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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-24

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beeite Ssbanoling.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-24

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fortpQer os, at 8atermelons ianr
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mems De boIoer pna at bore, iprGiter
inc / Dem en- baIp Sbefop goo Mbt'
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fau piOtrGffenoc @%etponing!
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lrnoere glanharo % Or. Seifries /
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len. 9ouife?
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Sbofeipeares gerfer beo Bacon. O.
fro Den oog Ell!
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meQcm DC TO norife Aomiraler life
fan bli neolagt, ier en- af Dem blir
ofret. Dc er begge Bra W9nO %
bpgtige Siiicerer. Rorse bar life
RouS til at fate nogeu al Dem pno
Sfrabbaugen.
4 Den ipenife Netooiifmeniabeo /
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6lcu tililiit falbt for Retten og milf.
teret en- Dollar for uoroeutlig %.
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bnnfet OBJ lin unee. uafre Snitru.
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fom biem fra fit grbeiOe. msote bans
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aus os aiGrtegn uoen enoe; men
@aoen por oIbrig iGrOig. en- trGt
iuIteu Rano fan life uRre tilireSs
bare meo aps og aiRrtesn beIler,
mente ban. 9ommerer bolot Ell pen
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mistGnft for at ha "tliitret" noaet Ill
goleH unoer u~opafHiugsn. anmpees TT,
5eiseu, Salmeoistsr 5Onaion % Saitor
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-24

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Dem bicm igieu.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-24

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ipm paa, buor oaarliQt oct betaler
Tia at bare Ell Spp. Gn Snobui0s.
tpp / genniuIpania bouOe inaIeOeS
bolbt 9og oner fin Sorretning. 100
SSSrobruo bopoe bragt BAN alt | alt
400 Collars - life fIlOt 4 Collars
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ban iagoe bent no, at l(ogifterne
bapoe operite9et SnbtGgtcrne, iioeu
ban begpnOte at itiGle. 0ette mini
ser ON Den berpetebe SrbbrnbStpo
Scnrp Mtlrpbp, iom citer at BABE
Orcuet poa / 90 aar, bleu arreiterct
/ 9rooflpn. San bouoc itimlet /
@icnneminit 80 Collars ON garct.
Oct er Ianoelig en- boorlig IrbeiNcr,
iom life tiener iaa me8et! Natur'
liquis bapbc ban iibbet | SGnglel
Here 8anse. gbam @ortb, fsbt /
Boston, boIot paa | 80 Iar meo
acknowledgment. ltubertioen leuet
ban brilliant, men bsSe BOG iom Sat.
tigIem eitcr at bape brcUct poa meo
fit Saanoperf baabe | Imerita, Gu'
ropa % Nfrifa, til ban bar en- gam.
mel IonS. Sinmi Mt9tollp Sim.
mi Scope, Big 5ranf, MtGop, George
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BsuInEs}svm. Der prompt ini Ftte a. - & a. HIsm vi hurT- lRnr
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az Navn rAa Ff IRE EHtute.
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-09-24
Fakta om disse enorme Trakter.

oohu 5ltst DvgsH i1ds'
H7stofsn on te,fs mErEtErtiEc Land 20 for
lang az as f~orfVltes Z - kysFtissenient a. de,ts4
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faaf for Tnslast ~ l1H8hua1en Kdmat Vsie,
saalaF Nirker q lcrub4asf fes Or fskti1k
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a Brsykurt slier Brsy dag sigkGn 'Sshd ion
fre b. om Laulst ksnt lEks Arts as
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
Dance at Webb Hall.

Quite a nice event was the
dance given at Webb Bros hall
last Thursday night in honor of
Mesdames VIM. Wright and Fred
Ackers, of Paducah, visitors of
Mrs. r. K. Brooks. A number
of guests were present from Earl
ington and the neighboring cities
and to strains of sweet music
from Blakemore's Band "tripped
the light fantastic" until late
hour. Those present were Mes
danes Fred Ackers and VIM.
Wright, of Paducah Frank
Ooyle, of jacksonville; w. E,
Dawes, FL. w. Rogers, r. E.
Brooks, N. K. McKinnon, p. B.
Davis, Matte Hewlett and Elsie
Clymer; Misses Myrtle Mitchell,
of jacksonville; Laura Wood
ruff, Doll Woodruff and Bessie
Swift, st. Charles; Frances Ri
ley, Magaret Mitchell, Mary
Hewlett, Edna Hewlett, Richie
Stone and Mabel Cough. Messrs.
Ernest Nisbet, Clarence Nisbet,
- Harris, Charlie Fugate, Jack
Tapp, Durwood Lynn and Sloan
Owens, of jacksonville; Clay
Woodruff, Jim Woodruff, Gil
bert King, of st. Charles; J. S.
Webb, Jim Maloney, Tom Wand,
Brick SouthwOrth, Grover Long,
p. B. Davis, Jr., i. L. Goodloe,
John Blakeley, George Wolfe,
Roy Davis, Ernest Brinkley,
Thurman Rndd, Lee Withers,
w. E. Dawes, Il. w. Rogers, r.
K. Brooks and II. r. McOreary.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
Weed Faxored for VIoIIns.

ION my last trip through country
towns" said a travelling man, Il met
a drummer who had a queer side line.
He was buying up old church organs
and was shipping the wood back to a
violin manufacturer in New York. He
said that the maker OF violins thought
that wood that had done service in
one of those little cabinet organs was
the best he could find for the average
fiddle and he paid that drummer a
small commission on every wornout
organ he could pick up"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Thos. Cansler has secured a
leave of absence from the rail-
road company and has charge of
the pool room.
Clyde Fugate who has been
working as operator for the Rock
Island at Selden, Kan, IS at
home on a visit.
Baltimore and Ohio, the first
railroad in this country, was
chartered on Feb. II, 1927, ex.
actly eigthy-two years ago. 1t
began business five years later.
Active construction work will
begin on the Valdez & Yukon
Railroad at Valdez in July, and
before the end of the year 1T Is
expected that the seventeen-mile
road will be connected with the
Copper river line at Ohitina.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
notified manufacturers of sleep
ing cars that in the future all
cars made for it must be steel,
The first all.steel sleeping car
has just been inspected and is
apparently satisfactory. The
new standard has been made
necessary by the requirements OF
the New York tunnel, which will
not admit wooden rolling stock.
Miniature railroads, such as
are seen in American amusement
resorts, have been installed on
several large English estates fol
the purpose of transporting
freight and hauling passenger
to connect with the trunk lineS
On one estate the trackage is z
miles and the system, exclusi
of buildings and rolling stoM Z
cost nearly $4,000. This Ii =
road carries 5000 tons of fire. q
annually. ~
There has been formal rat
. ton of contract entered
by the Mexican governmene p
National Railway of Mexito
the st. Louis, Brownsvipu Il.
Mexico Railway for the bug
: of an international bridgoss
the Rio Grande River 'ne
Matamoras. The bridg 10
cost about 100000. 'on-
struction will open a r'a'e'
way between the two r'es'
Material has been orr 81
that the work of clo'ion
should go on rapidly
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

There are now 900 inmates in
the Eastern Insane Asylum al
Lexington, which is within feur
OF the limit.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
NOTICE POU7 RSERS

7ot yearo feed
your SST fowls zap; SapSe,s all "A
cures ChOle,' WIEN M as =
HrS vsntivs kest Them lepi them
healthy BY ydp S Ssre, no paw.
Prlcsning III. qIrrnaggss.ts, st.
Guam, and iinncorPCated.
BerIcOrporated u AIeI q 1ow-
EgundeF the ~ nsaaaisonViie.
pklet on d. luArantee. AS
rs or poultry.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
The Meuing ThlyI5g


Miss Ruby sisk was in Madison.
Vile Saturday.
Miss Alma Renfro is visiting In
Bessemer, Ala.
Mike Cain, Of Mortons Gap, was In
the city Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams were in Mad
Itonville Tuesday.
Clint Ruby, of Madisonville, wat
in the city Sunday.
Sam Langley, of Madlsonville
was in the city Monday.
Lucian Ruby, Of Daniel Boone,
was in the city Monday.
Kirby Gordon, of jacksonville
was in the city Monday.
Lawson Ashmore, of st. Charles,
was in the city Sunday.
Mrs. Lee oldham and daughter
were in the city Sunday.
F. G. Payne made friends in Mad
isonvIlle a visit Tuesday.
Jno. B. Atkinson made q business
trip to Dawson Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Atkinson visit
ed in Nashville last week.
4
Mrs. Ida Lillard, OF ST. Louis. Mo-,
lie visiting Mrs. Jno. Tanner.
DIR. B. G. McEuen visited his par
ents at st. Charles Sunday.
G. B. Underwood, of Hopkinsville,
was In the city Wednesday.
Mrs. r. Taylor left last week for
q visit to friends in Paducah.
Mrs. P. b. Davis attended the
funeral of Mrs. ]. w. Brasher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Brien. Zieg-
Ter, Ill are visiting M. Hanna.
Miss Lois Willis visited in Mad
isonville Saturday and Sunday.
welby Wilson made 9 business
trip to Madisonville Wednesday.
Miss Katherine RehsteIner 10 Wis
iting Mrs. Frank Arnold this week
The Misses Corey and Margaret
Kemp visited at MortOns Gap, Sun
day.
Miss Amelia Price, of Madison
vile, visited her brother, Paul Price
Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Hopper, of Hop
kinsville, is the guest of Mrs.. J. B.
Atkinson. ,
Mesdames. Riley Coyle and Joe
Mothershead visited friends at Nor
tons Gap Saturday.
Morris Kohlman, OF the Grand
Leader store, is In the East buying
spring merchandise.
Mesdames Lionel HAYES and j.
p. StrOube, are visiting their sister,
Mrs. George Mayors.
DIR. Z. G. Brandon after a visit to
his parents, returned to Vanderbuili
University at Nashville.
Smith Dulin, of the DulIn store
MadisOnville, is in New York buy.
ing his spring merchandise.
Mrs. Allen JOgerson, of Fulton
arrived in the city yesterday to Wis
it her brother DR.. p. b. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solmon Smith, o
Kelly Station, are visiting then
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Woodruff.
E. P. Barnes, of the firm of Barnes
Cowand & Co., is in the Eastern
markets buying their spring line o
merchandise.
Miss Mabel Cough left yesterda!
for st. Charles to attend the dance
given in that city last night. Sh
will be the guest of Mrs. w. J
Fault.
Messrs. Ben Lacy, Thurman kudd
Jas. Maloney, Thos. Long and Chas
Barnett attended dedication OF tn
Elk's home at Henderson Wednes
day night.
DIR. and Mrs. Alex Gumbert, G
Ann Arbor, Mich, who have bee
visiting IN the South, stopped OF
for a few days visit with Mrs. Gum
/ bert's sister, Mrs. M. JB. Long.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The sum Of $25,O 900 has been
subscribed Tor a loose leaf tobRc-
co warehouse at Glasgow.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Bud Randolph, living seven
miles south Of Ca1iz, lost his
stables, two mules, ten barrels
of corn and some other property
by lightning.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Judge Reed. at Paducah, decid-
ed that Ed Hubbard, Republican,
is City License Inspector, and
DIR. W. J. Bass, Democrat, is
City physician.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
-. ! 20 m-sf0e Blasts


Why Our Railroads are Narrow 0uags.
Why are all railroads built on
the standard guage of 4 feet 81
inches7 The makers of the first
locomotives thought only Of put
ting their machines upon the
tramways already In existence.
Aud from that followed a very
interesting and curious result.
These tram lines naturally had
exactly the width prescribed by
the strength of one horse. By
mere inertia, the horse.cart
guage established itself in the
world, and everywhere the train
is dwarfed to a scale that limits
its comfort, power and speed.
Because there is so much capital
engaged, and because of the dead
power of custom, it is doubtful if
there will ever be any change sin
in this guage.
Still it might be worse. If the
biggest horses had been Shetland
ponies, our railway carriages
now would only be vide enough
to hold two persons side by side,
and would have a maximum
speed of twenty miles an hour.
There lis hardly a reason aside
from this antiquated horse, why
the railway coach should not be
nine or ten feet wide, that is, the
width of the smallest room in
which people can live in comfort
and furnished with all the equip
ment of comfortable chambers.
Atlantic Monthly.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Gen. Roger d. Williams, of
Lexington, has been appointed
an aide on the staff of Gen. j..
Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff, U.
IS. A., at the Taft inaugural
parade.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The Southeastern Kentucky
Odd Fellows Association will
meet at Middlesboro April II.
A movement is on foot to secure
a home for INDECENT Odd Eel
lows, which will be located eth
err at Middlesboro or London.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

One Of Ayers Pills At bedtime viii cause
an increased flow Of bile, and produce .
genne laxative effect the day following.
Formula on each box. Show u 70 your
doctor. He will understand Al glance.
Dose, one pill At bedtime.
- nads ~ ne ,. c. Aver Co., LEVEL Aassl----
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23

experience in the diplomatic service.
Sir Maurice began the career in which
he has rapidly risen as an attache at
Washington in 1878, and while Of Ger
man origin, may be said to owe the
start of the fortunes of his house to
America. His grandfather, the first
Bunsen, having served as private tu-
tor to young William B. Aston, son Of
John Jacob Aston, who laid the foun-
dation of the great wealth of the pres
ent Aston family, was given his start
in life through that connection.
Sir Maurice served as secretary of
legation at Tokyo, consul general in
Siam, secretary of the British en-
bassy at Constantinople, secretary OF
embassy and minister plenipotentiary
at Paris and ambassador at Lisbon be-
fore going to Madrid as ambassador in
1906. He has an independent fortune
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
How Favor to a Constituent Kept
Him from Losing New York State
Patronage under President
Zachary Taylor.
BY E. J. EDWARDS.

AS every student of American po-
litical history knows, Thurlow Weed,
who died in 1882 at the green old age
of IS. was one of the most remark
able and astute politicians that this
country has ever produced.
Many and notable were his political
victories, not a few of them looming
large in our history. Yet perhaps the
victory out of which Mr.. Weed derived
came to him most Unexpectedly at a
moment when he had acknowledged
defeat-when he saw the political pat
ronage of New York State and all the
power that its possession implied, Ia
ken away from him. And the manner
in which this victory-which, believe,
has hitherto escaped chronicling-
came to Mr.. Weed, inevitably calls to
mind the Biblical injunction to cast
your bread upon the waters, that it
may be returned to you after many
days.
Back in the thirties, when Old
Rough-and-Ready Zachary Taylor was
engaged in fighting Indians mostly, a
man who had great lumber camps and
mills on the northern slope of the
Adirondack mountains, called one day
upon Mr.. Weed and explained that he
was most anxious that the son of the
foreman of one of his camps should
be appointed to a cadetship at West
Point. The caller had been of great
political service to Mr.. Weed, and,
therefore, the latter, after listening to
the others request, said heartily:
You see your congressman and
will endorse the application"
But" protested the man. Il have
seen him, and he tells me that he
has promised the cadetship to con-
stituent."
We'll, if he has promised it he must
keep his PROMISE" declared Mr.. Weed.
However, | will see that the boy is
appointed midshipman at the Naval
Academy"
But the lumberman insisted strenu-
ously on the cadetship, and, among
other things, reminded Mr.. Weed that
this was the sole favor he had asked
of Mr.. Weed in all the years that he
had been content to execute faithfully
the political orders given him by Mr.
Weed.
This was true, and Mr.. Weed knew
it. So, at last, he promised that he
would do what he could to get the ca
detship for the foremans boy. Of
course his appeal to the congressman
was all sufficient and the north woods
youngster entered West Point, ant
Mr.. Weed forgot all about the Incl
dent, simply ane of the many mino
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
The Bread Returned to Weed

matters which crowded his days.
Years later. following the inaugural
ton of d-Rough-and-Ready as presi-
dent, Mr. Weed journeyed to Wash
ngton, thinking that he might be re-
ceived with some favor by the new
administration since he had been
chiefly instrumental in bringing about
President Taylor's nomination. But
almost as soon as he had arrived at the
capital he discovered that both he and
William H. Seward, then senator from
New York, and political ally. were
not in favor at the White House.
1t was a serious situation that Mr..
Weed faced, that of being bereft of
the powerful political patronage OF
New York state However. he de-
cided that he would not leave Wash
ington without at least calling to pay
his respects to the president. So he
went to the White House, and sent
in his card by an attendant.
In a moment a young man, coming
from an inner room. almost ELUSIVE
ly rushed up to Mr.. Weed, grasped his
hand. and exclaimed: You are Thur
low Weed. l am very glad to see soa.
owe you debt of gratitude"
Mr.. Weed looked inquiringly at the
young man as though trying to recall
him. Seeing his dilemma, the other
said:
"You don't know me. You have
never seen me before, / believe But
if it had not been for you would not
now be here. You secured my APP
pointment as cadet from an Adiron-
dack lumber camp. | am Col. Will
lam c. Bliss. | am the private secre-
tary of the president. served with
him in Mexico"
Following a little pleasant CONVEX
sation, Col. Bliss asked Mr.. Weed IL
he could do anything for him. Mr..
Weed explained that he was anxious
to see the president. The young man
responded. you shall see him ,imme-
diately" And moment later Mr..
, Weed was being introduced to the
president by Col. Bliss as the man to
whom the colonel owed his appoint
ment to West Point and his subse-
quent army career.
A few hours later. when Mr.. Weed
started back for New York, he took
with him the promise of President
Taylor that he should have all the pa
tronage he wanted for New York
state. He had signally triumphed over
those of his enemies who had ven.
tured at first to set President Taylor
against him.
| 1t is only necessary to add that the
young man who thus unexpectedly,
and at most opportune moment.
more than fully repaid his debt Of
gratitude to Mr.. Weed. was the first
husband of that recently deceased for
mer mistress of the White House who
was known to the present generation
as Mrs. cambridge.
| Copyright. 1909. by p. j. Edwards.1
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
How Mexican Claim for Enormous
Damages for Depredations Com
mitted by Our Indians Was
Shattered by J. H. Ashton.
BY {. j. EDWARDS.

10y GDft NnD0.
1t is part of American history that
during Grants first administration the
government of Mexico vainly endeav-
ored to convince an international arbi-
tration convention that it should be
awarded $31,00O,00O damages against
the United States, for depredations
committed by our Indians in Mexico
following the close Of the Mexican
war and the year 1858. But, so far as
have been able to learn, there is no
record anywhere of the fact that, even
when 1t seemed certain to many that
this government would have to pay
the heavy damages asked, the Mexi-
can claim was completely shattered
by as marvellous a feat of memory as
has been recorded.
This new light on an important
event in the history of world arbitra-
ton was given to me some time since
by a distinguished lawyer who has
been prominent in American diplo-
macy. And when he told me the
story, he prefaced it with the remark
that he saw no reason now why he
should not tell it, leaving me to infer
that his lips had been sealed by the
man who performed the feat of mem
DRY after the latters death.
The central figure in this drama of
millions was Joseph Hubley Ashton,
who was one of the founders of the
American Bar association, and who
died in Washington a few years ago.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
Memory Saved $31, 900, 900

He was one of the great intellects of
the American bar, yet his career illus
trates the truth of the saying that
great lawyers often have no fame.
Besides his marvellous mastery of
the fundamental principles of law, Mr.
Ashton probably had the most extraor-
binary memory of any American law
yer. l mean by this his memory was
absolutely accurate. 1t was a phe-
nomenal storehouse of facts, dates,
names, events. The courts needed no
Notification of any statement that he
made. And of the archives Of the
state department, where his work fire.
quently took him, Mr. Ashton's mem
DRY was almost as good as an index.
This able lawyer was chosen our
governments agent when the Indian
claims were placed before a board of
arbitration consisting of two Amer
lean and two Mexican members, with
the British minister to this country,
Sir Edward Thornton, as umpire. Mr.
Ashton had opposed to him Gen.
Caleb Gushing, who had been our first
minister plenipotentiary to China, and
who for years had been looked upon
as the equal of any great American
lawyer who could be named. At this
time he was at the height of his world
wide reputation as lawyer, scholar,
and diplomat who could talk fluent
ly in the language spoken at any Eu-
ropean court.
Right here comes in Mr.. Ashton
with that wonderful memory of his.
AS has already been remarked, he
frequently conducted researches in
the archives of the state department,
which were not then kept handily nor