in body, mind and soul. Perhaps the most striking characteristic in his personality is the utter abhor- renee of "shams" in any guise or fashion. For one hour we re- sponded to the touch of a master-hand and we did not care whether the tears Tn our eyes were from laughing or un- til we cried or crying until we laughed. Though fully appreci- ating him as humorist, it seems his greatest achievement is in the pathetic and dramatic pro- auctions that have marked him as one of the gifted authors of the South. (Mr. Lowrey will be In Emmet Dee. 4th.
 This Week.
 Wonder how Miss Kaufman caught that cold?
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
w. B. WALLER.

loss came out to get some pe- cans and started threshing q tree and Mr. Parks made him stop, You had better not monkey with the band wagon unless you can toot horn, if you can't they will make you toot one about ten miles below town to work your road time out. l monkeyed with it and 1 got stump digging for three days for mine.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11

this week. but failure was due to a mistakem made in the multipliea- ton table. Every member of the class knew that the girl could solve the problem, and the teacher gave her time to correct the mistake which she failed to do, so the problem was passed to the next. The little girl could not help crying, and the teacher said that, when boy or girl cries on account of missing his or her lesson, fear of punishment not considered, just watch that boy or girl make a mark in the world. :"
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
our school.

i our school.
 We are very grateful to the editor of the Picayune for his kindness in giving us space. We are not going to "blow off" our private opinions, but we want the patrons and friends of Baptist Union High School to know what is being done at Bodcaw in the interest of their boys and girls. We are preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving in the right way. At eleven o'clock we are going to hold services at the Baptist Church. This is going to be a service for every body, and every body must take a part.
 MT, 1. H. Mack, one of our best citizens, is stirring Bodcaw about stair carpets for the school. Mir. Mack has the SUD- port and cooperation of the school, and we hope to carry the matter through soon.
 Mir. Huckabee, who had his arm broken some time back. is improving sIoWH.
 Several of or students visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. 4 large number of Bodcaw people attended the Debate at Shower Springs Sunday. between Bogard and Nichol They are taking a four days tiit over the Bible fields.
 While out after 'possums the other night, Clarence Dunn fell from a tree and was dangerously hurt. He is suffering from a broken arm, two broken ribs, and some severe bruisess
 Baptist Union High School re- ceived a compliment from Eld. Ben. M. Bogard, at Shower Springs. Bro. Bogard is a strong man in every way, and we are glad to have him endorse our school.
 Late Thursday evening, the young men met and organized an athletic association. Its pur- pose will be to encourage and provide all kinds. of athletics.
 The class in United States History is studying 'Evange- line," the story of Arcadia. All our classes do a considerable amount of supplementary work. This makes the hard lessons at tractive and interesting, and is very beneficial.
 MT. and Mrs. Buck" Phillips of near Blevins spent Saturday night with Will Wimberly and family.
 This year the school is putting out a neat attractive report card. This has been neglected in the past. These cards will show exactly the work done by each
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11
Schoolnotes from a School Town
 -BODCAW

Two months of school have just gone by-two months of hard study. The work our pupils are doing counts, and we are proud of it. Our teachers are lined right together, and are working to make this year the most successful in the history of
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-11-11

Strayed From the ED Moore place one mile south of town, about two weeks ago, 3 black and white spotted pigs. Mark ed, crop and two splits in right ear and swallow fork in left ear. Liberal reward for their where abouts. J. J. Wingfield,
 Route No. 1.
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The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
Odd South American Animals.

Many curtsza animals hsunt the
marshy parts o."Sc uth AmGrica nc-ta
Of the pampas. Frogs big and fero-
ctous, given to making vicious
springs when closely approached: the
Capybsra, q cavy ''contented with
the bulk of & sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike tapir are
frequently seen. Along the forest
margins troops of peccaries are often
net with, occasionally the jaguar
sometimes the puma, likewise that
toothiess curiosity, the great ant
bear, long in claw. long nosed and
remarkably long tonEued. A famil-
lar object Is the great jabiru, 8 stork
With = preference for the desolate
IAEoOns, where it may often be OBJ
served stStuesque on one leg and
wrapped In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
The swaying Skyscraper.

Through the chance OF perfect ad-
tuBtment In the way OF balance, OF
. row OF large photographs that
Aang On 3 wall o. an Office building
aoWa town the clerks In the place
have 4 good deal o; quiet amusement
With persons who visit the place for
the hrst time. Owing to this ball
enee the pictures are easily sway
I'd by the wind that blows through
the open windows and since the Of
ace force goes In for fresh air the
par round he pictures are never
sill. The Joke lies In catching the
Aorrifed expression on the faces Of
the callers when they get = sight Of
the swinging frames. Then It is al
Ways explained with due solemnity, II
che boss is not around that the sway
Ing Of the frames is due to the oscil-
Ation OF the structure. It usually
takes some time for the object of the
Joke to see the point. Meanwhile -
las suffered considerable shock.-
y. 7. World.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
The Gingko Tree.

Studies By Miss NJ. C. Slopes Of the
sOssil fora Of Scotland have shown
that the gingko or maidenhair, tree,
. native Of Japan and China, which
b cultivated in Europe and this coun-
try on account OF its remarkable fol-
iage, belongs TO an extremely anc-
lent family. OF whicn II is now. ap-
Harenty. the last surviving repre-
sentative. At one time 1t seems to
have bSsn widely spread. A singu-
lar fact IL that the fossil specimens
ef the gingko. found In the rock beds
sf the Inferior OoIlts series, at Bro
~. Scotland. are so similar to the
HYing trees that ct first sight no diff
ferencs Is apparent. Only an ex-
animation of the structure OF the
calls reveals q variation.-Youth's
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
For Pressing Piaite,. Skirts.

Plated Skirts which have been
washed are di11cult to press. Time
and expense may 20 ssved by having
The work done after the following
assthod, which Is fo- --Solen skirts
specially: BssSFs the skir, has be-
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. bastinG thread, using short, even
stitches. down thC entire ength of
each crease whicF marks the folds
sf the pIaits. BY this means, after
the skirt has been washed, the pro-
par location OF each lest can read
Ey b determined, AMI the pressing
aone successfully,
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
CoUNTERFETTERs NEW SCHEME
How the Smooth Demonstration Gets
His Victims Coin.

''Ons OF the latest schemes OF the
counterfeit money swindlers Is to
show guillibIe people a machine with
which they can print for themselves
large size bills, initiative OF Govern
ment currency" said Capt. s. r.
khojes, formerly of the secret ser
vice. This money producing ma
shine has q smooth demonstrator
who will. after getting a prospective
Victim interested, turn the crank and
grind out a $40 note, which. It Is
Heedless to say, Is genuine. The
Vtcim shows the bill TO q bank cash
Ter. and hears II pronounced good,
and his mercenary nature being
ASoused, he sees visions of gigantic
wealth, and hands over to Mr.. Sharp
- $500, or at least $3.50, for the
instrument that is going to make him
q Rockefeller. 1t is needless to say
that the subsequent specimens turn
cd out are such miserable imltatians
that they would hardly fool a blind
man. bat the ignoramus Is in q place
where he can't make a roar for his
bost money.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
BaIzac In Church Pew.

The woman who had left q vol
anne Of Balzac in the church pew on
prayer meeting night felt little bit
ashamed when she asked for the
book, but the sexton assured her she
need not feel that way. Many
things are left IN the church." be
said, "and some of them are a whole
bot less respectable than Balzac. At
ter each service the pews yield q
strange gTist OF forgotten or dis
saFjed articles"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
A Clever Bear.

4 noted ethnologist observed In
Vienna 3 bear deliberately making
With his paw. a current in some wa
ter which vas close TO the bars of his
cage % as to draw a piece Of float
nag bread within his reach. These
actions of the bear could hardly be
attributed to. instinct or inherited
habit. a. they would be of little use
20 an animal In & state of nature.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
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Quill TcOthpicks,

The largest quill toothpick fac-
Ary In the world Is near Paris, where
there Il an annual product of 20,-
eco .OOe quills. The factory was
stsrtsa to make quill pens. but when
these vent out OF general use II was
converted into = toothpiek mill.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
that your paper be the first to publish the

that your paper be the first to publish the
fact Of my resignation"
Justice Peckham was among the most
when an argument was being made. He
followed the reasoning OF counsel with care
and patience and was alert to every vital
phase OF the case. He saw with a clear
vision and it was not necessary to pound
things home by reiterstion to make him
understand. He asked fewer questions thar
any of his colleagues, and never indicated
by a nod or a shake of the head what i'm
preston was being made on his mind by
some special feature Of the argument
When he did ask a question it was directed
to the very heart Of the case and was pre-
cisely and quickly stated. He had no pa
thence with lawyers who INDUCED in OK
travagant language and sough to cover
up their legal deficiencies OF the weakness
OF their cause by their oratorical ability.
He felt that It was the duty of lawyers to
give the court credit Tor a reasonable ia
mlliarity with it's own decisions.
Plain Speaking from Bench.
Several years ago a lawyer who was ar
guirg a rather important case proceeded
to read at length from his brief exhaustive
opinions Of the court on what he regarded
as analogous legal points, When he had
been thus reading for nearly half IN hour
he vas Interrupted by Justice Peckham.
What IL your purpose in reading these
! supreme court opinions?' Mr., Peckham
arked, with a touch Of irritation in his tone.
'Well, It is part of my argument re-
piled the attorney, but If it is fatiguing
/ will desist."
1T is fatiguing-very fatiguing," said
Justice Peckham, with a sigh Of relief at
the prospect Of its cessation. Justice
Brewer ohuckled audih'y and Justice White
smiled his approval.
The dead justice had a quick temper and
could speak his mind in language both
forceful and picturesque when occasion re-
quired. This was a family characteristic
II was said that his father, who at the
time OF his death In the shipwreck Of the
vile de Havre. in 1873, was one Of the
judges Of the court Of appeals Of New York
state, could make the air blue with vehe-
ment words when things did not go to suit
him. His brother, Wheeler Il. Peckhan.
whose confirmation as a justice of the
United states supreme court was defeated
by Senator David B. Hill, was well able tC
ak back when the spirit moyed.-NeV
York Tribune.