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other factory # THE PADUCAH DAILY SUN [eer a rn fod bas been granted a0 wery afternoon, &*°P'| eremption? Sunday, by ‘he question that is thas raised is T THE SUN PUBLISHING COMPARY. | moat vital ove. The it rove CORPORATED should either annal the order ot the ¥ ia puesiDErt mayor or the case should b+ * vos gousuumn (the courts, 7"** ~ vaken to arbit=- «ot 93 long as that ary power is in the hands of the mayor, just so long is the exemption ordinance of the city not worth the Paper it is written upon, As a guar- antee to plants that may desire to lo- cate here in the future, the validity of the exemption ordinance should be put beyond the arbitrary power of the mayor. NEWS SUMMARY. The fi Pu lished We * spoape sony pons ba ae DIRBOTORS: Picket F, Paxton rw R.W, Clemente, Te Williamson Jobu J. ru, Dorian. Office; No. 214 Broadway, pouch iceeiamecdt ee aes, ATG Daily, annum in advance, $ 4.50 Dally’ is monthe «8 eee Daily, One month, ‘“ 40 Da‘ly, per week...- . 10 cente Weekly, per annum in w- 1.00 Specimen copies tice DSSS ee MONDAY, OCT, 24, 1898 t embarkation of troops for Cuba wu take place at Savaavil probably about November The first detachment is expected to go tu Matanzas. Orders baves been issued for the movement of troops from Huntsville. The Fifth cavalry is ordered to Porto Rico, sailing October 80, and may relieve the First Kentucky, Major General Brooke having decided to hold the Louisville Legion until it could be succeeded by a regiment of cavalry. The Sixth volunteers and the Forty-seventh New York are aleo ordered to Porto Rico. At Lexington Saturday afternoon Major Thomas J, Carson, a well known horseman, shot and fatally wounded E. W. Singleton, » photog: rapher. Col. John R. Allen, who accompanied Major Carson to the photographer's studio, was also slightly wounded by « bullet from the pistol of Singleton, who fired the first shot. Orders issued by the British admi- ralty indicate thorough preparation for avy trouble with France. The French press, while soliciting admi- ration for its coolness, is belligerent in tone. In his anxiety to give his realm a holiday air in honor of the tour of Emperor William, the sultan is daub- ing historic places with gaudy paint. He has renovated the home of Simon the Tanner and painted it blue, while arelic of the Crusaders has been given & cost of yellow. Arch Baun, colored, was hanged by s mob in Cumberland county, Ky., for s murderous assault on Miss Annie Morrison, a white woman. Frankiin county democrats will hold a primary December 28 next to Tur News says there is a ‘nigger in the wood pile’? It now remains for the council to disprove it or force another resignation. Tur fact that one of the present city council was forced to resign un- der heavy preesure would no -doubt permit of an tnvestigation of all its acts without unduly reflecting on the individual dishonesty of any of its m mbers. —_—_——— ‘Tne council meeting tonight should be well attended by the public at large. Our municipal fathers have a hard problem before them and want light, Faurtbermore someone has made ‘‘ivsinuations’’ against the “integrity’’ of that body and the fathers are worried and disturbed in spirit and want sympathy. Hence it is hoped that a large crowd of citi- zens will turo out and by their pres- ence let the council members know that the people have not deserted them and that with all their weak- nesses and grievous infirmities, no one believes or even dreams that they could be bought—tor $10,000. Mayor Lane says there are not enough newspapers in the state to cast any refection on the present council. The Sux, however, under- took the job once and occasioned one resignation; and it seems from what the News has intimated that it could The Cawthorve Sh- POLICE COURT. Contivr-* ved Until Tomorrow Morning. There Were Seyeral Other Cases] T! Before Judge Sanders This Morning. The case against Clayton Caw- The evidence jc! il 8 was shot in the jaw. showed that Owen had assaulted a boy and Cawhorne sent for him and asked him what he meant by it. Owen replied that if he, Cawhorne, called him what the other boy did, he would assault him too. Owen claims that Cawhorne then used some very bad language towards him and that he, Owen, struck Cawhorne in the face, whereupon the latter drew a pistol and fired. The other boys story differs somewhat from that of the prosecuting witness. The case will probably be settled tomorrow. of w bi Andrew Davis, a negro who ap- pears to be half-witted, was charged in the police court this morning with stealing a $15 umbrella belonging to Mr. Sam Livingston, and pleaded guilty, being held to answer. He sold it for 30 cents and admitted to the court that it wasn’t even raining when he stole the umbrella. wi th Thomas and Amos Parker, Grant Donohue, of Lynnville, Calloway county, and R. C. Briggs were charged with drunkenness. Briggs} was fined for two offenses, being drunk Saturday and yesterday too. | The others got the usual price. la o J. H. Bradley, for running two} 0 i wagons without a license, for both of them was fined $5 and costs, Ella Howe was fined $5 and costs for visiting saloons. Will Smith surrendered at the city hall this morning and said he was guilty of using insulting language. He was fined $3 and costs in the po- lice court when the case was called. a — tl Will Jackson, a one-legged negro who said his home was in Richmond, Va., was charged with vagrancy, and was given move-on orders. i. fi 50c, may save your life. Planta tion Chill Cure has sayed thousands [NEw -w ROUTE AGENT. avoting Case| Mr. W. @. Boles Succeeds Mr. H. ; M position with the American. the citizens of Paducah will regret to lose Mr. Robertson as a citizen, many friends will be pleased to learn the desired billet the young Hin search of employment makes use of the following phrase: “I low that our youn tained much knowledge, for of the many candidates the number the a large tub;” while another said an earthen tub was his ineeparat companion.” B. Robertson, the Amer- iean’s Agent. he Latter Goes to Chicago to Accept a Better Position There. G. Boles, formerly Mr. W. of horne, charged with shooting French | Dallas, Texas, left this morning on 4 Owen at a Seventh street saloon last | trip as route agent on this division of week, was called in the police court) the Illinois Central for the American this morning and the evidence par-| Express company. tially heard, and left open vntil to-}to Mr. H. morrow. Both are colored, and Owen | been agent since the I. ©. assumed He is suce Robertson, who has B. harge of the American express priv- lege on this road. The latter bas jone to Chicago to accept a better While his ft his deserved promotion. Mr. Boles is a pleasant gentleman bo will doubtless make many friends ere. . CURIOUS ENGLISH IDIOMS, Gome Queer Answers Given by the Hin- doos at Examinations. When stating his qualifications for 00 in frequently ‘as a candidate for matriculation at he Bombay university.” He gives that as sort of guaranty of his pro- ciency in English. It does not fol friend has ate that ass the examination rarely exceeds 10 per cent. It has been my lot to act 86 an examiner at many matricu ations, and I ean vouch for the au- thenticity of the following examples f candidates’ replies to some ques- ions asked in the English examina tion papers: To the question: “Give ashort life of Alexander the Great?’ a youth wrote: reached so prominently before us, he played his part on such a lofty stage, that the eye of the whole world was “The fame of Alexander has pon him, marking the strong and weak points in his character, like to he glare of sunlight that shows us efecte on our body which the ight conceals.” of Lp aes one youth gave the ‘ollowing information: “He lived in at The Cynics were de- tell enough, if it would, to ferce another. Bigger men than compose nominate a candidate for representa- tive in the uext legislature. soribed as “a kind of ornament worn in the court.” Another referred to ive steam engines. d electric system in Wash- 1 oper eyes of the et of Victor content to ride » of hist cago Record IRISH RELATIONSHIP. The Wide Limits to Which It Ie Extended by diminut undergr ing wou old fash «et A curious peculiarity of the Irish s to which re w sant Was asked. | the swer, n of mine. or 8 exter Do youk Pat Mechan?” a “Of ¢ I do, “Why, he’s a near re He wance proposed to. nly Kate.” When faction-figliting was rife in Ireland it was a man’s interest to “increase his followin’ ” by extend> ing the number of his relations by every possible device. Happil hting is dead in Ireland, and no need now to have be- but of “re necessary when th customed *| with sticks” at ev he is dead that his handy” to the Ir hima“grand buryit said a friend of mine to who had been attending “had Mat Male “Oh, he had a great Mary. “An’ why wo hoys” Avere ac- dishcussions It is after ney a f the barony? of a Land ectator. SPANISI SOLDIERS. Those in the Philippines Average Very Young—Their Officers c Phil- chewing tobacco. It w exception, the common- comes to buyin, more money jhe Ni If you have never deci ORIGIN OF A PHRASE. “He Will Never Set the Thames Afire’”’ Explained. A carr ithe You can “back” Battle Ax for all you're worth, as the winning brand of chewing tobacco. ss tobacco of poorer quality ttleAx. PLUG now is the time to invest 10c. in the experiment. emember the name when you buy again. OOGSORL 39OS 1EOO 9SGOO DBE H.T. RIVERS _ Physician... | | to 10a. m. oO f ins because it is, without sense purchase —when it Why Pay ded to try the quality of ~ is “LET US HAVE PEACE” Peace bath her victories no less re- owned than war”? ‘To the victors belong the spoils.” To our customers belong the profits this week. We have met the enemy and—we've got 'em. We FORTS gains w HAVE SILENCED of high prices with the 1 wo the I times the THE bar- trade. Our LOWEST, figures | | 120 North Fifth Street, Pe and Surgeon Office Sixth and Broadway, at Infirmary, Office Hours: 3 to 4 p.m, 7:80 to 8:30 p.m. ™ Telephones 68 and 296, DR. J. W. PENDLEY Offve, 116 South Fifth Street, Residence, #4 Tennessee stroet. Mlce Telephone 416; Residence 416 1, KING BROOKS Dentist and Oral Surgeon * q DR. H. T. HESSIG* # Office 418 Adame street, Telephone 270 iephone Call 402, |DELIA CALDWELL, M, D, Physician and Surgeon OMice and residence, 522 Broadway. Office hours, 9 to 11 a.m.,2 to 4 p.m ‘Telephone No. 191 Dr. J. E. COYLE Physician and Surgeon Broad St. Telephones: Office 378, Residence 4% Residence 1110 South Fourth St. DR. A. T, HUDSON W. M. JANES REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE LOAAS mort OFFICB 828 BROADWAY A. S. DABNEY, Themistocles as being “an Athenian statement,” which reminds me of a young Hindoo olerk who described Niagara as “a large American con- tract.” I have heard Elisha described as “a nymph,” “the eervant of Eliza,” “a colony in the Portuguese,” “an : ee Arabian province in the Persian gulf.” r ital - \ . cab In an essay on the subject, “Adver- 1 . ete : ~ eity Tries Friends,” one youth intro- duced the story of the prodigal son, whom ho described ae having been driven by hunger to feed on the tusks of hisown pigs: Here are a few etrange and wonder ful definitions of words which I have culled from the examination papers; now kuock shade From our lected some weather stuff ‘quote any pri that for a bluff. ‘These you can hsve as you wish them ; yourself make the prices to suit, And when | you have spent a few dollars you get 4 fine picture to boot, We are sell- ing the handsomest DRESS SKIRTS ow [ever sold in this end of the state; ejftor less than the goods can be r bt at, all home made and right jup to date. Our LADIES WEAR h | pleases the fairest, and looks lovely Jon creatures less fair; Our sty) the rest in te DIED YESTERDAY. Mr. John Thompson After Suf- fering for Months asses Away. the present council have been the subject of suspicions even such @ lofty aggregation as the Paducab School boaid is under deep suspicion now that all bas not been open and honest in connection with the new Broadway schoo! building. But this board ignored public opinion and re- fused to allow any kind of an inves- tigation of the alleged jobs to be held. Iv the city wants to call in the city’s bonds given to the St. Lous The civil service commission is making streauous efforts to prevent the assessment of federal officials for political purposes. Portions of the Sixth Ma: setts and Third Wisconsin regiments sailed from Ponce yesterday for the United States. Vienna is discussing a rumor that the bereaved Emperor Francis Joseph is about to marry again. The state election commissioners have been notified ef the organization of county election boards in all the counties of the state except Clay, may yet be se things an won ® DENTIST Camrpen. Buitowa, Ur-Stains,, Fifth and Broadway, ma from Tt had 1 by means of a DR. J. 0. SMITH’S Was One of the Best Known Young Men in Town—Fun- eral Arrangements, Regular for oMice “raatics, 710 hours te Toes m, om ty tu, rather the tot, between roadway and Je Mr. John Tobmpson, after an ill- ness of several months, died at the home of his parents on Monroe etreet near Fifth yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock of chronic diarrhea. He corner Ninth and Jefferson. Toit phoue 143. Garrard, Letcher nd Fulton. New bourds will be selected in these coun- ties unless they report immediately. There were thirty-one steamship accidents during the year and 283 lives lost according to the report of Inspector General Dumout. The in- spector general says the work of his office is hampered by the civil service and Paducah railroad why don’t she o0 om the market Wd buy tham et their market value? It is dishonest to intimate even that they will be repudiated and is unworthy of any honest man to try to take advantage of a legal technicality to avoid pay- ment of an honest debt. While some citizens may want to make money that way we don't believe it will meet the approbation of very many. It the city can go on the market and buy the bonds at a discount it is her @aty to do so. and instead of re- funding them and establishing « sinking fund, buy up a certain amount each year and save the inter- est as well as get the benefit of such discount as the holder is willing to This would look like Mhsi- id to have warned the t his hospitality carries him to the point of making even the slightest cession of territory to the Kaiser, he will invite the partition of the Turkish possessions, Archbishop Keane has sailed for Rome, itis said bis mission is to make a report on the state of feeling in the United States concerning the Catholic church in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rivo. The cout of appeals has for the second time reversed the sentence of the Rowan circuit eourt in the case of Alexander Abbott,who was convicted of murdering his wife. accept. ness. A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT, In his recent letter to the News, had been in bad health for the past two yea: nd death relieved months of suffering. The deceased was born in the city on July 13th, 1870, and lived here all his life. He was at one time clerk on the wharfboat deputy lockup-keeper, and served many times as extra and special po- liceman. He was one of the most familiar and best known habitues i young man of good morals and habits, and had the respect of all whe knewhim. He was single, and leaves to mourn his loss a sister, Miss Emma Thompson, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson. 50c, may save your life. Planta- tion Chill Cure has saved thousands- State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Livcas County. gd FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath thst be is the senor partner of the firm of ¥. §. CHE NEY & 0O., doing business in tne. Cliy of To- ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED nual. Habit is not. rain is to wetthings.” “He haea habit of drinking, and e custom of fallingin Gutters after its intoxication.” means very complete! with of bis hinder part.” Custom and Habit.—Oustom is an- “The habit of Entire and Complete —Entire ly. Complete js that which is not entire.” Pride and Vanity —“A cock strute ‘ide on account of the vanity lone.—“He came alone Only and ze, without bringing his wife.” Authentic and Genuine uine book is one in whi written, whether true or false; an authentic book is onein which many of the words are not written by the euthor.” One youth explained the sentence: “He was such a methodical man that he used to check his accounte daily.” He was a man of the Methodist reli- gion, who spent nothing at all day by cay, Te most absurd mistakes, however, oceurred in diotatton. The sentence two or th question wh in the we asleep was y party who ne | easily choose n }son, FORTY CE |which are ever t rarest, are charming,"’ fair w | the men folks never ve ding NICE SHIRTS aod FINE SHOES. They know we keep the assortment from which they cap Our SHOES | are best a cheapest on top of the earth—o low—and every Inst pair is us ‘solid’ as the rocks in the Forta of Morro. You may fancy this quite ens of rea. son, but a trial wil! prove it is [true. Just to wind up for the sea- S buys a LOW. the | QUARTER SHOK In GAITERS and BUTTONS and LACES we can fit every foot tos se, ‘Cousin Georgie, bow dainty your feet look!" “1 wear Dorian’s shoes—don't you si Rich people are pleased with the | beauty of our LINENS, LACE CUR: } TAINS and RUGS, and other folk think 1t a duty to follow the taste of “big bugs. Onuy trade is increasing and HARRY F. WILLIAMSUN, M, Physician and Stirgeon Tova. m,, Office, No, 419 HUSBANDS & CALDWELL RNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Ctal and Surplas, ,000 City Nationat Bank, OP PADUGA H, KY. S. B, HUGHES, President, “Haunts of nymphs in the days of Hesiod, and fairs of pirates in the days of Byron” was rendered: “Horns ot Impe in the days of Esau, and layers of parrote in the days of By- ron.” healthy—our prices creating « muss 2 old fast the trade of tho wealthy. and ‘the poor we bave always witl us,"* Druggists will say they, sell more Plantation Chil) Cure than others. defending his position on the Kilgore taxation question, the mayor fails to give adequate reasons for bis action. ‘Lhe mayor disregards the legal points suggested by the Sux, and justifies his course by stating that the object of the ordinance was to bring new plants bere and not to aid those al- DOLLARS for eaeb and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of FALL'S CATARRH CURE, PRANK J. CHENKY. Sworn to before me and subscribed 4n Mm; Presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 18 A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public, Hall's Cararth Cure 14 taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous’ sur- faces gf the system. Send for testimonials, free. ¥. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggi data, 15: Hall's Family Pills ore the best, C. E, RICHARDSON, Cash Interest paid on time deposits. general Banking business sey Popositors given every acommoda: ion their accounts i tion their accounts and responsibility —_—_—_— A REMARKABLE RACE, Occupies Tiburon Island in the Gulf of NOTICE £0 PROPERTY OWN- California. ERS. } Our PICTURES—the Gems of rnished an a: | EMORTALS—in every ‘‘sweet home’ iar people known as {OUBME to be, when just for a i few dollars’ purchase, you're wel- ceupy Tiburon {few 4 California come to some of L p free. ati a } sear | States Consul Long, at ay be the misfortune i they are very of of Teloading Tn one of the hi xieo, ha the subject was Shakespeare’s play of “Richard ITI.” A candidate was asked for a short sketch of the char- All persons who own bridges across er examinations gutters on improved sidewalks, are hereby notified to have same put in He fails to see that after good repair in such manner as not to ecter of this monarch, He wrote: r.ady here. the destruction of the plant of J. L. Kilgore & Co., the firm was in a po- sition to seek a new location, just as it was before it ever came to Padu- cab, It was with full realization of this fact that the city council made a contract with J, L. Kilgore & Qo, + that if the firm would rebuild its plant and operate a certain number of men for « period of five years, it would for that period be relieved from taxation, The contract made by the city of Paducah with J, L. Kilgore & Co. was as sacred and should be as biading a5 avy contract could possibly be. obstruct the free flow of water under same, or all such will be taken up af- ter November 1, by the etreet in- spector, and hauied ay in con- formity with the provisions of an or- dinance governing such bridges. Bios Jamus M. Lana, Mayor, We quit the retai] business No- vember 1, Kentucky Co, 50c may save your ife—Plantation Chill Cure bas saved th: nds, DIED IN MIS>ISSIPPI, Campbell, the four year old son of Mrs, Phil Davis, formerly Miss Della Campbell, died a day or two ago in # The Sux does not believe that the) Jackson, Miss., and the remains were mayor realized how much wasinvolved|iaken to Memphis for interment, when be directed the assessor to as-|The many friends here, as well as yo, {elsewhere, of the couple, will sympa- mens toe tanes.ct J. L.. Kilgore & Oo.) roe ihe bereaved parenta For not only bas a vontraci, made by the city and, by the passage of the ordiasace, ‘*signe |, sealed and deliv. 4 q ‘ closing out prices will prevail all ered,’” been broken by the city, but/ over in our retail department at 308 a most dangerous precedent has been) Broadway. established. If in this case the con-|Kentucky Guiass & QuEENSWARE tract of the city with Kilgore & Co,| Co. 2208 can be broken by mere word, what SHOPS START AGAIN. is to prevent the same {thing being done with other firms now located Grass & QUEENSWARE 2202 Commencing Monday, October 24, and continuing through the week, The Illinois Central shops were in JURY HARD TO GE? for willful morder in killing Little| Jimmie Jobnson was called Saturday | © at Princeton, and, after exbausting the regular panel, the sheriff was aod the jury was made up at 1{¢ citement high, The case is attract eal of attention, Bat one more week for bargayns at the Kentucky Glass & (Qaeensware 30.’8. 2202 WILL NOT BUY T The fact that Supt. Kagan, of the] ¢ 1, C., and his subordinates will oo-| ¢ cupy rooms in the E, & T, H. freight] © office at E' the to absorb the E, & T, H. Barlow says the rumor is as ground- which the C, & EK, I and the Pennsyl chasers of the road. WILL MOVE TO JACKSON, d p a Mr. Finis Brown, who has for sev-| is ordered to summon one hundred men|!mplorin; HE E,& T, a. friends, ani against them by way of carping criti- less as those recently circulated in| telephones in use in the L, & N. | egainst 900,000 in the Uniled States. ia were the pur-| A few of the high-class hotels in Lon- “Richard IIL, was a patron of the Fine arte, and he painted beanti The case of the Commonwealth ve, {and was a ekilled musician, an Charles Wood and James Obildress|e had been spared would doubtless Uv if ‘ave become one of the mos enlight- ned sovereigns that ever graced the English throne.” A Hindoo clerk once wrote to me 4 charity for a female rela- ive on the following grounds: “She o'clock that afternoon, The coart|' @ widow, poor chap, and has two room was crowded all day and ex./little post-mortem children.”—To- y: —— BRITONS ARE SLOW. They Do Not Keep Pace with Modern Improvements “The English people are our true I would naught ism,” said a Chicago man the other lay, “But when I was sojournin, ver there some six weeks ago I call ansville, bas given rise to] not help but think how slow the ‘eport that the I, C, was about] Britons were in many of the conveni- f civilized life, ‘or instance, there are bu ngland, lon, in particulay those that caterto mericans, have vory excellent tele- jone service, to the extent even.of *phone in each guest chamber. ‘This 4 notable exception, however, for in here or that may in the future come| full blast today, for the first time/erel years been with Hecht Bros,,| scores of others there are no ir here? Ifthe mayor can direct asessor to assess Kilgore & Co., re with re-} clo Friday ag well as Saturday, a: the|#ince Thursday, An order was re-/the wholesale clothiers, resigned his} ments at all. England ceived by Master Mechanic Hassman | position Saturday, that expenses had to be kept witbin| for Jackson, what is to prevent him from giving], certain limit, and the shops had to sil peebebllisg_bgonpt & positio and lett yesterday | 4) Tena., where ha will in far behind ls in every application of electricity. “In very few of the cities is there other mode of locomotion except secs Grel oi BREVITIES OF FUN. “They tell me that Dr uit.” “I g he last tin ; ing but Spaniard quirer. It would be entirely proper to in- elude American war vessels in any list of noted health resorts. No other places can boast guch Jow death-rates, —Utica Daily Press Kind Party—It I y what will you Patters (s eat with you, guy’nor, riotous living,”—Ti Junior Partner — the new office-boy is trustworthy? Senior Partner—"I'm sure of it. I've noticed that when he hasn’t anything to do he never pretends to be buisy.*— Tit-Bits. Stranger—“Is your soolety here very select?” Arizona 2 them graves over thar? 1 khorn hae for awhile, give you this hon- pend itin ‘Do you think filled by fellers who came to our danceg without invitashuns,” —— Brooklyn Li First New Yorker — “Still, what f od reasOn is there for annexing the *hilippines?” Second New Yorker “Confound it, if the government doesn’t annex them, Chicago will!” Chigago Lribune. - First-class horseshoelog at the J. Ps, 81 St. 2204 consul says the island of | All will admit tb bove contains Capital and Surplus, $305,000.00 iron is one of the largest and inost in the Gulf of Califorr led by a most remark ns, who are noted f and extraordinary ath Awater. Those who of I on lan ex vave witnessed their aquatic sports t a respectful distance declare that er run, upon the water with no ler assistance than broad rawhide vert fishermen and huntsmen, hav- ng rigid ideas as to the maintenance limiting the killing of game under vere penalties, Thy destroy al OF appare ni lacking in intel In this way the standard of xes is kept very high ently believed that at one nate d to make yom for a w) ped superior race of women, was formed from captives made at various times, extending over a series ave no schools, but each home has a ystem of physical training, ‘Th: ght, and no man is allowed to pene © the island, even if he should epidemics have ever prevailed on the island, and disease is scarcely known that the men and women are m nificent in physical endowment, N any of them can actually walk, or They are, writes the consul, £ game preserves on their island and in infai that are’ mal 1 and paetal conditions in native women were ucleus of this tace of higher womer f years, on land ana Water, They atives guard their shores day and uiske 4 landing, It is said that no among this extraordinary people, so r z The } | ‘more truth than poetry, | E ybody come to "this winding | Up sale of the season, American-German | JOHN J. DORIAN, | 0, 205 BROADWAY, © - PADUCAH, KY, A GOOD PATRIOT. 4 Spaniard Who Willing to Pawn Himself to the Devil. | In connection with the popular | subseription to gid in the prosecution of the war, the editor of the leading | Spanish illustrated paper, La Illus. (racion Espanola y America, pu | lished at Barcelona, announces jw his |qumber of May i5 the receipt of the following le (I translate trom \ text): “Mr, Editon, I am q porn, | very howest person, I belige | ahould sell my £041 to “no | would give me ) large, eu, cannot make u } | | | + but e that if ne devil, he : sum for it, I Tay mind to sell it outright, but Yum willing to pane aie 4 ) pawn and to devoie tic proceeds ta aeae Honal subseription, ‘This 1 will do if the country will agree t> rescue me | fom the scrape at the close of the war, Will you kindly interest thegov- {erament {n this financial proposi- The editor amiably replies that he | does not think the scheme a promis ing one. The lender being the arch |] fiend himself, and the country being likely to be very short of funds, he fears the pledge might not be ‘re- deemed even at the Day af J % to Let. National Bank PADUCAH, KY. Interest Paid on Ti ‘ Offices in second and’ cea Gro. 0. Tr Eb. L. Age -PAON, P 18, Cashie} 4. L. LASSITER Sues easor to B. B, DAVIS Architect and Superintendent American Germay s n National Bank Building, Third Floor PADUCAH, KY, Second H {: and Goods Highest cash prices paid by. WILLIAM BOUGENO & SON 208 Court street f You Want Your Laundry Done Right

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