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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17

approach or abutment will kindly
bring same to the attention of said
Supervisor and thus assist him in
making complete report.
1t further appearing that it will
be necessary for the said Fiscal court
to take some steps to provide means
to defray the expenses of such re-
building and repairing of bridges and
abutmeuts the County Attorney is
hereby directed to advise the said
Supervisor or bridge commissioner in
the premises preparatory to recon-
mending legal and proper steps by the
said court, at such term, in an effort
to restore to our citizenship safe
means of public travel, at the earliest
possible time and at the minimum ex-
pense, having due regard for proper
amount and quality of the work The
said Supervisor will also take careful
notice of the damage over the county
to culverts and roads, generally, oc-
casioned by said heavy rains, and will
also let his report on bridges cover
this subject. County Clerk will have
this order published in both county
newspapers. Given under my hand
this March Is, 1909.
Fl. De. H. NORMAN,
Judge Breckenridge County, KY.
A copy attest:
w. F. HOOK, Clerk.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17

"I used Peruna for about two months
before was able to say that was en-
tirely we'll, but have never regretted
the money which expended for 1t, for
it has put me in perfect health"
Catarrh for Five Years.
Mr.. s. y. Johnson, Greenville, Ill,
writes:
al was for five years troubled with ca.
farrh. Two years ago had one foot in
the grave. had tried seven doctors and
also went to q catarrh specialist in
st. Louis, and took several kinds Of
medicine day. / could not walk more
than hundred yards without resting.
"My friends told me to take Perune,
and did so. Inow feel that Pernna has
saved my life. 1t lis the best medicine
on earth, and would not be without it's
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17
Settled on Lungs.

Mr.. Charles A. Schafer, Nebraska
City, Neb., Ex-President Local Broth
erhood of Bookbinders, writes:
81 am pleased to give my experience
with Peruna.
"Some years ago contracted heavy
cold which settled in my body and
finally resulted in catarrhal trouble of
the lungs and stomach.
az tried many remedies, but found
nothing effective until tried Peruna.
In very few days 1 was feeling much
better, and as the result was so promis-
ing was glad to keep on using it. In
about month the soreness had entirely
left my joints, / felt much better, and
the catarrh was being carried out of my
system.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17
Breckenridge Fair.

At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Breckenridge County
Fair Association. the following Board of
Directors was elected for the ensuing
year: d. c. Norman, w. r. Moor
man, Jr., Joe Glasscock, T. ]. Hook,
Coleman Haswell, ]. E. Kincheioe, H.
NJ. Beard Charles H. Drury and E. H.
Shellman.
The newly elected board will meet at
an early date and select officers for the
association.--Th Kentucky Farmer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17
EIGHT PAGES.
CLovERPORT, KY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH II, 1909

Mrs w. II. Brown was called to her
long resting place Monday, February
p. Her death was not unexpected to
her friends, as she had been a sufferer
for some time of consumption. She
leaves a husband and one child, Master
Keith Frymire.
Norman Ditto closed his school here
February 26, with a nice treat Mr..
Ditto is fine teacher, and won place
in each scholars heart
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Dowell are re-
joicing over their new visitor that ar
rived Saturday, February 70, little
daughter.
Miss Rose Dowell is the guest of rel J.
atives near Stephensport, this week.
d. c. Walls got busy last week get
ting his boys out on the high water.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17
Wants First Chance.

Maud-Would you marry widower?
Ethel-No, l wouldn't. The man |
marry l am going to tame myself.
1.-THE Taller.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-17

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced 1t a local disease and pre-
scrlbed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market, 1t is taken
internally In doses from 10 drops to Il tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circular and testimonials.
Address; II. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by druggists. Csc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
CEDAR FOR PENCILS.
Tennessee Tract Furnishes Wood tor
that Purpose Exclusively.

Down in my state there is a patch
of territory about rs. miles square,
near the town where the battle OF
Franklin was fought during the Civil
War, which is practically the only SEE
ton in the United states where cedar
is grown for no other purpose than To
furnish stock for the lead pencil in
dustry," said Thomas Green of Nash
vile.
I'm that section cedar trees seem to
to spring spontaneously from the soil
and the peculiar thing about it is that
they do not grow in any other section
of the state to amount to anything
These forests give employment to
many wood choppers and planning mill
workers, who prepare the cedar for
shipment to lead pencil factories in the
Eastern States and to Europe.
AN immense amount of, the wood is
tut, planed, sawed and shipped out at
the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn
every year. There have been many
fortunes made i'm that section out OF
cedar. Cedar trees there are cult
rated as is any other crop. The
groves, conserved as they are now by
the wise owners, will last forever and
will be furnishing the close grained
fine fibred wood for pencils a century
from now."-WashingtO Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25

been put in the entire distance and
much new planking of Southern pine
laid where needed. Owing to the con-
slant shifting of freight trains the
work has been slow and traffic by team
more or less delayed.
Mrs. Hazel Hover, who had been the
guest of her mother for the past three
weeks, left Tuesday. for her home IN
Washington, d. G. She will be remem-
erred by Skowhegan friends as Miss
IaZel Smith and is a graduate or the
High school.
Miss Mary Ward left Tuesday for
Jamaica Plain, Mass, after visit here
With her father, S. C: Ward. Fer sew
raj years she has been employed as
teacher in the public schools there
,rd last June became the owner OF
new double tenement house. She
vas accompanied as far as Watervlile
" her sister, Miss Sadie M. Ward.
Tuesday was busy day for the sew
raj committees of De Molay Comman-
!ery. making and completing arrange
,ents for the entertainment OF Dunlap
,ommandcry of Bath today and to-
norrow. Many of the houses along the
ne oc march will be decorated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
Titian's Birthday.

We interviewed the padrone about go
ng to Preve di Cadore-a quaint little
itians birthplace, about two miles from
al by a very steep road. If it had been
me we should have walked there. but the
Dad was transformed into running
tream. and it seemed wiser to take a
arriage. A drive of Is minutes brought
$ to Pieve. The carriage stopped In the
'iddle of the Piazza Tiziano," under
itian's statue. and the driver asked what
e wanted to do. 1t had begun to rain
gain hard. but we scrambled out from
nder the dirty. smelly hood. and armed
It'll umbrellas started for Titians house.
cling the driver to wait FIR us at the
Iotel al ProSresso. The village is small.
ONE rather large stone houses. which
re dignified with the name of ''palaZzi."
itian's house didn't say much to us.
Hwo small, low. dark rooms. One can
nagine how the boy could have had any
Inspiration or visions of his splendid
,loring in such surroundings-but one of
he rooms, they told us, was his studio
'owever. he was taken to Venice. to
tudy. when he was only ten years old, so
was only his first childish years that
bowed us all over the rooms and
aid great many people came to see
1em-principally English. We went on
here were several interesting paintings
two by Titian-a Madonna and saints
nd others by members of his family. the
-ecellios. There are still Vecellios in the
illage-one sees the name quite often.
he butcher. cobbler and brocer are al.
-ecellios There is, of course, an albergo
nd cafe Tiziano. All the pictures had
le gorgeous coloring of Titan and the
'enetian school of that time. The muse
m is next to the church. with various
tteresting relics of Titan: some sketches
nd some letters written to him by great
ersonages-also many of his own. He
I,ya oaiY
lace. and came back to it very often
anted to come home to die when he was
} years old and the plague was raging il
-enice. He tried to get away. but no one
as allowed to leave the doomed city
fe was seized with the dreadful malady
nd died practically alone. his servants
aving already sucumbed to the plague
here must be d magnificent view from
he terrace but that we shall only know
rom postal-cards or descriptions.-Ma-
anne WaddinEton in Scribner's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
LILLIPUTlAN CHINA.
Interesting Origin of Miniature Sets
by Famous Makers.

Do you know those miniature dinner
china bearing the marks of historic
makers and most exquisitely fashioned
that are preserved in many old fami-
lies? This lilputian china had an
origin that is not perhaps generally
known. The leading china makers Il
century or two ago were in the habit
of sending it as Christmas presents t.
the children of their best customers.
A number OF these sets and pieces
will be exhibited in London toward
the middle of next month, says tho
Lady's Pictorial and they will be we'll
worth seeing by those who care for
rare china.
1t is quite possible that collection
of lilliputian furniture will be ex-
hibited at the same time. These tiny
pieces are as complete in all details az
furniture of the normal size. but they
are no larger than the things you
would expect to find in a first g
dolls house.
They were made originally not for
the delectation of the young. but t5
samples for the young man who trav-
eled the provinces in the interest of
some firm of furniture makers in Lon
don. In those days there were no
leviathan catalogues profusely illus
trated and journey from a remote
country district to the show rooms in
London was a formidable undertaking
before we had railways and motor
cars
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
The Right Sided Tongue

From the observations made by a ply
siognomist it appears that the tonsu
when quite still can be as eloquent j.
giving it's owner away as when it is wag
gins sixteen to a dozen. This is a har
fact for a silent man to swallow-insi
lence. His only remedy is to keep well s.
as to obviate the necessary injunction o.
the doctor to put his tongue out for by
this thrust out sign the doctor shall
know him.
The tongue of the talker when obtrude'
inclines to the right side of the mouth W
are asked to believe. whereas the seldom
used tongue gravitates to the left side
Ora tors, preachers and barrsters are en-
dowed with right-side tongues. Verbal.
parsimonious persons have left-sidet
tongues.
Furthermore, 1.-THE tongue that shoot
out straight without turning or waverin:
| indicates a solid. reliable man of affairs.
Tongues that turn up indicate impracti
| cal natures. A downward, droopin.
| tongue belongs to a person born to pow
erty and ready eye for the hopeless sid
of things.
The cruel tongue f1attens and broaden
when extended. The delicate speakin,
organ with curled-up edges is the proper
ty of an imaginative and artistic being
Wien the tongue issues forth as i
Srirped in a dental wise it signifies Low
of life more than ordinary.
Finally we are warned that the indivi
dual who thrusts forth his tongue to it
EXTREMIST verge is a person to whom n
secret should ever be confided for he
an irresponsible chatterer.-Londoi
| Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
Oriain of a Famous Soma.

A letter came the other day asking fo
the origin RoG of the noted song J9h
Grave" 1t is somewhat risky to take .
definite stand as to it's authorship. Abou
% years ago discussion was stirred
on the subject. and it ragged fiercely an
the question. There are number
claimants, but the contest seems to hav
narrowed down to two-the I'd battalion
MassachuS tits volunteer militia, known a
''the Tigers" and Frank e. Jerome. VIII
at the time the discussion was raised
along in the early sos, lived at Russell
Kan
/ The best way to answer the query is
apply the record. Sundry stories are tol
of the manner in which the Massachu
sets militiamen composed the song. Th
I'd infantry battalion was stationed
Fort Warren Boston Harbor, in Apr
1861. There wasn't much to do. and as i
happened. Il number of good singers wer
among the men. and the warbling of bal
| lads and hymns became favorite pas
time. Religious songs were quite popula'
and a revival meeting hymn. known
Say. Brothers. Will You Meet Us?
seemed to be best liked The chorus wa
big and resounding and vel adapted 70
foundation for the song. John Brown
Body There was a member of the bat
TALON named John Brown, big. happ
Scotchman, and his fellow soldiers joke
him a good deal over the fact that hi
name was exactly the same as that O
the famous fanatic who had fallen a
Harper's Ferry. a story told by one
the members of the company was to til
effect that when John Brown was lat
in falling into line he would he sreete
with, Hurry. up. if you are going to hel,
us free the slaves
Why. John Brown is dead" would
drawl another.
Poor John Brown echoed a third
Poor John Brown. He died. Yes. he
dead. His body lies Acknowledging in tn
grave"
And that is the way. they relate. tina
it all began. Gradually the other line
were added lines were reframed a lot O
them nonscnsical of doggerel nature
full of fun and frolc. and so on. But on
of it was finally worked the song that en-.
dured. The tune became popular; tn,
words were easy to learn: a brigade bant
months it became battle hymn of tn
greatest armies ever assembled Abra
ham Cutter, of Charestown. Mass, pos.
sesses one of the first printed copies O
the song, of which facsimiles ara now OBJ
tainablc.
THE Tigers" as an organization. neve;
went to war, but most of the member
of the battalion joined other companies
most OF them going to the 18th Massachu
sets. This regiment received its colors
York Tribune printed the song.
1t is probable from the manner in which
the song was made up by these soldiers
that it got the classification of being q
folk song In a sense that caption Is
fitting. 1t was also known as a "glee."
Apropos of that it is related that Brown
and Purington. two members of the mill
tia company. formed quartet with a
couple of men named Greenleaf and Ed
gerly, ard that they sang John Brown
soig Wa, go IN unconscio Isly ny :hem
New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
FASHIONS IN LOCOMOTIVES.
ew Novelties Of Design Introduces
During Last Year.

The actual novelties in locomotive
'esign in the past year are compare
jvelv few. though the number OF m
,resting designs is considerable, but
he main features of the worlds loco
,otive practice in 1908 may be briefly
eviewed as follows:
/. The extensive Introduction OF
Pacific" locomotives in France, and
he initial introduction thereof in Eng
md and Germany, both of the latter,
owerer, being really toward the close
f 1907. though usually associated with
9OS.
2. The extensive introduction ana
development of articulated locomotives
l the United States, and the con-
ruction Of such locomotives by Brit
III and American firms for use in 9TH
! countries.
3. The somewhat extensive building
locomotives of moderate dimensions
,r use on railways already using lar
err engines, these smaller engines IN
,me cases nearly or exactly CORE
ponding in design with engines bullt
ONE years ago, or being developments
such designs. This has occurred
articularly in Great Britain, but it is
'so characteristic to some extent OF
Continental railways.
a. The extension of the use of SUI
erheating apparatus.
5. The introduction of several new
heel arrangements and of at lea s.
ne engine which is very radical de-
arturo from usual methods of design
-CaSSier's Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
Map of 100000 Stars.

In few days astronomers from al
PARTS of the world will meet In Parf'
for the international Congress of thu
Map of the Sky" under the presidenc,
of M. Raillaud, Director of the Pari.
Observatory.
This map of the heavens will be thu
most colossal and also the most deli
cate and difficult task ever attempte,
by human genius in the realm OF as
tronomy.
Seventeen important observatories
besides the Paris one, have for the las
% years been at work in their respec
tive spheres on this stupendOus task
those of Greenwich, Rome, Catania
Helsingsfors, Potsdam, oxford, Dor
deaux. Toulouse, Algiers. San Fernan
do (Spain), Tacubaya (Mexico), San
tiago (Chile). Cordoba (Argentina)
Perth (Australia), Cape Town, Sidne.
and Melbourne.
Twenty-Five thousand and fifty-fou
negatives are necessary. SO far 200
of them have been engraved on copper
The map, when completed, and tn
catalog, will .give the exact position
measurements and size of 100000
stars down TO tHe eleventh MAGNITUDE
and of 50,000,000 stars down to tn
fourteenth magnitude.
The map ana catalogue will be use'
to determine by scientific comparisoi
laws of celestial mechanics which ar
still unknown, to correct errors. and t
know better the marvellous harmon.
which rules in space the millions .
worlds which we see without recog
nizing them.-Paris Cor. Chicago Int
Ocean
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
NATIONS FAIRGROUNDS.
Twelve Great Parks Have Been Estab
lished Since 1872.

The nation that leads the world in fe-
vcrish business activity requires play
grounds as well as workshops If we as
pire to maintain industrial supremacy we
we must perforce think of conserving not
only minerals but men. Arguments for
scenic preservation need not be limited
to esthetic or sentimental postulates; the
Fairgrounds of the nation are essential to
it's very life. Nor can the materialist
turn aside from this demand of the times,
for no greater value can be won from
mountain slopes and rushing rivers than
through the utilization of natural scenery
in the development of citizens.
John Muir has justly termed the noun
tain parks fountains of life. Here can be
had the recreation that makes for in
creased and maintained efficiency. The
appreciation. of the beautiful in nature
should become. more and more an Amer
lean characteristic, and in these days of
national stocktaking we do we'll to inven-
tory the nations wealth in wild scenery.
The national policy of preserving the
best of America for present and future
enjoyment is well fixed. Since 1872 twelve
national parks have been established in
different states, with an aggregate area
of 10000 acres. In addition to these res
ervations there have been created since
June, 1906, eighteen national monuments
in nine states, with a total area of over
1.50c,O0O acres. The Grand Canyon and
the petrified forest in Arizona and the
natural bridges in Utah are the most
notable of the national monuments; of
the national parks the Yellowstone, the
Yosemite, and the Mount Rainier are the
best known. The Secretary of the In
terror is the Federal officer charged with
the administration of these national res
ervations, and Congress makes annual
appropriations for their maintenance,
those for the current year amounting to
$la5Mo. The present policy is to make
the utilization of these resources for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
I-eome the clowns.

and the riders come the clowns.
The aristocracy of the sawdust ring
originated in the early days of the. Eng
ish circus when it was little more than a
roupe of strolling acrobats. Undoubt-
dly the prestige of owning and riding
lorses gave the leadership, to the equest-
ians. The clowns took their position BY !y,
1istory-the kings jester was ever
privileged figure at court, and the
ame tribute followed him to the circus
ing The aerial act is a comparatively
modern innovation. ard the fact that it
vas not introduced until old-time tradi-
ions had become firmly established Is
probably the reason for it's rank in the
ocial scale. AS for the re-walkers and
he 'lumblers" no one has been able to
determine an ironclad rule or precedence.
n the lounging hours in the dressing
Dom and on the show train the circus
women have many warm debates over the
problem And it is never solved quite to
heir satisfaction
But we have not included either the
,ontortionist or the perfo mcr who does
'alo, the daredevil individual who loops
he loop or Mile La Belle Roche, the
double somersaulting automobile wo-
IAN. The contortonist always has been
asst and always will be last in the socia
egister of the circus. for he is really a
reak than an athlete. AS for Mile Roche
nd the women who risk their lives with
smile to emphasize m, mans hi,o ih hod W
he arena altogether. They are not circus
gomen in any sense of the word: Their
cts require daring-perhaps recklessness
but never special skill.
The freaks of the side show. the living
keeton,'' the bearded lady" the
giant" and the wild man" are an al
ogether separate and distinct clan, witt
heir own corner of the cook house ant
heir own car in the show train. The
'nimal trainer belongs to still another
ngle of circus society. having little oil
othing in common with the acrobats
ither in business or social way
Iampton's Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25
Society In Circus Land.

The oldest circus family in America is
tho Sticknevs. Rob Sticknev the rine
master, walks as though there were
SPRINGS in his heels, yet he has been lin
the circus ring for 60 years. His father
and his fathers father followed the for
tunes of the sawdust arena before him
and today his son and his grandson arr
likewise members of the great army of
the tan bark. Beyond him you may see
his wife. the graceful woman in the white
spangled suit who has turned the somer-
s..'.'t o" the grav horsn. She is De-
mott. The old-time circus families be-
lieve in maintaining the aristocracy of
the sawdust ring you see.
1t is an aristocracy of sharp divisions
and hard. unyielding lines. kept alive es-
pecially by the women. 1t Is a delicate
problem this splitting of social hairs.
Wig should Lulu Davenport and Emma
S'h ';n"v. for instance. rank above the
Wards? The circus veteran will answer
yoC prom pity. The former are equestri-
ennes and the latter are aerialists. The
riders, are given first place always in the
arena. Indeed the Wards are reduced to
n third tQnk. for between the aerialists