The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 4, 1911 Page: 3 of 12
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He ij
piettj
J’ I ace -has been retnoil-
|is residence this week.
Iftotng to have a very
Jbome when completed.
Pamr Ivnu^gt P.ir«d* and the I PrAct your property against
stopped if not renewed.! wind, Kail, fire and lightning.
U; W. Galloway of Danlap Hartfoi'd’ Jor-
Was 111 town Saturday. [dan Rlalty Go.
Mrs.JM T. Gardner of Gufrii-
,si' E- Mayo of Dunlap was in
town Saturday trading.
Leslie McAdams of Ogden
Was iu *l»e city Tuesday.
J' B. Reeves and wife of
< balk were here Wednesday.
T- McMaiuard of the DDD
ranch was in town Wednesday.
ne passed through Paducah
Wednesday en route to (Jiaren-
don to spend a few days visit-
iug.
D. M. Jones of the chalk
community was in town Tues-
day looking after interests.
I Mr Jones states that he is
planting a very fine variety of
cotton this spring, some of the
seed costing as high as $10 per
bushels. He is a believer in
making planting seed bettor
each year and is working to
that end.
Making » Home Run.
Augie Moran, ex-bail player and
o^fatis WnS te,lilJg “ story t0 a group
‘Thfer® 7as a when X played In
n ? ^ague> nu(1 at time on
the Hazleton team there was a noted
rZlVK:V Jordun' Wel1- the year
that Hazleton won the pennant noth-
ing was too good for the boys, and a
number of business men arranged r
tbe ‘earn and a few of the
flyed-ln-the-wool rooters. Everything
went off well, the courses were ar
Color*
Cold.
On? clear. coM winter’s day Henja-
aim Franklin ipMWl * number of
s""Mikerebi«#i carefully on a evel
'!r*’,,,li or snow. Oue of the bundker-
■iii.p ,vas t)|aci{. another while and
ti-e others of various colors. Some
Leather goods and hardware
at da(Jk Rutledge’s. 51-lt
G’ G. Beasley of Plainview
was seeb on the streets Tues-
day.
Mr. -Rippey of Chicfcasha.
0k> h»s purchased the ice
business from the Paducah
Meat Market and will keep it
up to the high standard estab-
____ tS) Lshed by the former proprie-
Fort Worth where he will be rors’ Me asks that all the old
gone for several days. patrous and any new ones call
-- on him or 7nl
C. U. Wilson of Matador
passed through Paducah the
first of the week enroute to
r Luther Russell came in town
Tuesday and speut a few davs
here.
J. C. McKuight of Dunlap
was in town Tuesday lookiug
after hands to work on the
large tank to be built by^t
Q. A. & P. people at Shorty.
on him or ’phone in their
orders and the ice wagan will
visit them iu its daily rounds.
Bid you see Jack Rutledge
•md get some of that fine new
s-vrnP- ' 51-lt
A. N. Geary of Dumont was
here Monday a u d Tuesday
trading.
See Jack Rutledge and get
his prices on syrup and canned
goods. 51 lt
The members of the Chris-
tian Church desire to express
their thanks to all who worked
in their interest in the voting
contest and thus helped secure
the orgau for the church.
1 he season for refrigerators
is here. We have just opened
up all of ours and can furnish
them to you in any size or
style. Goodman-Floyd Fur-
niture Co.
L. H. Criswell, the postmas-
ter of Dumont was transacting
business here VVeduesday.
liy the City Restaurant,
north side-square, opposite the
courthouse. gi_2
Edgar Norton came over
liotp Quanah Tuesday, return-
ing V*- ’n«sday.
-K
d a
Res-
51-2
Jack and Jim Paramore
shipped nine cars of cattle from
this p<o i n t Monday. They
were brought from the Call
Bar ranch in King county.
Remember that we are now
on the northeast corner of the
square and want your patron-
age. Call to see us, and let us
show yon. J. a. Christian
& Go. 51-lt
Pastor Pearn came in on
Wednesday from p visit to
Dickens county.. At the county
seat Dickens — he succeeded
in rallying the members of the
Christian Church and organiz-
ing them for work. He also
visited Spur aud will return to
that thriving city on the 13th
of this month for the purpose
of organizing a church there
Mr. Pearn will leave on Sun-
day afternoon for Fori Worth,
i«ff|Wherehe WiM attend the au-
t nual convention of the Texas
Christian Missionary, Associa-
tion which convenes) in that
city on Monday.
A Ooubl* Ri*k.
if was well known Id Mayvllle that
when Cyrus Fanning lent anything,
from a hammer to a plow, be expected
a good return for the favor. It was a
matter of astonishment to Wilson
Green; however, when on inquiring „f ILh
Mr. Fanning how much lt would cost rim*" . ut
to rent his long ladder for an after moved ,tle'wa^?, he r®turncd ,1Iid re'
noon Cyrtjs replied promptly. "One .iV le banket-chiefsi caretu j one
dollar Ufty.” ,measuring the depth of snow
“Now, look here. Cy.” remonstrated .ideThT’ L,nder tbe t>,MC'l£ 1,11
his neighbor; "you know I've got to i , J|md that the snow bad tm-lt-
went off well, the courses were ar- I borrow it. for rniue isn’t long enough cl i.-t s m,der red haudker
ranged temptingly and milled ‘Innings’ to reach where I’m obliged to climb to *..!. u“,c-b: un<ler 11 bi,ie
and the table was decorated to repre- I search out that chlmnev leak for the . "'hlef- very little. and under the
sent a baseball field. Widow Sears. Can’t yon make It less'-- , . " "'"‘scarcely any. By this simj i ■
We had everything there was to! ’’No. I can’t.’’and Mr. Fanning shook ti i><‘learned that color has a
*a ' * e of ,lle Innings was roast j bis small head and closed bis obstinate
•.quab. This was served on a platter! mouth.
and the vegetables arranged in the “Why can’t you?” demanded Wilson
snape of a diamond. The base lines Green.
“Because there’s a weak place In it
two-thirds the way up!” snapped Hr
Fanning. ‘It’ll bear my weight all
right, but you’re a good thutty pounds
heavier. If it gave way under you , i, t|„
'twould cost me a dollar to get it mend- till ' ' , °ut nf l>'“‘’e iu the summer
ed. Considering the resk. 1 call a dol- ch'-wri',, n it<? dl,cks in wU,ter’~
lar ’n‘ a half cheap.”-Youth’s Com ' erald .J .
panlou. —---
o .'1,9 Thunti^?r’* Logographs.
Tho Seal Ring. u‘ most serious riots re-
, i corded i:i the
were made of creamed potatoes, and
at every base there was some vegeta-
ble cooked and cut in the shape of a
base.
“This dish was a hit with the boys
and we all commented on it. I turned
to Jordan, who wasn't saying much
but was industriously paying attention
to the dish, and asked him how he
was getting along.
Fine.’ he said. ‘I’m eating ’em up
Time™* th1r<1 *)nse-’ ”~ Philadelphia
tu do with the warmth ot
DVliMe. sheds the suns heat
" 1,1’’ velli as an oilskin sheds
''..'J''1 l!lu is nearly ns heat proof;
i ' "n is iu s(i;*eilow is a warm color,
‘'"- umer color, while black
■ iril "P altnosr all the sun's heat that
1 ‘Make the experiment some
'fou will see why black
time
Dun-
Ved-
Dr. T. 0. Wilkins, W. B.
Sttadley, W. M. Brown and
tbeir families left last Friday
for Dickens and Guthrie in
autos, where they speut Friday
night. They returned to Pa-
ducah Saturday.
Edwin Clapp Shoes
I We have just gotten part of
our bill of Edwin C app shoes
and low quarters Gent’s
Furnishing Store. 51-1
^Notice
Poisoning as a Diversion.
1 oisoning is never likely again to be-
come a fashionable diversion, as it was
ro"! U™0 t0 tiuje in ancient Rome. In
n. O. 331, for instance, tliere was a
mysterious pestilence, which seemed
to be particularly fatal to leading men
At last a slave girl gave information
° authorities, and a consequent
police raid resulted in the discoverv
of about twenty matrons, some of
them of high patrician families, busily
Pieparing drugs over a fire. They in-
*ri ttlat the tvugs were not poison-
ous. but, heiDg compelled to drink
them publicly in the forum as a guar-
antee of good faith, perished miser-
fn/'i™ Urther ’“formations followed,
a d iO matrons in all were condemn-
p n i rCCOrd was s°urraiy beaten
K. C . 1S4. when a four months’ in-
quiry by the praetor is said to have led
to the condemnation of 2.000 persons.
London Chronicle.
The seal ring is known to be the
oldest style of ring. It dates back to
the days of the Old Testament, and
products of the glyptic art. as gem en-
graving was called, were known In
the most remote times. In Exodus
xxvlli, 17-20. mention Is made or tt^e
following stones, upon which the
names of the twelve children of Israel
were engraved; The sardim*. the topaz,
the carbuncle, the emerald, the sap-
phire. the diamond, the ligure. the
agale. the amethysy. beryl, onyx and
jasper. In verse 2 of the same chap-
. , printing trades occurred
i , 1 " ken the London Times was
' ll,ed by steam, and a number
j ut n oikmen discliurged through this
fj j'a’lan Might ro wreck the office
1 1 House square. Long be-
I 1 ' :i|o Times bad been printed
°g"-i ally-tiiut js jo say. the pro-
{ prierur - -nceived die happy idea of
|*’ ’p,k entire to save the
' rhf tn'Uble of collecting
1,1 ’ / he loStogtuphs toost in demand
n' " 1 *' 1 'Iful. rulibery. atrocious out-
rage. fearful calamity, alarming
- ~ v. uu|i '-"‘uu’HJ, iUiWUJiU^ eX-
ter we find mention of the engraving Pl,,sl"h. "ud cheers, interesting fe-
of sjgnets upon the hardest stones. It ,ri:lle 0n" hundredweight of each of
Is believed that the Egyptians Instruct- , tlu‘s<’ "'its always kept In stock. In-
ed the Israelites in the nrt nt ■>*«<* foresting females uo longer figure in
, , * Dream and Its Result.
In 1,20 a terrible epidemic decimated
Marseilles and Provence, and Sardinia
owed its escape to a dream, u tli -
« the viceroy of Sardinia dreamed
am/ .t|he.dlfease had invaded Sardinia
n"i ‘ the rnva"('s were frightful.
. ,lea the viceroy awoke he was deeply
impressed by his dream, and a little
later a merchantman put in its ap-
pearance at Cagliari and demanded a
place to berth. The Sardinia refused
and when it was hinted that the mer-
chantman wanted to laud some sick
the viceroy threatened to train the
funa of ‘he forts upon the vessel if
rni ' lI7--~ ~,e K e e P e r , tbe captain did not depart instantiv
I he Womans Home Com- Thepe°P|eofCagiiari thought that the
pamon, McCall’s Magazine flceT,°l was mad- b“t great was their
Ihe Youth’s OomDamnn' ^0y a*er wh<>n they learued that this
companion. | very ship, Which went on to Marseilles
was responsible for introducing the
plague into tlft famous port.
ed the Israelites in the art of stone
engraving. The Egyptians used the
lapidary's wheel and emery powder
and knew the use of the diamond In
engraving other hard stones. Among
the Assyrian and Babyloniun ruins
were found fine specimens of signets
on gems, many of them set in rings.
Oddities of tho Printing Shop.
U.wUit
newspaper reports, bur otherwise the
"f •"’urwlism -eem to have al-
I te,'wI but little.-London Chronicle.
! China's Floating Island*.
0,1 al1 the great lafcftt of Chiua are
j found floating islands, which are enor-
j mens rafts of hamboo overlaid with
j earth and hearing on the surface of
{ ril‘“ water pretty bouses and gardens.
1 am an authorized agent in
Paducah for The Ladies’ Home
Journal, The Saturday Evening
£?st’ Gbe Housekeeper,
A new line of Refrigerators
Vater Coolers, Ice Cream
reezers, qtc., have just been
qived. We can furnish you
"any kjhid that yefh want.
M.j Brown Hardware.
r “ 111 s companion.
Det me have your subscriptions.
E. W. Morgan,
At Post’Printing office.
i D«
|ely of the |)utnont
• was in town' Mon-
ting business. He
verything is looking
ountry aud that the
■e very busy with
tiers of the Christian
re to express their
d who worked in
it in the votiug con-
s helped secure the
e church.
s number is still 11
prepared, again, to
wants in hardware,
queensware, cqt-
fact most anything
ss hardware store,
stian & Co, 3l-lt
Roads of tho Olden Time.
A curious illustration ot the lack of
any systematic authority over 'the
roads in England, even as late as the
fifteenth century, is preserved in the
records of the manor of Aylesburv.
A local miller, named Richard Boose
needed some ramming clay for the re-
pair of his mill. Accordingly'—we learn
from 'Old Country Inns "-his servants
filin' fl (VKOnt .,U 1- a. ____
the
i, ten feet wide aud eight feet dc„,..
and- so left it to become filled vMth
water from the winter rains. A glov-
er from Leighton Buzzard, on his wav
home froni market, fell in and was
drowned. Charged with mansiaugh-
if* TV 1 0.1 ,7f U .. A. I « .
OB SALE: Good
louse located on
Heights. It1 is
, has good cistern,
Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!
| Moved us to First State
Bank Building, Room 8.
Guaranty Abstract Co.
51-2t.
- —i I - — uc ieun
How Country Is Developing I a eronr pit in 'tpT ri.kiiiif
Robert Cray, G. P. A. lor the SfJfiS'n'S ‘.Sf-SS
Q. A. & P., made a trip to Padu
cah last week. He reports the
Wheat looking fine over there, drowned. Charged with mansiaugh"
and the people expecting a crop t®r’ the mllIer Pleaded that he had no
from twenty to twentv-five hush ,p ace wberein to get the kind of clay
els Last Pe requJred except on the highroad
eis. Ltasc year the acreage in He was acquitted.
wheat in Cottle county was only I • ---—
five hundred acres, but this year Th» * n En»li»b Sum*m*«.
It Is over ten teon^nd, „„i„g
the building of the railroad. by a Mr- B“*sey. an official-in
-Quanah Tribune. ^3°? Taw- B°nWKD
Recovers Speech fEtfSZ,
Mfty G-Mary Ghotit, Oimlet^dy.^gg Hump"'
Hecht, 15 years old, who had H«»dach, Jug. jeny, KoeeboM m
been dumb for t w o years, Mug. Monkey. Hg.
strangely recovered her. power Li. !$£ vS^*' Rottengo<«e’
of speech at the beside of her --——
dying sister today. She is the „„ Th*R*.MB.
daughter of a farmer who lives vonT^.f? y°* ever happen t0 ««»
« St. Thomas oteBon, KS
-- ’’ ■ ""liny anop.
Here is a row of capital letters and _ , . . Uuusw auu ^araeus.
figures of ordinary size and shape Just P ie'V are- 1“ fact, mpiatic farms. Iiear-
as you will find them in the dally ........... ‘ ’
newspaper:
SSSSXXXXZZZZ33338888
They are such as are made up of two
parts of similar form. Look carefully
at these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
very little smaller than the lower
halves, so little that, at a mere glance,
you would declare them to be of equal
size. Now turn this page upside down,
and without any careful looking vou
will see that the difference in size is
very much exaggerated-that the real
top half of the letter is very much
smaller than the other half. It will be
seen by this that there is a tendency
In the eye to enlarge the upper part
of any object upon which it looks.
Thus two circles of unequal size might
be drawn and. so placed that tbev
would appear exactly alike./ >w Vork
World. /
irig crops of rice and vegetables. The
rich bottom mud. utilized as an urtifi-
|ial soil, is extreme),r fertile and vie Ids
bountiful harvests, though on a small
fcale- 1,1 » country where there is a
lack of available kind rtn* floating
carnations are most serttfcenble. large
*nils being attached r<>. the dwelling
house ns well as to each corner of the
island whenever ir is desired to move
about. After gathering a crop of
grain or garden produce from his farm
the floating farmer casts his nets into
the vliter and from their depths brlnlrs
np a supply <>f fish for his family.
ea-
oe list.
v liqueurs,
jcbod ^he
dinner He
He could
Cheeky John Forster.
In ‘*\\ illium Harrison .lin«wlrrh and
His Friends" rlip author. S. f. Ellis
tells a ipjaiut st^iry of Ainswtrh and
his friend Johnj Forster. Aasworrb
had discovered m fine set of.lfcurth's
engravings wljAfi was hetji
sum which. I't^aid. ’I coult'
then spare or ftiltast did nc
ought to sp.-ire. 1 took Juhj
down to see rhe imogarths.
fie actually said tVtai he ...
muit have ’hem hinA^se'f ant| U
not I £5 of »ose money'' af thj
I slimtld lend that sum't*1*1
pointed ottf the abnurdltv- '
Wanted Th*
“Two starboard
diner to the wait
faurant.
The waiter
and "bis eyi
for his t
post coffi |
looked blanby. .v^He could ! rion"I,,,;ir 1 w*
see no such eory myself and conk
“Starboard lights, r?" he asked ' ,ht‘ "llllie.v: b,,w.
.“Yes: starboard lights-),’!*)—and r" llim? ,r was
hurry!" j ruled me. had the —
The waiter sought the maifre d’hote! fbe r "aarths l wa»<
and asked what the drink might be —- ,r«
“Creme de men the." said that Imper- i >
turbable person. ’It’s what they call
, ~ ~ ai s wuar rnov c
em Id Englander-New York Press.
. A Big Drawback.
A man was praising the improve
ments by a friend in his dwelling
Your bouse looks a lot better now
that it has been painted.”
“Welt” the man who had been re-
decoratfng admitted gloomily, "it does
°°k a bit better, but we shall have to*
clean the windows more frequently to
keep in harmony with lt”
Move-
| ,:i the number ofHffl
I / c jess stands alone n@ “
■ not only is it perfectlvl1
no living man pas
I "at'e every possible S'
fiighly improbable thai
turles of the history ollL
every possible move bEl
! ‘llfi’ereut ways of playlM
| It is a bartfainB
to boy. 'Cali on
oyd Furniture Co.
tennis. 48-tf
has jnat returned
• io
ones county
v„v.
she took ufi^her nightly vigil H"’* *“tem,pt ,he plumbers- atl
I when the disease reached its % °"ro!d ~ Ita *»l
»,*»i^
8^Stood by^ Mary.^^^P
Th:rrm
tbe.;ta,ra
I . A Calamity.
I Neighbor—My! My! So the story
I •••<• your husband has really
I with the servant girl. De-
j Wife tweepingi—Yes. and she
Iwaa the'beat girl 1 ever bad. too. a
perfectly lovely cook, and so quiet and
I respectful. Dear knows where I’ll bei
able to get another! - Philadelphia!
Time*. —I
j moves onB
I that if Hi
j in a ci^B
I were to I
I the rat* of
and day It I
| before any!
thechawll
side 1
popuiathjj
^^^Hkylog tfiemHl
HffL * minute night
■y hr more than a ywtrl
■m*Id he/ible to leave
, nothing.—London PonbhL
. S’-. ._■„ ^u
A Provarb Spoiled.
XL 1 were Ut- ^ away
I „A’Ton ,0T« »* •tin?” »
l*nrTri[l2S?2!LWb**'a nj
■ Money.
^ Money is character: money aiao |*
I power, i have power not in proportion
jto the money I spend on myself, bat in
I proportion ro the money I can. iff |
please, give away to another.—Bohror
iLytton._
^^
[■f. le.it.
She Why. Charlie, you moot th hath
become quite a mao of
elotbe*. such Jewelry: .
»•*. my creditors are Tory aasfcMM’UM(l
I tboold set married —fflfiiiillrtiMUhh■■ h I
A FLt Tortoise.
P""^ktrtck. . Palrick" admonished
I“Becareftl where you are walk-. 1
l*B*! Vou nearly trod upon my darling '#.1
•or**wr _
"*l**S. 6e alay. me lady!” rejoined bar w
JHah gardener. "Shure an' I wouldn't I
bmt a hair of his head, the sweet era- 9
“London 'Telegraph. I
lo Waa Wis^*
||I should get married j,;..Y-V j\'M
'f ,. Thoir Mua.
1 “Do you enjoy your maam ■
P “Bajov my meaMf»:’;i|3f^»
dtghaot dyzpepuc. mmmim
mutufy guidepoets to l
LfotO or a fter ”—
^Hti* warm*H-G^r^*j
glaut It nwtmt g - ,
^^■.thewHH ■
Ijiv-s
r. ■ q
^ Hit Choice.
^aKludly Old Man - Well, my little
tHau, what would you like to be when
ggyou grew up?
l&JJttle Mao—I’d like to be a alee old
yUf jiiiau like yon. with nothin' to do
■•t walk around and ask qualms.
H ^1. Hantaat
m nil rramb
11A bright little lad beard fl
talking about the salaries of|
. | *I don’t see why they should i
jfOocbaiV’ be aatd very
I “when wo cblldreo do all tha
if Policeman (to clabmani', ’ M
W*me latei-Bere.
I door with that It’s
mau—Grant Daott. then I
|«y' tatchkay!- Wre.
IfwaetMp him
s*jrr^
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