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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-04

WE'LL PLACED STITCHES, thoroughly good materials, skill in workmanship and willingness to use it to your best advantage account ior our increasing orders for
 HARNESS REPAIRING
 Send in your old set If it is not too far gone we can put it in condition for you to get lots of service out Of it yet. Carriage CT truck harness, It's all the same. We are experfs at re- pairing either.
 The Wooster Atkinson Co.
 1e4s- -1o4s BROAD STREET
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

Railroads did this from necessity
and not desire due to adverse legls-
lation, and our pay roll was reduced
throwing over 5000 men out of EN-.
Iployment. In closing he said: "In
the past the Illinois Central has tried
90 be fair. and in the future we shall
endeayor to be fair"
Mr.. Rawn said he was deeply graft
fed by the reception and the pleas
ant men he met and he believes both
the city and the railroad were bene-
fitted.
Mr.. f. b. Hartman responded
With short speech, in which he ex-
pressed his pleasure to meet a repre-
sentative gathering OF the business
men. His address was optimistic and
he assured the business men tina. the
EAno.s Central railroad thought kind
" CT Psducah, and " any evil was
done the city that Il would be cor
rected, as he stated the officials were
ready at all times to correct any Just
grievance
Mr., Stafford responded with short
talk and discussed his first visit 90
Paducah about 19 years ago when he
made his acquaintance with quinine
for the first time. but since then he
said he has a warm spot IN his heart
for Paducah, and now when ne comes
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

hams Vegetable Compound is the most
successful remedy for all kinds OF
female troubles and feel that i can
never praise IL enough. - MRs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, Ky.
The Changeof Life is the mostcritical
period of woman's existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhereshouldremem
that there is no other remedy known TO
medicine That will so successfullycarr
women through this trying period as
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years IL has been curing
women from the worst forms Of female
Ills Inflammation, liberation, dis
placements. ahroid tnmors. irregulari-
tics. periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostitution.
ff you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden-
tiai letter TO Mrs. Pinkbam, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
ROAD WILL BIZ FAIR
TO CITY ALWAYS
Declared Illinois Central Off.
cials Last Night.
Railroad Men and Business Men Get
Together for Love Feast.
THAT CENTRAL CITY TRAIN

Onlcials Of the Illinois Central rail-
road we:s N Paducah Las. night the
guests % the Commercial club at an
an9romptu reception given at the
Palmer House from $3.50 until 10
O'Clock The officials are on a trip
ever the road, and this was the first
stop made In which the officials met
the business men OF the city. They
expressed themselves as pleased with
Paducah and gave their promise that
they would return to Paducah and
spend a day. The officials left last
night at 1890 O'Clock for the south.
In the party were: !. G. Rawn.
vice-president; F. b. Hartman. gem
cral manager; II. A. Stafford. chief
engineer; O. n. Groce. superintend-
ont OF the Telegraph and signal de
partment. and A. II. Egan. superin-
tendent OF the Louisville division. be-
sides the local officials. In the meet
ing the kindly feeling of the city, to-
wards the railroad and OF the rail-
road towards the city was evident,
ana In the speeches made II was
shown that the RMnois Central rail-
road officials considered Paducah one
OF the important cites on the iime.
Hon Charles X. Wheeler presided
over the meeting and he delivered
the address OF welcome. Mr.. Wheeler
discussed the fairness ia the minds of
the citizens for the corporations. and
fer the business mon or the city ex-
pressed the pleasure at entertaining
30 distinguished guests.
Mr.. Rawn IN pleasant speech as
sured the business mon that IL was
a pleasure TO be IN Paducah. Dis
cuss.ng the decline of business for
he past eighteen months. Mr.. Rawn
said that the railroads have BEN
victims OF severe laws. He expressed
,he op.nion that the business man
wcs not to blame, but the politician.
seeking fer glory. ana expressed a
belief that the people would zee that
The corporations are treated fairly.
Before the fell of 1907 he said the
railroads spent $500, 900 600 year
Tor supplies but this has been cut to1
100000. 900. and It's effect on the
Dus'ness Interests could be seen
'as;sy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

Dollar Aga.he. a me mber OF tae
Fcfndale Snowshoe Club, was COM
ing down the mountain slope when,
unobsegved by his companions. he
sVPpei ana fc,l a distance OF forty
five feet. He would undoubtedly
have been killed but for the inter-
vent.on CT some bushes into which
he fell and hung for half an hour I'M
abe 10 release himself.
Al The end Of ,hat time four mom-
bcrs OF the MontaguaTd snow noe
cub hoscd bis o-,es aud went TO tic
rescue. They tied their sashcs to-
gcthcr. and one member OF the para,
descended and fasirned them 10 the
unfortunate man who was too badly
injured 90 release himself. The
snowshoers thea pulled him mp to
safe ground ana carried him mile
and a ha,f before they were able to
get n car 10 take him 10 his home.
Yesterday Mr. AEathe was report
ed 90 be SERIOUSLY ia.-Montreal
Gazette.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

Hearn's joint resolution authorizins
the governor to appoint a commission
to study the question OF fire insur,
.anoe rates and to report to this as
sembly whether, in the judgment OF
the commissioners. :. would be advis-
able for the Legislature to pass a Law
fixing such rates.
The house passed a bill of Repre-
sentative ShanahRn appropriating
s25, 900 to defray the expenses of a
commission to revise the tax laws, 1t
being provided that the commission
Of seven members shall be appointed
by the governor. A commission act.
passed two years ago was vetoed by
the governor on the opinion of tn,
attorney general that the assembly,
in providing for the appointment of
its own members to the commission,
bad passed an unconstitutional act
The house also passed, with an
clause, a bill appropriat-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

though he gave no assurance that It
would be granted, he promised to
take ID under consideration at once.
He said Mr.. Egan was a warm cham
pion of the change, and that he had
been after the change for some time.
The question of having a sleeper
from Paducah to Chicago was
brought UP. but owing to the neavy
traffic on the main 1ine 1t is doubtful
whether the request can be granted.
Those present at the meeting
were: DIR. ID. G. Murrell Richard
Rudy, Wallace We'll. F. e. Lack,
Alderman Harry Hank. Dan Fitzpat-
rick, l.. NJ. Rieke. C. II. Rieke, II. A.
Peter, J. K. Rogers. A. Sheriff.. B.
j. Feeney. J. II. Mach, J. l.. Fried
man, J. c. Utterback, Alderman V.
Sheriff., Muscoe Burnett, J. T. Dono-
van, w. +. Paxton. II. n. Loving.
Major Ashcraft Il. ]. Paxton, ]. Wal
lerstein. Melvin Wallerstein. Ed Roos.
j. A. Rudy. William Hardy, L. Z. Nc
Cabe, +. K. Reidhead. J.. T. Morgan,
Milton Wallerstein, A. y. Smith, John
II. Hodge. DR.. +. Boyd, J. ]. Berry.
l.. c. McCabe, assistant superintend-
ent Of the Louisville division.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

ing $1,000 to the widow Of the late
Paul I.Zaabel. member of the legls-
lature from Chicago, who died early
in the session. the amount being the
undrawn part of his legislative sal
airy.
Limits Power Of Cities.
Representative Sollitt introduced a
bill seeking to-HaRe the limits OF
cities OF over 100 600 fcoextensive
with the limits of the comfy within
which they are contained and giving
the city government jurisdiction with
in these limits.
Senator Burton. in the senate. in-
troduced a bill providing that the
judges of the supreme court may as
sign, on petition of the judges of a
circuit. the assistance of judges from
other circuit or superior courts to the
circuit so petitioning.
The Evening Sun--fOc n Week
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
BILL KILLS "FRA7S"
SENATE PASSES MEASURE TO
PROHIBIT BOYS SOCIETIES.
House Favors the Blow---Hearn Pro-
posal for Fire Insurance Conn
mission Is Aided.

Springfield, III, March 25-Senator
Breidt's bill prohibiting high school
fraternities and similar secret socie-
ties in all public schools was passed
by the Illinois senate this morning
and now goes to the house for action.
The "frats," being without many
friends in the legislature, il Is likely
to be among the early bits of legisla-
ton handed to the governor for sig
nature.
There Is nothing particularly
friendly in Mr. Deneen's attitude to-
wards the Greek letter high school
boys, and 1t is more than likely that
boards of education throughout the
state will be called on, as they are by
the provisions of the proposed law, to
prevent the organization of such so
cieties in all schools which receive
state aid.
HearD's Insurance Bill Passed.
The senate also passed Senator
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
SCOTS Emulsion

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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

Fifty Cents a Month
A small bottle of Scoff's
Emulsion costing fifty cents will
last a baby a month-a few drops
in its bottle each time it Is fed.
That's a small outlay for so large
a return of health and comfort.
Babies that are given
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

II you should have a cold, few
doses of Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup will act very promptly Chill.
dren especially like Keunedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup, as 1t tastes so good,
nearly like maple sugar. 1t IS sold
by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

headaches, nervous
stration, and
hemorrhages.
Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmademe
well aud strong. so
that / can do all my
homework, and at
tend to the store
and post-onlce, and
Ifeel mnchy ounger
than 1 really am.
al villa ~ Pink
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
Secure Home In the Great pscos Valley Of New Mexico

The most favored farming for
It's hne orchards, alfalfa fields thoroughbred
The farmer in PECos VALLEY in NEW up
hnd what he
grow It, A great truck-ga country, 10
Something growing land every month in year
Apples and alfalfa wealth
crop KIND Alfalfa Ave each
selling will within
purchase price Wise that the
time to buy and the VALLEY NEW
MEXICO
Get IN now with the nrsos basis
water supply
certainty Of reurns-no failure n crops.
Excursions month.
Write for m fun Diet
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l." eoons Manager Suite 3i Iggett
l." NJ kEMPEIs, General Agent Eddyvine, Ky.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

the only snake he receives Is a hearty
hand shake.
Mr.. Egan was the victim of hav-
ing a joke about water and other
commodities for which Kentucky IS
famous turned on him. Mr.. Egan.
who is frequent visitor in Paducah.
said 1t Is always a pleasure TO be in
the city, and said when the officials
suggested that they would hike to
meet the business men along the line
he suggested Paducah as the first
stopping place.
Mr.. ]. T. Donovan, the local agent
for the railroad, was called upon and
responded. He said IL Is a source of
pleasure to him to find that when he
mentioned the coming OF fhe officials
to the business men not one refused
to come to the meeting. He said he
was I'm a position to know the senti-
ment OF the railroad towards the peo-
pie of Paducah, and said that his in
structions from the offlciaes have all
ways been to give the best service
possible. and that they are ready TO
help Paducah at all timec. He ssrd
that no other point on the Illinois
Central received the attention that
Paducah did.
Citizens Speak.
Between the speeches OF the on
Gals number Of citizens responded
to calls. Mr.. w. +. Paxton respond
ed for the bankers and gave an opti-
mistic outlook for business. The i'm
provement of trade has been noticed
and the bankers. he stated. are look
ing forward to good times.
After the speech Mr.. Rawn paid a
tribute to the Paducah banks, as he
said that Padueah Is one Of the few
places that the companw was not
20 send the money due for
sa aries before payment during the
business conditions.
Mr.. MuscOe Burnett was the next
speaker and expressed his pleasure
at the visit. DR.. ID. G. Murrell made
a pleasing talk. in which he discussed
the hygiene of the city, and the i'm
made in this line. He
also mentioned the excellent record
made by the Illinois Central hospital
md paid a tribute to the excellent
water with which Paduoah is fur
nished.
Mr.. Joseph l.. Friedman responded
with a neat speech and thanked the
visitors for their presence and ex-
tended an Invitation for the officials
to remain over until tomorrow when
The city could be seen.
Some Suggestions.
After the reception ami in a dis
custom several Improvements in the
service were suggested TO Mr.. Rawn
The need of an accommodation train
from Central CITY 10 Paducah in the
morning and returning in the after
noon instead OF the HopSinsville
train was brought forth by Mr.. Fried
man. The same connection for Hop
kinsville eotld be made at Princeton
and n larger territory could be COW
cred. Mr.. Rswn satd that the ques-
ton OF running the train had been a
live topic on their trip down, and al
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
Only One "BRoMo olJrlNE" tsst
laxative promo Ouinine ne EZ II on .vu,
>1S 80 <>>s'ert-~Sbox ~
BAR-BEN NERVE TONIC
on every
sbox- ass

SOLD BY r. w. WALKER CO.. DRUGGIsEs. PADUCAH. ny.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve penetrates the skin and heals
quickly. II is especially good for
plies II Is sold by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25
THE
BEST
REMEDY
For Women-Ly dia E. Pink
ham'sV egetabIe Compound

Noah. Ky. =" was passing through
the Change of Life and suffered from
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-25

There are IN this country about
10000 physicians and $1,000 dem
tlfts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02

sions thus imprinted7 Nay, they are
recorded there like photograph rec
ords on a disk, to be reeled off at will
But let us, for the benefit Of the
younger reader, describe the old time
Fourth Of July orator. He was in
variably the big man Of our county
or maybe Of the next county. Almost
invariably he was lawyer, but occa-
sionally he was merely a judge. Let
It be understood that ii is not neces
sary for a man carrying the title Of
Judge" to be a lawyer. Not infre-
quently he was both a lawyer and a
colonel. and in that case we knew
what to expect and primed ourselves
for the thrill.
But we started out to describe the
Fourth of July orator. and we have
digressed. We depressed purposely,
for that is just what the orator Of the
day used to do. He would get
swinging start, lambast the atmos-
phere. pump vocal pyrotec hnics into the
cerulean, orete, rotate and gyrate about
ten minutes concerning the immortal
George, the glorious Declaration. the
battle of Bunker Hill and Patrick Hen
RVS demand for one thing or the 9th
err; then he would switch off on a tan
gent that had nothing more to do with
American independence than the orbit
Of Venus has to do with the rings Of
Saturn. After some minutes running
on the switch he would somersault
back on to the main line by pausing
suddenly and saying, But l digress"
The description? Well, the colonel
was a tall, thin man. wearing tall,
thin suit and tall, thin linen buster.
He wore also a tall plug hat such as
Abraham Lincoln used to wear. He
wore tall boots. shined to a simmer
for the occasion. He wore low cut
vest, the only low down thing about
this tall. upright orator. His white
shirt front cleaned in the sunshine
that filtered through the lacy verdures
overhead and helped to raise the tenn
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
THE ORATOR
OF LONG AGO

m ERHAPS he still tiourishcs in
~ some spots FlOTishes is the
word we must use. tor we are
talking about the old time
Fourth of July orator You remember
him. He dourished about twenty-five
years ago. when you were Il boy or a
girl. begging pardon for thus indicat.
ing your age if you happen to lie a
woman.
We can see him yet If we but shut
our eyes to this vain modern world
md look inward and backward down
the darkening vista of memory. We
can hear him yet without corking our
ears with the same inward and back
ward intention. for what tympanun
that ever tngled, what auricular
chamber that ever echoed, with the sky
high eloquence Of that matchless De-
mosthenes can quite lose the impress
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
An Object Lesson.

People are careless" said the man
with the big firecracker in his hand
IF they would exercise common sense
we would hear less of accidents on the
Fourth"
He touched the lighted end Of his
cigar to the fuse and resumed:
There is no danger in the use of
fireworks If those who handle them
think of the risk they are running.
have shot off frecrackers since l was
old enough to strike a match and
never even got finger burned"
A smile Of recollection came upon
his face and he dropped his hand idly
to his side while he said:
81 remember once when my Uncle
Thomas came to our house on the
Fourth. l was a small boy at the time,
but ! recall distinctly that we had an
old toy cannon. and Uncle Thomas in
sisted upon telling us boys how to fire
it. Well, sir. he
Whack! Bangi Wow!
Without apologizing for his haste the
man, who had held the firecracker, ran
TO drug store, leaving his friend mus
ing upon the necessity Of being careful
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
Ready For the Fourth.

Blow the fife and beat the drums!
The nations glorious birthday comes.
Land of the brave. home of the free,
Won't we celebrate? Hully geel
We've been ready a week or more.
Mothers laid In a double store
Arnica. bandages. oil and lotions,
Plaster and pills and soothing potions.
Everywhere that a fellow turns
He trips on something that's good for
burns.
Mother says with pride that we
Are the readest patriots you could see.
Fathers bought crutches and wooden legs.
Some of his children must lose their pegs.
But legs are trifles. says dad says he.
When lost in the cause of liberty.
And as for a finger. ear or eye,
They're nothing at all on the Fourth OF
July.
Granddad is ready. too, you bet,
With everything that it's wise to get
Double insurance-our house Is wood
A cute little monument, all to the good.
To place DER the one whose happy lot
May lead to rest in our burial plot
He's old. is granddad. but never says die,
Except. OF course. on the Fourth of July.
Blow the fife and bang the drum,
Light the fuse and let 'er come!
New York American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02

Then suddenly there popped in her head
the way
Most serenely to spend our national day.
At evening she plugged all the keyholes
with wax
And over each window hung blankets
from tacks;
Then, filling her ears full of pink cotton
batting,
She tied on her nightcap, all ruff1es and
tatting,
And said to herself, Now, we'll see II
that cannon
At four in the morning will rouse Polly
Shannon
The mayor OF Bristol, however. was sick,
And even so low as to mind the clocks
tick.
And therefore the council made haste to
proclaim
By means Of great posters, in letters OF
fame:
= p r p = y y y y y y y p
"BBcAUsB OF HIS HONOR, THE
MAYORS CONDITION..
Pronounced very critical by the physi-
Tomorrow no cracker. gun. cannon or
Shall once be shot off In the city of
Bristol.
Police are instructed and will without
fail
Most promptly remand all offenders to
Jail"
4 4 4 4 Il 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Just think of the grief of those poor Hris-
toll boys
When reading this placard which vetoed
their joys
But Polly slept sweetly. for no thunder
Gus roar
OF cannon terrific awoke her at four.
Twas late when she rose, with supreme
satisfaction,
Preparing herself for a day OF inaction,
For how could she work-the house dark
as a pocket
And mercury going way up like a rocket
But when perspirat,on meant peace and
protection
She felt she could stand IT with little OBJ
lection.
So all day long in the darkness and heat
She sweltered and worried while outside
the sweet.
Ripe fragrance OF summer pervaded the
air.
The birds gave their concerts. all nature
was fair.
While never a gun, torpedo nor pistol
| The ghost of sound woke in solemn old
Bristol
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
Fourth Of July Dialogue.

Wilfred McGonigle-Say Spectacles,
didjer hav' emmy fireworks on de
Fourt?
Edwin Observation-Disclosures assuredly,
and among the heterogeneous collection
had some elongated circular paste
board tubes that emitted varicolored
spheres.
Wilfred McGonigle-Say, denis Ro-
man candles yer mean, amt dey?
Edwin Observation-Disclosures and
then had other cylindrical pyrotech-
MICS with cone shaped apexes which,
upon being ignited, sailed with velocity
toward the empyrean regions and
Wilfred Acknowledgement yer say
skyrockets? Den wot?
Edwin Bostopbeens-Then I had va
riegated spheroids that revolved in
cessantly, with celebrity discharglng
fiery asterisks that split into diverging
lines as they sailed into the atnos-
phere You may rest assured that
enjoyed those effulgent phenomena.
Wilfred McGonigle-I like pinwheels
myself Did yer hav' emmy red lights
or green lights?
Edwin Bostonbeens-Not that l am
cognizant of. but we had several dem
onstrations of raIdium and helium.
Wilfred McGonigle-Say. Specsy
let's set match to some Of dem words
and see If dat lankwidje don't explode.
New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
THE GRAND FINALE.

perature to 80 in the shade. The
Fourth of July was always a hot day
in those times.
But, for all that, we are not going
back on the colonel. We loved him,
and we love him yet. Would that we
might go to the picnic this year and
renew the thrill. Verify, one hour Of
the old time Fourth Of July oratory
were better than a cycle Of Cathay
or even an automobile. Farewell, fond
and foolish old time patriot-farewell!
Orators of this day are mere thinking
machines. but thou vert the original
and only successful flying machine,
and thou fewest so high that at last
thou art lost in the ultimate cerulean.
FAREWELL So longl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
The Fourth In the Suburbs.


"Well. old man. did you have a
Fourth Of July celebration out at Lone
hville?"
Yes; we had a great day Of it."
what did you doY'
"Well. the cook read the Declaration
Of Independence in the morning"
"FineY
MY wife blew up the waitress a,
breakfast"
"Bullyr
THE waitress went up in the air
after breakfast"
'Immenser'
I'VE fired the laundress at noon"
Great"
THE chauffeur got loaded and went
off with loud report after lunch"
"Gloriousp'
THE coachman got full and treated
us to a barn fire In the evening. I'm
trying to collect the insurance now"
"Splendidw
But that wasn't all. Two buns
loaded with highballs broke into the
house that night and got away with
all the silver. Oh. yes. old man, there
nothing slow about Loneliville when
It comes down to patriotism"-Judge.