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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
WOMEN GET sl.75 PER WEEK
Mira Julia Scurr Tells Prime Minister
Asquith Of Weekly Wage Of
Women.

London.-The recent meeting be-
tween Prime Minister Asquith and the
women representing Sylvia Pank-
hurst's East End Suffrage club was
unique In English history, for never
before had women workers of the
lowest social class told their wage
grievances to SO high a parsonage.
The average wage of women through
out the country, Mrs. Julia Scurr told
the prime minister, is only seven
shillings ($1.75) a week. Many wo-
men, she said, support children and
parents on this. although the Immi-
grafton board has held that woman
cannot live in London on less than
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
NOT so STRANGE AFTER ALL.

You may think it strange that so
many people are cured of stomach
trouble by Chamberlain's Tablets.
You would not, however, if you should
give them a trial. They strengthen
and invigorate the stomach and ena-
BILE it to perform it's functions natu-
rally. Mrs. Rosie Rish, Wabash, Ind,
writes, Nothing did me the least
good until / began using Chamber
lain's Tablets. 1t is decidedly the
best medicine for stomach trouble
have ever used" For sale by all
dealers.
(adv-aug)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
THE TWENTY YEAR TEST.

Some twenty years ago | used
Chambelain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Geo. w
Brock, publisher of the Enterprise
Aberdeen, Md. 81 discovered that ii
was a quick and safe cure for diar
rhoea. Since then no one can sell me
anything said to be Just as good
During all these years l have used il
and recommended it many times, and
it has never disappointed anyone >
For sale by all dealers.
(adv-aug.)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Famous Reoiment.

me Buffs. the famous old Nut
crackers" of which the king of Den
marx was appointed colonelin-chief
on MS recent visit to England. are one
OF the Oldest corps in the British army.
Iney were evolved from the old
framed band in the days of Elizabeth,
ana because of this ancient connection
with the capital they have the privi-
lege or marching through the city of
London with fixed bayonets, beating
drums and flying colors.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
DEAR FRIEND.

DEAR FRIEND
Do you feel run down? Do you feel
as though that part of you which
gives life, strength, health and vigor
Is not there? Do you wake up tired
in the morning? Do you have an in
desCTibable WEAKNESS all the time?
Are you nervous, at all times irrita-
be? Do you ever have the blues and
TALL INTO fits of dependency without
any cause
I so, / want to have a little conf
Dental talk with you. | understand
sour trouble. / know its cause;
know its nature; and l know its cure
Such troubles as these rarely existed
among the American Indians of the
past. I Will tell you why.
Because there grows in this coun-
try roots and herbs into which nature
aaS combined all her curative agen-
cies. Just as Nature has combined
into the egg all the nutritive human
organs, so it has combined into these
roots and herbs all the properties
which are necessary to the healing of
the diseased human organs
Al great expense 1 have been able
10 have these roots and herbs gath
cred and / now have them in my lab
ratory. / wish that / had the power
10 spread the news by one mighty
proclamation and announce to the
people of this country what a great
blessing it is to them. | wish that
all who suffer with diseases that
their local phyician has been unable
to cure, could know of the marvellous
healing power of this simple remedy,
gathered from Natures storehouse.
I send this remedy to pou just as I
set It from Nature do not allow its
magic power to be trifled with or
lessened by mixing it with ordinary
drugs or chemicals. You take SIM
ply Browns Native Herb in Liquid
Form. Quaff this cup of life and the
result is simply indescribable. You
feel no more WEAKNESS you felt be-
fore. Your step regains the elasticy
of younger days. Your complexion
becomes clearer and healthier You
feel a Vigor and desire to do some
thing, whereas before you felt weari-
ness. Your eyes become brighter and
reflect the animation with which your
entire system becomes charged. Your
spirit lightens and the whole world
become bright and beautiful. You
feel an ability in yourself which nat
urally comes from the feeling of
strength and power.
You may think that l am just talk
ing and that | do not mean what
say in regard to this most remarka-
bic remedy. But the remarkable offer
I make you ought to be enough to con-
vince you that I not only know what
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Good Wcrd for RELIGION.

This is broad-minded age, and the
gentleman on the last tram, who was
in what one may define as the talka-
tive stage, shared the characteristics
OF the times. 1--we nothin' to say
against i'm even if he does belong to
P. 8. A. I'm no bigot, net a bit Of it.
An / say this, that corsiderin' all
things, I've not found these religious
chaps to be worse than ordinary
fellers like you an me."-Manchester
Guardian.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.

IL shillings and six pence ($4.3O a
week. To small wages and the Sc
verify Of the struggle was attributed
the large number of suicides among
married working women of the city.
Mrs. Scurr said the poor law attaches
harsh and humiliating terms to the
relief given and is thoroughly hated
by the INDECENT
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
HONEY CROP POOR.

The honey crop throughout Garrard
and Lincoln counties is proving un-
satisfactory to bee handlers, the lack
of white clover blossoms being in
part the cause of the deficiency. One
Garrard county farmer, who has CIV
en- considerable attention to bees, re-
ports that, having as many as sixty
hives, he only extracted one pound
from forty-fve of them. He reports
the honey darker than usual this sea-
son.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
CONSTIPATION CAUSES SICK
NESS.

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system immedi
ately begins to absorb poison from
the backed-up waste matter. Use DR.
Kings New Life Pills and keep well
There is no better safeguard against
illness. Just take one dose tonight
25c, at your druggist.
(adV-aug)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
SEVERE ATTACK OF
COLIC CURED.

E. e Cross, who travels in Virginia
and other Southern States, was taken
suddenly and severely i'll with collie.
At the first store he came to the mer-
chant recommended Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
TWO doses of it cured him.. No one
should leave home on a journey with
out bottle of this preparation. For
sale by all druggists.
(adv-aug.)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Chip on the Shoulder.

I'VE love and we value peace" said
Jefferson. 1--WE know it's blessings and
experience; we abhor the foIlies of
war, and are not untried in it's dis
tresses and calamities." A God-fear-
ing nation confdes in it's strength
without Boosting of it and respects
that of others without fearing It. The
weak nation, like the weak man, car
ries a chip Oh the shoulder.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
10 ProVerb to Guide Him.

Shea proverb says that fruit is
gold in the morning and lead at night,
meaning that it's bad for one in the
evening, I suppose" He-"That's
right! Look at the trouble Adam got
into by eating an apple after Eve
Boston Transcript.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Heavy Bond for Nurses.

Milwaukee.-Nurse in the new Mil
waukee radium hospital will be re-
ouired to. furnish 100000 bond be-
fore being allowed to assist in the
treatment of patients.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
Progression,

A girl used to be considered re-
markable If she was. very good look
ing. Now she is considered out of the
ordinary if she isn't.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07

The man who brags that he has a
Strong Will Power because he doesn't
believe in going to church is usually
the same Lad who hasn't enough will
power to quit smoking
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
AGED Man EIopes With Girl.

Bloomington, Ill.-Ezra Henlfne, six
ty-seyen, a wealthy farmer. and Miss
ina Darr, twenty-three. eloped to Joliet
and were married
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-07
HOW TO CURE a sPRAIN.

A sprain may be cured in about
the time required by the
usual treatment by applying Cham
pertains Liniment and observing the
directions with each bottle. For sale
by all dealers.
{adv-aug)
The evening world., 1914-11-12

In BushwIck Hospital to-day Of
an apopletic stroke suffered on
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Allan was
seventy years old and 10 sur
vivsd by two sons. William G.
and James W. Allan, and . daughter.
Mrs. Alice Campbell.
Pop" Allan. m he was called, was
born in Scotland and was a man Of
pronounced and advanced ideas. He
was a candidate for Lisutenant Gov.
ernor on the Oreenback- Labor ticket
thirty years ago and throughout his
life sought tho now and radical In
politics. He Joined tho Independence
League when that party was organ
lied and was an active political
worker UP to the time OF his last
Illness.
Mr.. Allan was High Priest Of Bea.
con Light Encampment, I. o. o. f.,
which meets in a hall at Broadway
and 1falsey street, Brooklyn. He took
a Lor1mer street car from his home
TO attend 4 meeting OF tho lodge on
Tuesday evening and on tho car
were boys who scattered a prepare.
tion called "sneezc powder" Mr.. Allan
was attacked by a violent fit OF
sneesing which persisted until hi
reached the lodge room. He was very
weak when he entered the hall and
soon after his arrival suffered the
stroke that caused his death.
The evening world., 1914-11-12
Sewell-waAanAs.

Miss Dorcas Burtcheai wadams.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A.
Wadams Of No. lo7 Alden street.
Orange. N. j.. was married to Ralph
Emerson Sewell Of East Orange In
Holy Trinity Church. West Orange. last
evening. The Rev. Archdcacon Fred
erick Carter officiated. Miss Elisabeth
GLADYS WadAms flower Girl. Charles
Landeu Sewell. brother Of the BRIDE
groom. was best man. Tho ushere were
frederick Wadams. brother Of the bride:
George Baker and Samuel Neill.
The evening world., 1914-11-12
'SnEEzE POWDER CAUSES
DEATH Of BROOKLYN MAN
Scattered in Car by Boys, Gives
James E.. Allan a Stroke
Of Apoplexy.
Of Apoplexy.

James e. Allan Of No. 40 Eckford
street, brooklyn. q widely known
citizen of that Borough. died
The evening world., 1914-11-12
suppose you
4 decide this question

Many who, drink Yuhan. say
that it Is at its best with. a little
cream and sugar added, 50 that
its richness and flavor are pre-
cisely moderated to the taste.
Others maintain that it should
be freely diluted with hot milk and
we'll sWeetened - that then its
delicacy, its individuality ard its
rare fragrance reach perfection.
Still others insist that the vigor
and zest of Yuban may be appre-
ciated fully only a the derai-tassc
The evening world., 1914-11-12

- black - unliiiuted - with all its
flavor and aroma unimpaired.
Suppose you try Yuban y'our
favorito way.
Whatever that way ,Eay DO,
you will say this:
Thct Yuban combines all the coffee
qualities ard characteristics you have
sought ind hoped for-thnt you never
knew there was ouch coffee procurable-
that only the evidence Of your delighted
senses. could convince you that such q
coffee could be produced crd sold at q
price within the reach of the general
public. Az.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

I'll go. and IL the lawyers. the CIRCUIT
Court. the Supreme Court. and the gov
ernor don't like it they kin bring on
their row as soon as they please II BIZ
hlssclf amt satisfied then let him dig
hole through the wall and escape. lie
kin do it in two hours with proper hard
work. and two more will take him across
the line.
The case before US today is as plain
as the tail Of dog, and / don't propose
to waste the valuable time OF Black
stone in chin music. l don't want no
spOuntin' by the lawyers, and | don't
hev no yarns from witnesses know
all about the case myself, and | feel like
as l kin do jestice to both sides. Four
weeks ago Arizona Jack strikes the town
of Sandy Bend. That's Jack over by the
door. He's got up to look like a bad. bad
man. He struts around the streets with
his head up and a bone in his teeth. and
purity soon he is pinter out as man to be
afeared of. As nigh as l kin figger up
he's killed fifteen men.
"Over by the stove behold Kansas Tom.
He's also got himself up to look like
bad man. That scowl between his eyes
would jump a jack rabbit foot high.
and he's got a rumble to his voice like
the sound of distant thunder. He got
yere next day arter Jack did. and, con-
sequently. we've had two tcTrors with
us for the last month. Most of our folks
hev bin lookin' fur bloodshed every min
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
SANDY BEN JUSTICE

Before purceedin' to reSlar bZness."
said Judge IIoke, as court opened at
Sandy Bend, in the case of Arizona Jack
VS.. Kansas Tom. Il want to remark
that sartin persons in this Jurisdiction
appear to doubt the legal power of this
court to hang Bill Smith. who was dooly
sentenced last week. Bill was tried right
we're in this room. lie was tried by
jury of his peers. He was found guilty,
and I fixed his hanging for two weeks
from today. So far as I know he amt
doin' any kickin'. On the contrary, he's
anticipatin- a good time and eatin' three
squar' meals a day. It's the outsiders
who ar raisin' a fuss and tryin' TO
weaken the power of the law in this
town. When / was appointed Jestice OF
the Peace l understood that what / said
had to go, but the burned lawyers around
yere contend that thar is rope around
me. and that, il Bill Smith is hung under
my sentence several calamities viii hap
pen. As Jim Hope, owner OF the Red
Dog Saloon, nobody ever seen me back
water. As Judge Hoke. owner of all the
law around yere, I'm goin' to crawfish
as fur as to change Bills sentence to
Imprisonment fur life. That's as FUR as
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
POPULAR MR.. BOWSER
But He Doesn't Get the Gold-Headed Cane

by George hut there's a chance for
some run"' suddenly exclaimed Mr..
Bowser, as ne looked up from his even
ing paper.
What is itg' asked Mrs. Bowser.
why. the First Baptist Church, right
around the corner from here. is to hold
festival Saturday evening. and a gold
popular man in town"
But where is the fun?''
In getting the cane Say, now, but
well be on hand. and IL i don't get that
can over all the other candidates, you
cane over all the other candidates, you
cane. and Just what l want. You must
have known about the festival, as you
go to that church very often"
But you sec began Mrs Bowser
and then checked herself
What do l see? The cane goes to
the most popular man in town. The con-
ceited old Brown will think he's sure Of
il, and that assifed jackson will smile
and grin and tumble over himself, but
they won't be in 1t with me. 1t will be
just like rolling of a log to win the
canes'
. IL hadn't thought OF going" stam-
mered Mrs Bow2er, after awhile
Well, you car make up your mind
TO go. Indeed. I should think you'd be
proud to have me bear of the prize
Won't II please you to discover that I'm
the most popular man in town.
Yes. of course. but suppose il
shouldn't turn out that way?''
But it's got to turn out that way-Sot
10 do It. Haven't l been asked to run
for alderman? Haven't ! contributed TO
the free ice and sick baby funds? Don't
We give to every charity, and don't all
the children on the street run after me?
Why, gave SIS in cash to help build
that very edifice. II there's a more pop
ular man in town than l am I'd like to
know him"
Then. If you shouldn't get the cane,
ythen you'd-you'd-"
Then I'd what? II looks TO me as II
you didn't want me to get Il. Perhaps
you had intended 10 vote for some other
candidate? Well, you 20 ahead and vote
for whom you please, but I'll walk home
with that cane just the same! We go to
the festival on Saturday evening
That settled il, and Mrs Bowser had
no more objections to offer. Mr.. Bowser
took hold of the matter in his enthusias-
tic way. He let il be known that he
was in the hands of his friends. and that
his friends were expected to vote early
and often and pull him through. F'r
four days and evenings he went about
talking Of the matter. with the result
that popular candidates appeared in all
directions. Mrs. Bowser had fears and
doubts, but whenever she threw out a
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
A CHLOROFORM SNIFF

a smooth tongue and smiling face, and
when he rented the rooms he became a
depositor TO the amount of S2,OOl. 1t
wasn't a week before the doctor was
pretty familiar with all of US. and we
all liked him. He was one of those men
who can talk you into liking them wheth-
er or no. The cashier had rheumatism
in his hand. and the doctor rubbed it
away. l had a peculiar swelling on my
right jaw and he bettered It by one
rubbing and asserted that he could cause
it to entirely disappear after a little. In
the course of a month the doctor almost
rubbed the swelling away. and in his
rooms upstairs he had many patients. He
was a quack right enough. but at the
same time he did work some wonderful
cures. When the month was up he took
the rooms for another. and he also de-
posted enough to make his account
5000
On the 18th of a certain October. when
he had our tenant for two weeks he
came into the bank at the noon hour to
get change for a bill. He stopped to
talk to me for a few minutes and told
funny story. Thereafter. until the
climax came. he dropped in almost every
noon. He never attempted to come be-
hind the counter, though the door some
IlIneS SlOOO open, Dul OH several Oc-
casions l went out 10 him. His calls
after the first three weeks were for the
purpose of manipulating my jaw. and
always passed outside the counter and
sat down on a chair. Sometimes he
would remain fer only ten minutes
sometimes for half an hour. \ Now and
then some one would drop in at the noon
hour for change. but it was often that
the front door was net opened at all On
the Sth of November, which was cold and
dismal. we had in the Kincardine Bank
exactly s32s, go in currency. On the next
day there was to be a big withdrawal
to pay the hands at a mill, and some
SO. 900 was to go to certain Boston banks
by express. 1 hadn't been left alone for
over five minutes when Dr. Jordan came
in to attend me. l noticed that he looked
pale and anxious, and joked with him
as / sat down in the usual place. He
tried to reply in kind, but made Door
work of it As he worked at nv law
he gradually turned my head to the left.
so that i no longer saw him or the door.
He asked me to repeat a story had told
him a few days ago, and l was doing
so when the door opened. / did not stop
my talk. and could moi turn my head.
The man who came in did not speak
but he must have passed the doctor a
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

sponge saturated with chlorofOrm. / got
the oder OF the stuff at once, and was
wondering what II was when my neck
was gripped by the doctors left hand
and with the right he thrust the sponge
into my face. ! think | tried to rise
UP and fight the sponge away. but am
not clear about it. l do distinctly re-
member. however. OF hearing the doctor
say:
Now. then. lock the doors and Ill soon
have the money in the bags
| even heard the key in the lock. but
did not realize il when was dragged
through the door and dumped down on
the floor. The first thing ! knew was
that l was trying to get up, and l heard
the man at the door crying to the doc
tor:
Hang it. Joe, the fool has come to
and will raise an alarm Give him enough
to kill him
The doctor came rushing TO me. sponge
and bottle in hand. and though ! could
not speak / fought at him with both
hands in a feeble way. He jammed the
sponge against my mouth. scowling and
cursing. and the wheels in my head went
round and round and 1 lost conscious
ness 1t was an hour later when I
heard far away voices. and after a strug-
gle opened my eyes and found the bank
full OF people. Up to that time no one
had discovered anything wrong. except
with me. They had found me lying on
the floor and supposed ! was in a fit
though all detected the presence of
chloroform. My first words were to ask
them to look for the money. OF the
S32S. go. not a shilling remained Safe
and vault had been plundered to the last
penny, When astonishment passed away
I was charged with having robbed the
bank. II was not a fair thing for an
uncle to do. but James Gordan Kincar-
dine, to his everlasting shame, was for
having me locked up at once. / am not
a bad man at heart, but it is a solace to
me to realize that the time wasted over
me gave the robbers big start toward
safety.
1t was a long hour before we got the
tangle Strengthened out, and that hour
lost my uncle every dollar he had in the
world. The robbery was a bold. but by
no means a neat piece of business. At
IL 30 a stranger had driven up in a buggy
and hitched the horse near the bank.
He had then gone up 10 the doctors
office with a bundle. Later on he had
followed the doctor into the bank and
stood guard. The bundle was composed
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Gown as a candidate. lie soon came upon
stern, severe looking woman. who
n ade inquiry Of him:
Il understand that you are Mrs. Bow
ser's husband, and how does 1t come
that We never see you here of a Sunday
with her.
II am not much Of church-goer -
he stammcred in ,Nplaration.
THAT is. you don't feel it n duty to
set a good example to Cthers?"
Il hope / am not a bad man
Did it ever occur to you that YOU had
a soul?''
CAt a church fair. crowd. an oIdish.
homeiy woman is asking the question Of
BowserD
''Of course
Il am afraid it hasn't. Poor Mrs. Bow
ser, We often talk about and Pity her
don't think our minister has quite
done his duty. lie should cal! on you
and have a serious talk
A little later on Mr.. Bowser met a
male acquaintance who expressed great
surprise at seeing him there, and asked
If he intended to rent family pew
I'm after that cane was the re-
ply.
But yOu-you can't expect to win it.
I'D like TO know why not
The man looked at MN win a pltNlnS
expression. but had no explanation to
make. doubt Crept into Mr.. Bowser's
mind for the first time. and he hunted
up Mrs BOwser to say:
Il believe this crowd has put up a job
to beat me out of that cane
Il don't think So" she replied. but
suppose We go home? Its crowded and
uncomfortable. and ] know you are not
enjoying yourself
When / go homo that cane goes with
me- he announced. as he set his jaw.