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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
EARN CASH
Scotchman Harnessed Mice and
Made Them Spin.
Profits Were Three Cents a Week
Wonderful Scheme That Failed
Because of the Death of
Its Protector.

Edinburgh, Scotland.-To an ingeni-
Gus Scotchman goes the credit of be-
ing the first person to harness
mouse and make him a money earning
factor. He was David Hutton, a ma
tive of Dunfermline, and his unexpect-
ed death alone prevented him from
carrying out his experiments on
much larger scale.
Hutton erected small mill at Dun
feminine in 1920 and began the spin
ming of thread. Just how he made use
of the small rodents is set forth in
pamphlet called Curiosity Coffee
Room"
I'm the summer of 1922 he wrote,
81 had occasion to be in Perth, and
when inspecting the toys and trinkets
that were manufactured by the French
prisoners in the depot there my atten-
ton was involuntarily attracted by
little toy house with wheel in the
gable of it that was running rapidly
around, impelled by the gravity OF
common house mouse.
For one shilling purchased the
house. mouse and wheel. Inclosing 1T
in handkerchief, on my journey
homeward l was compelled to contem-
plate it's favorite amusement.
But how to apply half ounce power
(Which is the weight Of mouse) to
useful purpose was the difficulty. At
length the manufacture Of sewing
thread seemed the most practicable"
Though Mr.. Hutton proved that an
ordinary mouse would average run
of ten and half miles a day, he had
one mouse which ran the remarkable
distance of Is miles in that time.
A half-penny's worth of oatmeal was
sufficient for it's food for 80 days, dur
ing which time it ran 1862 miles. He
kept two mice constantly engaged in
the making OF sewing thread for more
| than year.
This thread mill was soon construct
ed that the mouse was able to twist
Irvine and reel from 100 to 200 threads
a day, Sundays not excepted. To per-
form this task 1t had to run ten and
half miles day, which it did with
perfect ease every other day.
On the half-penny's worth of oat-
meal, which lasted for five weeks, one
| of these little mice made $3.50 threads
| 20 inches long, and as a penny was
paid to women for every hank made
in the ordinary way, the mouse at that
rate earned Is cents every six weeks
Allowing for board and for machin'
cry there was a clear yearly profit
! from each mouse of S1.5O.
1t was Mr.. Huttons intention to ap
ply for the loan of the Dumferline
cathedral, which was empty, where he
planned to set up 10000 mouse mills
and still leave room for the keepers
and several hundreds Of spectators
but this wonderful project was never
carried out because of the inventors
sudden death.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
If CHILD is CROSS,
FEvERisH AND SICK
Look, MotherI- If Tongue is Coated
Give California Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely
A child simply will not stop play
ing to empty the bowels, and the re-
suit is, they become tightly clogged
with waste, liver gets sluggish, stom-
ach sours, then your little one be-
comes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't
eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is
bad, system is full of cold, has sore
throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoa.
Listen, Mother! See if tongue is
coated, then give a teaspoOnful of
California Syrup of Figs" and in a
few hours all the constipated waste,
sour bile and undigested food passes
out of the system, and you have a
we'll, playful child again.
Millions of mothers give "Califor-
mia Syrup of Figs" because it is
harmless; children love it, and never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent
bottle of California Syrup of Figs -
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages, and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Get
the genuine, made by the California
Fig Syrup Company" Refuse any
other kind with contempt.
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
"QUESTIONS OF LIFE"

Are fully and properly answered in
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser by R.. V. Pierce, Nj. d. AS
result of knowing the laws of health
and nature, happy marriages are sure
to follow. Ignorance leads to misery
and ill-health. All the knowledge a
young man or woman, wife or daugh-
ter should have, is contained in this
big Home Doctor Book, containing
zoos pages with engravings and col
ored plates, and bound in cloth,
(near-y 100000 copies formerly sold
for $3.50 each) is sent free to anyone
sending 81 one-cent stamps to prepay
cost of wrapping and postage. There
are no conditions to this offer and the
reader must not associate this book
with the advertising pamphlets pre-
pared by quacks throughout the
country. Address 662 Washington
ST.. Buffalo, New York.
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
ONLY ONE BEST"
Paris People Give Credit Where
Credit is Due.

People of Paris who suffer with
weak kidneys and bad backs, want a
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. Doan's Kidney Pills is med
icine for the kidneys only, and one
that is backed by willing testimony
of Paris people. Here's a case;
M. Holleran, 200 w. Seventh street,
Paris, KY, says: Sometimes the
passages OF the kidney secretions
were painful. l had backaches, too.
l used much medicine, but was not
benefited until l took Doan's Kidney
Pills. They soon made me feel bet
ter and stronger
Mr. Holleran is only one of many
Paris people who have gratefully en-
dorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for kidney
remedy-ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mr.. Hol-
leran had-the remedy backed by
home testimony. SOC. at all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
New York when Your Back is
Lame, Remember the Name"
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Changeab|e Climate
Is A CONSTANT THREAT TO THE
HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.

DR.. Hartman, OF Columbus, Ohio,
discusses an important health topic.
He says:
Yes, it is the climate, not the germs,
that we have to fear in this country.
The germs are present, to be sure,
and are of some significance In
diagnosis. Climate, a changeable
climate. is the true cause of disease.
The atmospheric pressure varies. the
humidity of the atmosphere changes.
Every day the temperature rises and
falls. All this presents to the body
very great trials to adjust to.
The area of high pressure forms In
the northwest. Moves rapidly south
east, subjecting millions OF our
population to it's influence. The re-
suit is, thousands upon thousands OF
people catch cold. A small per cent.
of these thousands do not get well OF
their cold. 1t goes into pneumonia.
or chronic catarrh, or bronchitis, or
laryngitis. or pleurisy.
Now, what am getting at is this.
These climatic changes are inevitable.
No one can prevent them. The very
best we can do is to prepare for
them, defend ourselves against them.
Good health is the best preventive.
The very best. Vigorous health. with
excess vitality. this is Natures own
preventive and protection.
We do not all have this, however.
Some of US must have assistance.
The assistance that use for myself,
would recommend for my friends to
use, my neighbors and my country
men. is Pe-ru-na. Keep Pe-ru-na in
the house.
If the children indicate they ara
catching cold. give them Pe-ru-na
If the parents, the grandfather or
grandmother, present those symptoms
that are SO well known which precede
a cold. few doses of Pe-ru-na and
the deed is done. {
Some people are very subject to
colds. Others who have weak lungs
and are timid about our winter
weather, take Pe-ru-na off and on
during the whole winter season..
The plan is good one. The medicine
Is inexpensive. 1t does no possible
harm to the system. 1t keeps the
appetite regular and keen. 1t as
sists digestion and helps the user
through the inclement weather OF
winter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Dreaming to Order.

Dreams can be made to order by out
siders, but not by the dreamer Yell
FIRE." in the ear of a sound sleeper
play on the back of his neck and he
will dream to order, but he can't go to
sleep with his mind made up to dream
Of any certain thing and then actually
dream of it. In spite OF this fact, books
are sold in Europe which tell what one
must do in order to dream the lucky
number in the lottery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05

Group is a terrible disease; it
attacks children so suddenly they are
very apt to choke unless given the
proper remedy at once. There is
nothing better in the world than DR..
Kings New Discovery. Lewis Cham
berlain, of Manchester, o., writes
about his children: Sometimes in
severe attacks we were afraid they
would die, but since we proved what
certain remedy DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is, we have no fear. We can
rely on it for Group, coughs, and
colds" So can you. soc. and $1.00.
A bottle should be in" every home.
At all druggists. H. E. Bucklen &
Co., Philadelphia, st. Louis.
(Dec.) (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05

Astoria, Ore-While eager that their
children shall master the English
language and all that is to be learned
in the English schools, the local
Chinese do not care to have their chill
dren grow up totally ignorant of the
language, history and folklore of their
forefathers, and in order to prevent
this they have converted a former
josshouse into schoolroom, which
will be placed in charge of compe-
tent instructor, who will arrive from
San Fransico within the next few
days.
1t is expected that the school will be
attended by at least so children be-
tween the ages Of four and twelve
years.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
They Take No Chances.

The Chinese blacksmith thinks
great deal of his anatomy, when shoe
ing horses, which are not numerous
in China. He is so skittish in doing
a job of shoeing and so dubious about
handling the hoofs of the animal. that,
when shoeing is required, the horse Is
strung up with ropes in such a man.
ner as to prevent kicking No ex-
ceptions are made, even though the
horse be a scrawny street plug OF adj
vanced age.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Famous Paragraph by Cynic.

Zapata, having received no re-
spouse, began preaching simply Of
God. He taught people Of the father
Of mankind, the rewarder the punish
er and pardoner. He separated truth
from falsehood and religion from IA
naticism. He taught any practiced
virtue. He was gentle, kind hearted
and modest, and was burned at the
stake at Valladolid in the year Of our
Lord, 1G51.-Voltaire
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
(adv)
Few See THINGS as They Are.

Few See Things as They Are. Y
The mass Of mankind will never
have any ardent zeal for seeing things
as they are; very inadequate ideas
will always satisfy them. On these
inadequate ideas will always repose,
and must repose, the general practice
of the world. That is as much as
see things as they are will find him
self one of a very small circle; but
1t is only by this small circle reso-
lutely doing it's own work that ade-
Quate ideas will ever get current at
all-Matthew Arnold.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Land Titles in VIRGINIA.

The United States government
never owned public lands in Virginia,
there never was land office in that
state, and, of course, DO lease or sale
of public lands there. Land titles in
all of the thirteen original states, in
Guiding Virginia, traced back to pro-
prietors or grantees direct from the
British crown. . Our present public
land system was not introduced until
after the establishment Of the gov
eminent, and the first surveys and
sales of public lands in America were
in the present states of Ohio and In
diana.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
CERTAIN CURE FOR
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
iona Vita Overcomes the Trouble IN
A Few Weeks Time.

There is a remedy that is abso-
lutely certain to build up those SUI
fering from a run down condition.
This remedy is considered the most
successful medicine ever sold to the
public in this country. 1t is called
iona Vita and it is fast becoming a
national tonic, endorsed by physE
clans everywhere.
If you are debilitated. tire easily,
have little strength or ambition ana
are nervous and depressed, get bottle
of iona Vita at once. You Will De
delighted to feel your old health and
strength returning in a few days
time. If you have lost flesh, note
YOUR weight before taking and then
get on the scales a week later You
will be astonished.
iona Vita is sold by Chas. Z. But
Ter & Co. tauF1
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Critics, Take Notice.

Great writer's cantingly criticised by
small writers-of whom DIR. Parr might
be happy to say, that they have pro-
fundity without Obscurity-perspicu
ity without proliXity-ornament with
out glare-terseness without barren
Misrepresentation without subtlety-
comprehensiveness without depression
and a great number Of other things
without a great number of other
things. Smith.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
SON KILLS FATHER IN DUEL
Fight With Knives While Girl, Cause
Of Trouble, Watches the Bloody
Conflict.

Paris.-A fatal duel between a IA
Their and son named Blanchard living
near Aubusson began in rivalry for
the heart of pretty farmland. The
son Jean Lelong, was jealous of his
father, who had won the girls affec-
tions, so the two men agreed to fight
Six revolver shots were exchanged,
without result. They resumed the
fight with kitchen knives, while the
girl watched the fight without interior
ing.
The father received terrible wounds,
dying soon afterward
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
ImaqInation in DreamIand.

A man who awake is most prosaic.
whose mind is commonplace, who is
utterly unable to invent a story or
write a drama, will asleep have the
most astonishing flights of magma
ton. He imagines a story. He
peoples it with, players, men, women
and animals, and each one of them
even the animals at times-speaks his
part as perfectly as if he actually were
alive.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
What He Would Do.

A young lady visiting her relations
on a farm went out in the yard to
watch her young cousin play with
a chiTNn. Watching him for some
time sGe asked him: willie, if that
chicken were to lay an egg what
would you do with it," He looked up
surprised, then said: ooh, I'd sell 1t
to a museum. That chickens roost-
er."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05

.sxEgE.EaN
Milk and Music,

1t is little known fact that the
most delightful music at the present
day is produced by playing on milk.
The supply of ivory nowadays does
not to great extent meet the de-
mand. Strange as it may sound, skim
milk forms a substitute. 1t is used
for making the keyboards of pianos,
and in appearance this hardened sub
stance is hardly distinguishable from
livery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
About Stamps.

Do not lick stamps. The best way
Is to moisten the envelope and not the
stamp. When stamps stick together,
do not soak them apart, but lay them
on a smooth surface with thin paper
over them. This separates without
destroying the gum.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Snake Put Town in Darkness.

A 20-inch green snake put out all
Inns, 8. C. In the morning linemen
found it tangled in some wires on a
pole. 1t had crawled to the top Of
the pole and comiSg in contact with
the wires forced a short circuit, put
out the lights and incidently died.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Altogether Too Successful.

Quizzer-"What's the matter, old
man? You look worried" Sizzer-
Il have cause to. l hired a man to
trace my pedigree. Quizzer-"Well.
what's the trouble? Hasn't he been
successful" Sizzer-"Successfu /
should say he has! I'm paying him
hush-money."-Judge
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Lie Is a Compliment.

l have an abiding faith that false
hood never hurts anyone but him who
propagates it. 1t is also my convic-
ton that no man can pay a much
greater homage to another than to
deliberately misrepresent him. 1t is
a cowardly confession Of weakness
and of inferiority.-John Bigelow, in
"Retrospections Of an Active Life"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
CURED OF LIVER COMPLAINT

81. was suffering with liver COM
plant" says Iva Smith, of Point
Blank, Texas, land decided to try a
Csc box of Chamberlain Tablets,
and am happy to say that am COM
pletely cured and can recommend
them to every one" For sale by all
dealers.
(Dec) (adY)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Reasonably Sure.

The only thing you can tell about q
young girl is that when she is fifty
years old she will look great deal as
her mother looks now.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Love in a Hickory-nut.

A hickory-nut is named, then
cracked. If the kernel is withered,
love has grown cold; if it is broken.
the loved one is untrue; if it comes
out whole, all is well.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Natures Kindness.

Nature is very kind to a man. By
the time he is shelved socially he is
glad of it.-Atchison Globe
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
We Have Met Them,

Some man use sentiment and SYM
pathy In q way that suggests grinding
an tx On q tombstone.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Daily Thouahi

The man that loves and laughs must
sure do well.-Pope.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
Good In Everything.

Sermons in stones and good In ev-
erything.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
BISHOP w. 8. DERRICK DEAD.


converted
Bishopic that
which
M E. Church of which
he
England other
addresses
wonderful mentality
and
thought
Williams, the emf
family
pah Heaven will be around
believe he entered
achieve
he will
The fuller breath,
of life knows 10 dea
a
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26

Commission
and who will faithfully making and inn
obligations
political
should
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26

ed to the welfare of the public;
having during his 20 years as a
citizen of Denver never taken part
in any campaign, but was at all
times in favor of home industry
and was legitimate builder of
Denver.
Mr.. O'Connor says:
"Denver is necessarily a city
of amusement. For various reas-
ons, the people who live here de-
mand those liberties that are guar
anteed by the constitution of the
United States. There may be
some who do not believe in any
amusement that keeps the resi-
dent out late at night If SO, they
are entitled to the right to retire
early. In the same breath, there
may be those who, for one reason
or another, desire to remain out
as late as midnight, or even later.
They are entitled to the same per-
sonal privileges as are accorded to
the residents who desire to retire
early. wish to say that if am
elected to the Office of commission
er of public safety that 1 will not
molest any law abiding citizen, SO
long as he keeps within the bounds
of the law, and that 1 will insist
on, furthermore, 1 wish to say that
everyone will get a square deal
from a man who has pledged him
self to be on the square.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Urge Minimum Wage
Scale for Women
By T. ELLING. Chicago

and girls what immortality
that the majority employers would raise and favor
mum wage law.
Girls who usually get the start downward through the
gence inability of ignorant careless who unqualified
for the proper training of children.
1t here minimum law for and assisted by
education would desirable effect.
Suggestive cheap dive dance halls Saloons pooom obscene
heae dputabe and Cafes these with their evil influences
and finished product girls so boys) than low
wages did
The advertising given the life through suggestive and
other has lifted its social stigma and made its less
reproachful.
number of candidates only awaiting the povocaton which
sometimes is low
While the fallen question being discussed would bring
into the question the male of the who the much
greater in numb) and sensible plan of action
We shall have fallen people
their attendant evils when learned ntelec
problems concerning social economic conditions instead of the
pink sheet.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
(Advertisement.)
M. T. O'COnnOr.
Candidate For Commissioner of
Public Safety.

Mr.. M. Il. O'Connor, who is a
candidate for commissioner of
public safety, is man well known
in our city, for 20 years prosper
Gus business man; man who is a
large taxpayer, and a man who has
borne an excellent reputation. He
was for several years secretary of the
Plasterers' Union, which is one of
the largest labor organizations in
this city. Mr.. O'Connor is one of
those kind of citizens that go to
make up a progressive city. He
thinks no good citizen advocates
what is commonly called an ''open
town" 1t is against good morals,
good government and good princi-
Piles. But every broad minded cit
izen believes in equal rights to all,
which means that thinking people
believe that just SO long as no one
person or association violates the
law of common decency, the law
abiding citizen of liberal views
has just as many rights as the mar
row minded citizen of narrow
views-and at the same time both
have the right to follow their re-
spective paths unhindered by the
other, as long as neither violates
the moral obligations of the law
and of good citizenship.
Mr.. O'Connor is broad-minded
man, one who has at all times look
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
IOrdinary P oliteness is
| Most Pleasing
BY Rev. Frank Crane. Chicago

good good doesn't cost and it will
psh than and get done In month
The average empoye who deals with the public distinctly
dsaga nenty deaf Bank clerks
Telephone girls And dry goods
esades snppy your order when they please
when they and they and need another
fork you may get up and get it yourself
took meek looking old gentle
befak and then departed and remained somewhere
BY and by he to the old gentle
who had been sitting patiently with his hands folded
would like your steak, sir?" asked the waiter.
old gentleman looked collected his thoughts responded
enthusiastically, "Oh, very much, very much, indeed
jammed like cattle
punched the back by guards and told ep lively who
hung who bowbaen despsed snubbe and
public day this proeaat will rise
drive a fewc clerks about three feet into the ground
The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-26
Oratory Being Replaced
by Printed Word
By JOSEPH LEVIN. Boston. Mass.

the fact which he dpo that orator
of spreading thought and knowledge being superseded by
the printed word.
True there great of Daniel Webster Wendell Phil
lips Henry Ward Beech and the old ceum But nearly
public where OF
thoughtful And in Boston
a least there is superabundance of lecturers.
In general the public be getting out of the habit of listen
and swallowing them whole without
question This the of questions Every thoughtful
anybody Newspapers and books
have this sophisticated if
profound than That ophistaton is fatal the spell
binders successful the appeal 10 the
of his the public reads the harder
play on its feelings.
But who doesn't orator? Who doesn't like to have
his feelings reused and his heart are by the burning words of
speaker? substitute thinking, which
best difficult So Webster Phillips Beech could to
the questions of would all %