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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-11-25
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THE BOURBON NEWS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-11-25
FOR RENT.

Two story brick residence with nlne
rooms, balls. porches. pantry AND all
necessary outbuildings. Good loca-
ton. Apply to 49,
DENIS DUNDON.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

be honest to begin with. lie must have a
gift of intuition; he must be persistent, and
then he must be broad enough to make his
theories fit facts instead of trying to mould
No. 10 facts into a No. 3 theory. That was
all, and good day.
He has his work cut out for him, has Mr..
Burns, for he will have hundreds of men un-
der him, and he expects to have offices In
every city of Importance in the United States
and to exercise personal supervision over all
of them. At present he has as CORE
spondents all the principal detective agencies
in the United States except the Pinkertons.
The Pinkertons issued a statement the other
day in which they predicted that crimes on
banks by all classes of professional criminals
would very greatly increase and that insur-
ance on bank safes and vaults would go up,
but Burns only replied that he was willing to
be judged by results.
Before Burns went after the g~rafters in
the Oregon land frauds, which was his big
job preceding his trailing of the g~rafters in
San Francisco, he had had a remarkable ca
reer in the secret service of the Treasury de-
partment. Chief Wilkie called him his star
man, and Burns had run down not only noted
N"uheS'iSiN"iS ia 0H"Se ""N S'"y SN'
of criminal with which the Treasury depart
ment has to deal.
Burns father was commissions of police
in Columbus. o.. and there he got in touch
first with police work. He showed an apti-
tude for Il. but his first real detective work
was lone in 1885, in connection with what
was known as the tally sheet forgery"
when in the state elections the tally sheets
in Columbus and Cincinnati were altered. in
one case a candidate getting Ss5 instead OF
2S5 votes. Burns assisted In running the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

EW YORK, Jan. William j.
Burns, who has just started a ma
tional detective association and
taken one of their biggest jobs
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Detective Burns a Famous Worker

guilty persons down and getting a confession.
Shortly afterward he was called into a
case in st. Louis, where the notorious Jim
French and a gang of frebugs had been get
ting hundreds of thousands OF dollars out Of
insurance companies. French was a furni-
ture dealer. He and his confederates would
At up dwelling houses with expensive furni-
ture, insure them to their full value, remove
the furniture and substitute Junk, and then
set the houses on fire. All the big detective
agencies had been working on the case, but
failed to get convictions. Burns worked on
the job two months and got enough evidence
to convict, and French was sentenced to the
penitentiaTy for five years. The case was
carried to a higher court and the verdict and
sentence sustained, but French, who was out
on bail and who had powerful friends, heard
of what was coming to him and skipped.
Later he entered on a life of open crime. He
associated himself with two Sasse brothers,
who were regarded as the most expert safe
burglars in the country, and they made a
specially of postofices. After a few months
they were arrested in Arkansas, and when
the local sheriff found that French was the
man for whom a big reward had been offered
by the authorities of the state of Missouri he
took him ava surreptitiously and put him
in the penitentiary.
Burns was appointed to the secret service
in 1890 and was located In the west. working
in the Indian territory. Texas, Arkansas and
the south. He was soon placed in charge OF
that district, and in 1894 was transferred to
Washington, where he was promoted for
good work and got a rowing commission, go
ing wherever there was an unusually impor-
tant case. One OF the biggest feats In those
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

~ IA NOhog huu bCCA
doing the protective work of the American
Bankers association for three weeks before
anybody knew anything about it except him
self, his clients and the Pinkertons, whom he
superseded. 1t was not until he had been
tried and had given satisfaction that the an
nouncement was made, and then by the
bankers association itself. 1t is one of
Burns characteristics to do his work without
any noise
II you find Mr.. Burns in the offices of the
William ]. Burns National Detective associa-
tion in the Park Row building you discover
a man of about medium height, broad
shouldered, with prominent features and a
pair Of gray eyes that bore through you and
the wall beyond. 1t is hard to guess his age,
for his hair, which is of a reddish brown,
seems untouched by age, while his mustache,
which is OF a lighter color, is literally
streaked with gray. His manner is alert
and positive. He speaks slowly and dis
tinctly, but you get the impression that while
he is talking he is not only answering your
questions, but weighing something else In
his mind at the same time Then, too, you
get the impression that If you attempted to
pull a gun on him he would have his pointed
at you before yours was out OF your pocket.
Mr.. Burns said that his age was 40 and
that he was born in Baltimore and was sorry
he had a rule about not being interviewed.
Yes. he had read Sherlock Holmes and
liked II. but thought chasing crooks was
more interesting than reading about them.
To be a good detective nowadays a man must
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
BAsgAse Man Always onthe Job

every errand from the purchase of a postage stamp to a pair of
shoes for baby:
ut is an interesting study, this daily grind of studying a route,
If one takes it that way.
There are those lonely people to whom my daily visit is an
event. They enjoy a chance to be just a trifle neghborly and drop
a bit Of confidence. Now, there's that dear old woman up there in
the next block who is out at the gate waiting> for me now. I'll be
sure to hear how she's worried for fear Mary is sick and can't write.
Then there's a little tot at the next house who always comes
out In the front yard to lisp a few of the family secrets before she
is captured by her mother or 1 get through with the mail for tho
fiat.
1T is just a series of little things that keep away the monotony
Why, a fellow gets to have a sort of personal interest in dozens Of
families"
Then the blue-coated servant of the public drew his pouch up
with a hitch to adjust the strap across the shoulder, drawn low by
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

18th hurrynB et d eHVery hdh sP00uo oUUN H
itering to a citys- needs. 1t is a long day d exact
N/N/ ing service for those delivery folk. Through the
storm and snow they come to your door bringing all
of the materials of life. All that you eat IT wear, the
paper that you read, letters from friends afar or inststent creditors
near by, your baggage, the fuel that fills the ever-voraclous nav
of the furnace, messages and missives of business and social life
these r all laid at your elbow at your bidding. Business or amuse-
ments may lead you where you will, but the things you live Of are
laid on the threshold.
The days routine brings a train of servitors to your nome n
have come to figure SO mechanically in the running of life that you
perhaps are hardly aware Of their existence until a cog in the ma
chine slips.
When the coal bin suddenly reveals an empty nothingness just
when the chill comes climbing in, or when the paper BOY goes
whistnng by with your evening daily in his sack, then you ahz
how much a part of existence these otherwise insignificant serVtors
have become.
Pull yourself away from the easy channel of accepting things as
in the heart Of the winter season when wants are many and imperi-
Gus.
lust imagine that all the delivery men took a mid-winter vaca-
ton. Fancy yourself at the office telephone in the evening just
before starting home, the mistress of your household on the other
end of the wire.
Now, John. would you mind doing a little shopping for me?
Please bring home a ton of coal. two pounds OF steak, a bottle OF
double cream, those carnations ordered and
Hello, and say, dear, you might stop by the postofhce and get
the mail"
That would be a nice mess to get up against, wouldn't II!
II takes some aviation of fancy to get the idea, but those Wouro
be the stern facts presenting the impossible problem. me oeh'eTy
people are solving it for you now. Every maj his OWN messenger
boy and delivery mar would make a large, cumbersome joke out X
the social fabric.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
; The Nail Man in the Suburbs

the coal man in spite Of his smile. The coal man leads a dark life.
He is a grim creature Of profits and cellar ways
There is a grave possibility that the next shameful discovery will
be the combine for the illegal production of trade between the coal
and the weather man. Think of the limltless possibilities Of
such an unholy alliance.
You have to dig deep for what the coal man has dug.
A fitting, enervescent character among those who fetch and
carry is the joyous messenger boy. His is the real variety life. He
delivers you a telegram at your business office and returns from
there, perhaps. to carry some ganant's note With a box Of flowers.
The days errands place him in touch with all sorts and conditions
of people. In the bright period Of youth before things begin to look
solemn and serious these lads gain a degree of experience that in
eviably must make them seem worldly-wise little chaps.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Daily Papers for the Trainsr

18th hurrying feet the delivery man speeds about min
istering to a citys- needs. 1t is a long day OF exact
ing service for those delivery folK' through 'he
storm and snow they come to your door bringing all
nf thn nntarials of life. ALI that You eat or wear. the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Coming of the Coal Man

A really important visitor in these days Of gloomy chill is the
coal man. His calls come high, but they are indispensable. The
hafsmothered rattle of the jety chunks sliding down the chute into
the basement makes q noise like a flock of dollar bills.
Cold weather means more work for the drays. Big heapng loads
of fuel go crunching over the snow-coated pavements with rations
for an unusually hungry lot of furnaces.
There is a smile on the face Of the coal man as he passes the
ice wagon. 1t s his inning now but wait until summer comes-the
other man will be wearing the smile.
There is something funereally serious about the countenance of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Milkman Comes First

Early this morning before you got up the first of the days very
useful callers was at your back door, the milkman. He was busy
loading his wagons out at the suburb establishment Or maybe down
tbwn at the creamery Just at the tail-end Of the night and was on
NMs way rafting down. the city street before the last of the stars
were gone. He rises early and he's in a hurry all day, this mlkman
chap.
1t is up to the milkman to get the cream around to the kitchen
door in time for your breakfast coffee. The remarks that you make
to the cook when he goes wrong and gets late are likely to get back
to him. and you may be assured they will lose nothing of earnest
fervor in transmission.
With about a hundred or so Of breakfasts to connect with this
milk dispenser has to be on the move. In his hurried flight in the
early twilight he does, however, get a glimpse of your home life
from a angle that you don't know anything about.
The mnRman gets wise while you are sleeping, all from a little
glimpse of the back yard, a bit OF porch and maybe a glimpse into
the kitchen. OF course he's mainly interested in his own work and
forced by the lonely hours that are his to refrain from much Of
gossip.
The milkman is very fond of the home where the empty bottles
are always on the back porch on time and each duly accompanied
by the ticket or coupon for the new supply. He is willing to over
leok most anything that does not mean delay. There are other
breakfast tables waiting and he must be on his way.
Old Dobbins must trt down the alleys at a merry clip II some
one does not have to drink black coffee or resort TO the suspiciously
syruplike condensed product. So, IL you would stand we'll with
your milkman and save the spIling of a lot OF lambent profanity
on the cold. pure air Of the morn, have your empty bottle out early.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Watching for the POstman

There is a lot more that is personal in your relations with the
next OF the early callers, this time a front door character, the post
man. He is a meteorological and eagerly-watchedfor visitor.
The postmanis advance up the street these cold and clustering
days is observed and watched with many a face pressed against the
frosty window pane.
Fitting along from house to house this postman has a merry
time of it, He gets a dozen condolences in a block like as not and
he must vieariousIy bear the burden Of reproach for a lot of neglect
full correspondents. II Brother Bill forgets to write his usual Sun
day letter there will be a disappointed frown for the postman from
the little sister who waits on the front step. 1t is up to the postman
TO deliver the goods whether It was mailed or not
1t would be funny II It wasn't for the pestiferOusness of IL all"
remarked the letter carrier with a sudden burst OF communicative
ness. You'd be surprised at the requests we meet these days.
Why, those snowbound. shutln people would hand the postman
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Merry Little Messenger

The messenger boy has a chance. Some remarkable examples
of success from 'loyly starts have been shown by messenger boys
who learned to run their experience to account
Even to be a success a a messenger boy calls for a degree of
acuteness. One sometimes finds it quite a task to find even a
familiar acquaintance in the rambles about the city. The messenger
boy is put up against the problem of finding total strangers every
hour He generally gets away with his task, too.
The frivoites of the stage and comic prints have pictured the
messenger boy as the child mind in the throes of the dime novel
group of omaha's messenger boys and you will find a fair number Of
them in schools a part of the day. The competition for boys jobs
has raised the standard and the child labor law has got in its work
as well.
Don't put up the messenger boy as an angel child, however. One
guilty little rascal bIOke up an Omaha romance the other day.
Jimmy delivered the note that went with the bowers with the pack
age of bonbons while the flower girl got the bonbon note.
The mixture produced a situation in the affairs of the donor that
was entirely beyond explanation. Then, besides, the flowers were
frozen while Jimmy took a few slides with the coasters on his way.
The mischief don't always work harm. Denver has produced a
messenger boy who has became the rescuing hero through pure med
dlesomeness. He pried into a note which a young woman had given
him to deliver and found 1t to be her farewell to the world on the
eve of self-destruction.
Like the hero in the "ten-tw entyt hirty." he came in with the
life-saving stunt in the last act. The police got there in time and
performance.
The field of experience for the rambling messenger boy are many.
A woman living in the west part of the city last week was suddenly
served with one OF those appealing notices from the police to clea-
the snow from the walks. Nobody available to do the work; hel.
was a problem. All. happy thought, the trusty messenger boy. A
half hour later a busy boy with a badge on his cap was making the
drifts fly.
He's IN allaround convenience that messenger boy. He has to
answer calls to climb trees to rescue ilguided kittens, and in one
rich instance a messenger boy was put at the task of rocking the
baby to sleep in an Omaha home while the parents attended the
theater.
The season of bitter winter has given the delivery people a situa-
ton to face. The people who carry the burdens had real work to do,
too, for never did Santa Claus do a bigger business in Omaha than
on the Christmas just past.
The heavy snowfall and iced pavement forced tramc in down
town streets to follow the lines laid bare by the car track sweepers.
This forced the delivery folk into the formation of caravans which.
of course, made the car men happy
Look over the stream of tramc on the streets and you will find
that practically all of it is concerned with some branch of the de-
livery business.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
Violet Raising is Profitable.

Two thousand dollars was the graft
flying profit two New York girls cleared
out OF violet raising last year. They had
no experience in this form OF Horticulture
before and the whole thing was done
with capital of$j0 and some enterprise.
"My sister ard | began the business
about four years ago with capital OF less
than $50 and about as little experience as
girls who have lived in the country all
their lives could have about anything
growing in the ground, >" said one ofthem
the other day.
"Our first investment was in II un-
glazedhotbed SaSheS 3by 6 feet at 10 cents
a sash. BY glazing the whole lot our
selves the cost come TO $40.
at was in the autumn that we began,
lust aboutthiS season. While the glazing
was going on we devoted our evenings
to studying up varieties. We learned
the popular varieties and in March we
invested $40 in cuttings and began work
in earnest.
"Only few days ago we had a fine
offer for our greenhouses and our orders.
II was from violet grower who wished
10 increase his business. He said il
would be cheaper fer him to buy US out
than TO build and begin at the bottom as
we had done. My sister and ! decided
that as it was cheaper for him il might
also be cheaper for us. We will LET him
keep his money and We will continue the
business. We like it much better than
Office work in town and certainly we make
much more money by it,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
Different From a Mountain.

A certain Philadelphian who is at once
a minister of the gospel and registered
physician had an amusing experience in
his attempt to cornera Christian Scientist.
Every time they met this Scientist took
occasion to scott at medical science and
10 dwell upon the wonders that could be
performed through faith.
''You are convinced that through faith
you can do anything" said the medical
man one day.
'Yes," he replied; faith will move
mountains"
A week later he was in the doctors
Office with swollen jaw, due to tooth
ache.
"What, youhere?" the doctor exclaim-
ed, with feigned astonishment.
"Oh, doctor" he said, 81 have suffered
agony all through the night. Simply
can't stand this pain any longer!"
"Have you tried faith?" the physician
asked him. "You know you told me
faith could move mountains"
"But this is a cavity, doctor"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
The porcuplne.

Mother Nature surely must have set
out TO make something different the
day she invented the rorcupine. Here
was an animal with a patheticalIy mild
disposition. without cunning or courage
and almost as slow and clumsy as turtle.
II would have been absurd TO give him
weapons Of defense; he would never have
the energy TO attack anything, so he was
given a coat Of mail in which he might
walk abroad among his enemies and yet
be as safe as though he were behind a
wall of steel. His upper parts. from his
nose TO the tip OF his thick, muscular tail.
are covered with mass OF sharp pointed
quills intermixed with coarse hair Each
quill is provided with a number OF min
ute barbs pointing backward, so that
when il is once inserted in the flesh OF
any animal the mere movement OF the
muscles will cause il TO work deeper and
deeper.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
A 0reat Military Feat.

Nonza, in Corsica, is very proud oil
story Of a great military feat performed
there long ago. II is told in Romantic
Corsica" by George Renwick.
The French in 1868 has subjugated all
the northern cape with the exception OF
the tower Of Nonza, which for consd-
erabe time sustained close siege. At
taking parties were driven back by a
fierce fire, but at last The garrison agreed
TO surrender If allowed TO march out with
all the honors Of war. This was con-
ceded, and old Captain CasceIla appeared,
staggering under load OF musketS and
pistols.
why is the garrison so long in COM
ing out ?" asked the French commander.
at is here, sir" replied CasceIla. 81
am The garrison"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
A Real Poison Peril.

One Venomous creature there is in this
country which may Justly be termed a
public peril in the widest sense. Pro-
portionately to population more victims
fall to it yearly in the United States than
to the dreaded cobra in India. Some
1900 Americans are killed everyBear by
its bite. Three hundred thousand more
are made seriously i'll from tine after et-
fects. Unfortunately the virus works so
slowly that alarm is Stlled. The victims
do not sicken at once. The bite is for
gotten, but ten days or two weeks after
the subject falls into fever. 1lS blood
is poisoned within him. Eventually in
extreme cases he becomes delirious, sue
cumbs to stupor and dies.
Yet because there is nothing horrifc to
the sensation loving imagination in the
malaria bearing mosquito, public inertia
or ignorance tolerateS it with grin and
permits it to breed in city and country
alike throughout the length and breadth
of the nation. Compared with it as a
real menace, all the combined brood OF
snakes, scorpions, centipedeS, tarantuas
and other pet bugaboos of our childish
romanticism are utterly negligible, are as
figment to reality, as shadow to substance.
1t is perhaps characteristic OF our wryly
humorous American temperament that we
should have invested the unimportant
danger with all the shuddering attributes
ofhorror and have made Of the real peril
aioketo be perenniallY hailed with laugh
ter in a thousand thoughtless prints.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-11-17
A Poser For The Preacher.

A clergyman who enjoyed the substan-
tiql benefits Of a fine farm was slightly
taken down on one occasion by his Irish
plowman, who was sitting on the plow
in the wheat field. The reverend gen.
teman, being an economist, said with
great seriousness:
"John, wouldn't it be good plan for
YOU to have pair Of pruning shears here.
and be cutting a few bushes along the
fence while the horses are resting a short
time ?"
Iohn considered moment and then
said:
Look here Wouldn't it be well. sir,
for you to have pan Of potatoes in the
pulpit, and while they are singing TO peel
'em awhile to be ready for the pot ?"