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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Bee Notes.

There is good evidence that
swarm of bees may travel 46 to
80 miles. Two swarms are re-
ported to have crossed Lake Erie
at those distances respectively.
Beekeepers differ in opinion as
to the desirability of shade over
the hives. This difference may
be explained by supposing that
it makes but little difference one
way or the other.
First class beekeepers bewall
the swarming tendency, and DR..
G.. C. Miller, of Marengo, Illinois,
h as almost eliminated it by
special selection. Carried through
several generations special selec-
tons will do most anything.
We have two hives this winter
with oilcloth on top of the frames
and fitting out so closely to the
edge of the hive that the bees
could not seal the cover. Some
prefer this plan but we are
better impressed with the seal
ed cover.
DR.. c.. G.. Miller, of Marengo,
ILL.,, took from his bees this year
10, 48O sections of honey.
Fearlessness and painstaking
gentleness are requisites in the
successful handling of bees. By
thoroughly frightening the lee
with smoke in the hive and then
shaking them off the fir ames
into a dishpan where they are
tumbled together in confusion,
expert may gently scoop them
up in his hands before an audi
ence and pour them on his bare
arms and head without harm.
Better not try it however, unless
you are an expert.
Northern beekeepers do not
feel safe with less than rs to 80
pounds of honey to the colony
for winter stores. AS our cold
season is shorter, we may do
with a little less. It is also said
that a mild climate takes less
sustenance if the bees do not fly
out too much. Industrious Hen.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Farmers Favor AutO.LicenSe Bill.

One of the important measures
which Congress will take up this
session is the Federal auto
license bill. The object of this
bill is to eliminate the cumber-
some system now in vogue of
compelling motorists to procure
licenses in every State they
traverse. A prominent Grange
official in discussing the bill said:
Although I am not authorized
to speak officially, I was person
ally much impressed with the
favorable attitude of the gran
gers toward this measure, and
though the grange took no action
on the question, I feel that the
majority of the farmers of this
country will not only fail to op-
pose the bill when it comes be-
fore Congress, but will actively
support it.
/ ''The arguments that motoring
interests have achieved wonders
in road improvement, that the
payment of the proposed fee de-
manded for a license swell the
national fund for highway i'm
provement, and that the income
from State auto taxation is a
prolific source of revenue, ap-
pear most forcibly to the far
mers."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Hog Cholera.

Loot out for disease. Those
of our hog breeders who expect
to make the rounds of the show
rings, should be careful when
they return home. Show ami
mails should be kept strictly quar-
antined for at least two weeks
after they get back. The breed
er should also be certain that
they are healthy before liberat-
ing them. In some instances
cholera works slowly and effects
certain animals so slightly that
the breeder is thrown off his
guard. Some of the herd will
not eat so well, although they
are apparently healthy, and this
fact may go unnoticed. We know
of several instances when swine
breeders have been so far thrown
off their guard in this way as to
allow cholera effected hogs to
mingle with others after return
ing from the country shows or
other live stock fairs. The re-
suits were that cholera soon ap-
peared in a more virolent form,
causing serious losses. This is a
matter we are speaking of now
so as to warn those who may not
consider this point as seriously as
they should. Practical Farmer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
The Straw Vote.


When man comes sailing through the
train
And asks how you intend to vote
30 he may reckon in advance
Ger whose tent victory will float,
On his conclusions more to bank
We might be very much inclined
If he could prove beyond a doubt
That people did not change their mind.
Some fellows vote the selfsame way
Their dad and great-great-grandda
did,
And when the vote collector calls
Their politics will not be hid,
But there are more unstable men
Who shift around and change their
views
With every shifting of the wind
Or every time they change their shoes.
The man who gathers up the vote
Don't reckon with the playful clown
Who feels that he must shift about
To prove that he is not nailed down.
He votes for Mr.. Man today,
But in a week he may be found
Inclined to be the other way
Next time the voting slips go round.
It's nice to know you can predict
Within about dozen votes
Just what the answers going to be
To all these high and silvery notes.
The straw vote ballot makes noise
That sounds like double cinched sue
cess,
But read your ticket carefully
And find you have another guess.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Medicine That is Medicine.

81 have suffered a good deal with ma
laria and stomach complaints, but
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters: medicine that is medicine for
stomach and liver troubles, and for run
down conditions. says w. C. KiestIer,
of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters purify
and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves,
and impart vigor and energy to the
weak. Your money will be refunded
if it fails to help you. SOC at T. E
Paull's drug store.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
able family to Greensboro, Ken

aDl0 IdIIlily W OWSIlSUOIO, hOA-
lucky, where eight years OF his
life were given to the practice
of his profession and where he
made a host of strong friends.
Returning to Marion county, the
home of his birth in 1897, he
continued the practice of law
and by hard work and close ap-
plication to business earned in a
few years a highly creditable
and praiseworthy practice. In
the fall of 1901, he was elected
County Attorney and during the
four years that he held this office
he spared neither time nor pains
in doing everything he could for
the conuty's welfare. In justice
to him it can be said safely that
Marion county never had an
officer who labored more earnest
ly and more conscientiously for
it's interests and the interests Of
it's citizens. He was progressive,
never hesitating to lead the way,
nor fearing to take hold when
duty called. He was watchful
as the county's prosecutor and
vigorously but impartially en-
forced the law.
He is a man of the highest in
tegrity and of untiring energy
and is possessed of the happy
faculty of meeting every import
ant proposition, ably, with res
olute determination and with
the utmost sincerity of purpose.
Like Judge Thurman he is, in
the strictest sense, a selfmade
man and loves the great COM
mon people. Having had hard
ships to contend with in the fight
for a livelihood, he knows how
to sympathize and to appreciate
the lot of others who have trav-
eled the same road. No man
will go further for a friend than
G.. S. Hill and it is this virtue
of sticking to his friends that
has won him the honest good
will of hundreds, and made him
a tower of strength in whatever
he undertakes. AS a lawyer he
is confident and capable, and if
the voters crown his ambition to
be Commonwealth Attorney of
this district with success by
electing him next November,
they will bestow honors richly
deserved upon one of Marion
county's worthiest citizens and
most loyal Democrats. -Leba-
non Enterprise.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30

There are some women who certain
iy are entitled to keep their husbands
In nights.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
what More could You Ask?

"How Is your mine panning out"
Zine. The stockholders are still
sending In installments on the stock
they purchased months ago."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
THOROUGH AoricuIturist,

thorough AgriculturisS.
"Blifkins wasn't raised on a farm,
guess"
81 don't know
saw load Of hay coming down
the street and swelled up with pride
because he knew what it was"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Name Scared Him.

"He seems inclined toward bashful
hess"
"Bashful is no name for it. He
wouldn't allow me to Introduce him to
the dumb waiter"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
The Judicial Nominees.

At a meeting of the Democrat
ic Committee of the Eleventh
Judicial District, held in this
city, there being no opposition,
Judge l. H. Thurman and Hon.
C S. Hill, as stated in The En-
terprise, last week, were de-
clared the nominees of the DEM
ocratic party for Circuit Judge
and commemorative Attorney
respectively.
The fact that these two worthy
citizens had no opposition for the
nomination is convincing proof
of their great popularity in the
district and justifies the belief
that with them as its nominees
the party will march triumphant
ly to victory at the general cleo
in November 1909.
Judge Thurman was born at
Springfield, KY, Jan. 5, 1854.
He studied law at the University
of Virginia and was admitted to
the bar February 81, 1890. In
1892, he was elected County At
torney of Washington county and
was reelected for a second term,
defeating his Republican oppo-
nent by 500 majority. this, too,
in face of the fact that Washing
ton county was at that time near
ly equally divided between Dem
ocrats and Republicans. This
office he filled faithfully and with
ability. For a period of years
after this, he practiced his pro-
fession, the law, with a devotion
and an attention that crowned
his efforts with abundant sue
cess. He dealt fair and square
with all with whom he had bust
ness relations and made friends
of all who admire honesty of pur-
pose in their fellowman.
On July 81, 1904, he was ap-
pointed Circuit Judge by Cover
nor Beckham to fill the vancancy
made by the death of Judge
Charles Patteson and was elect
ed to that office in the fail of the
same year. His career as a Cir
cult Judge has been an admirable
one and justly places him among
the leading men of his time &C.
cupying similar positions.
Promptness, discipline, ability,
impartially, and dispatch are
qualities seldom possessed by one
man, but Judge Thurman has
them exercises them in his work
Oh the bench and every fair and
honest citizen who appreciates
such virtues in an officer must
yield him honor. He knows the
law and has the courage to do
his duty, regardless of the adj
verse criticism it may invite.
This happy virtue as an officer
add lustre to his career and in
creases his worth to communi-
ty which loves to honor those to
whom honor is due.
In Judge Thurman, the Demo-
cratic party has true and a dis
tinguished leader, worthy of the
loyal and patriotic support of
every Democrat and of every
good citizen who believes it right
to endorse a faithful officer.
Mr.. C. S. Hill, the nominee for
Commonwealth Attorney, was
born in this city, October Is,
1862. He was educated in the
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Pete Baked.

"He has failed at last"
"Has he been in jeopardy?
''For year he has been robbing
Peter to pay Paul."
Couldn't work it any longerT
'No; Peter refused to stand"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Easy,

at is no trick at all to be honest"
els that so?"
"Yep."
"How do you know"
''The stupidest men l know are all
honest"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30

Patience is a most excellent quality.
and we are always so fond Of our pa
tient friends. They stand for so much.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30

"Shall we see you at the seasideT
IL hope so II you are there ard we
aren
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30

There is neither honor nor emolu-
ments coming from being just an ordf-
nary liar.
There are some women who certain
" are entitled to keep their husbands
In nights.
1t is such a pity that the people Of
whom we are the most fond somehow
have a way of being impossible them
selves or making us seem 30.
The girl who doesn't expect a man
to expect that she knows much, but
expects him to expect that she expects
him to know everything, makes a great
hit.
Truth is a precious thing, which may
be why some people use it so spar
ingly.
There are a lot Of people who never
get seasick They were born inland
and had the good judgment to stay
there.
Pretty clothes would not be half so
pretty to the average woman if they
were inexpensive.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1908-12-30
Humor ane Philosophy
By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Man is hard to satisfy, which Is a
wise provision Of nature, for what is
more stale than a satisfied man?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
pEAuIIE|Iu.lIC0uEIESS y
CLEVER HOTEL THIEF
f-@-as- $50 Nh
Z rench Nobleweman Caught A
Nice With the Goods on
Her Person.

Paris, Special: "A series 81 mys-
~lterious hotel robberles on the Riviera,
extending over many years, q been.
explained in the arrest . the beau
tiful, charming. but masquerading,
Countess Of Monteil. For years the
Countess OF Monteil has beer enter
tained lavishly, both at Paris and the
Riviera Her wealth and Jewels have
drawn comment and admiration from
far and near. Now she is declared one
OF h most ingenious. successful and
audacious hotel thieves that has ever
troubled the hotel proprietors Of
France. Her arrest reveals her not as
the captivating, brilliant countess, but
as a thoroughly urto date burglar.
carrying concealed in her betwitching
garments an array Of burglars imple-
ments OF intricate Workmanship which
Riviera which she knew to contain the
coveted wealth Of money and valuable
Jewels.
Wherever the countess stopped there
was always mysterious, inexplicable
robberies battling the police. valu-
rich Americans In the most puzzling
manner for h doors were all found
locked and the windows fastened.
Suspicion Aroused.
Gradually, but vaguely, the faintest
maze of suspicion began to be directed
towards the Countess of Monteil. The
cautious agents OF the department Of
French surety investigated the history
of The countess. They found that she
had been born of q respectable French
family and that her maiden name was
Amelia Condemn. She married q man
named Portal n came to live in Paris.
Afterward they separated and Mrs.
Portal went to the United States. Two
years later she returned to France as
the Countess Of Monteil. For several
a she held brilliant sway In So
ciety. She visited the leading water
ing places on the continent, but es-
pecially the winter resorts OF southern,
France.
1t was several years ago that the
first thoughts of police suspicion drift
ed toward the countess and her sensa-
Honal arrest at Nice at one of the
me hotels is the elimination OF
long and patient watchfulness by
french detectives. Her undoing came
IN a mornen Of Overeagerness to rob.
Detectives found her enveloped in a.
long and beautiful cloak, bending over
the door of the room of a wealthy
American tourist. When the woman
was searched the police found hidden
IN special pockets Of her clothes
pfncers, files, screwdrivers. and no
fewer than ~ pairs of small, d%elicately
made nippers used by burglars to I'M
lock and lock a 0 with its own kew
when the key is IN the inside of the
door. The detectives will seek to prove.
moreover. that the ~masquerading coun-
a band of hotel robbers. mostly men.
some OF whom have been arrested. and
whose aggregate loot Is OF great finan-
cfal value.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
FAM1LY,s SKIN TROUBLES.
Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Anec.
tons AMict Different Members.

Eczema, Heat Hash, and Scalp Aneca
tions AMict Different Members,
but Cuticura Cures Them.
MY wife had eczema for five or six
years. 1t vas on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies a trial. We
did SO and she has never had a sign OF
eczema for four years. myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. l now
have a very heavy head Of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for u baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
feshy, and we had SO much trouble
with heat that we would bathe her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, 1t would dry the
heat up sc much quicker than anything
else. Mr. a. B. Springmire, 323 So.
Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia. July lG.
1905, and Sept, l6, 1906"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
When Words Are superHuou.

Pnlladelphia Inquirer: A. J.. Ulrich,
traffic manager of the Keystone Tele-
phone company OF Philadelphia, has re-
moved the word please from the vo-
cabulary Of his exchange girls. They
will hereafter say ring Off instead of
Please ring off "Call again." instead
of Please call again." and so on.
THE word please" Mr.. Ulrich ex-
planned to a reporter, was used in our
telephone business 900. 900 times a day.
Allowing half a second for it's utter
ance that meant a daily waste Of 1925
hours. Why shouldn't all these hours
be saved, saved for some better use?"
You know" Mr.. Ulrich went on, II
believe in few words. Wasted, super
luous words mean spoiled effects.
What, for instance, could have been
more telling, more effective. than the
note, containing not a single SUPER
fuous or wasted word, that a man once
wrote to his physician?
This note ran:
Dear Doctor had a few words
with my wife last evening. Send me a
bottle Of lotion"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
How Frick Got His Start.
From the Pittshnrp Post

One day the Mellon bank in Pitts
burg was amazed to receive from an
unknown man signing himself III. C.
$4,000. He had very little to offer in
the way of security, the writer said,
but he pledged his word that if the loan
was made it should be returned with
interest.
The audacity of h request interest
ed THE bank's head, and he sent a trust
ed agent to find out about the man
Prick. When the agent made his re-
port the bank decided to make the loan.
That $1,000 was the foundation OF
the colossal fortune of Henry Clay
Prick. Not only did he return the prin-
cipal with interest. but the business
bank was worth a hundred times the
amoun of the original loan.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07

Many people Loot 6i1piso,n paint buSydnSB
as 4 lottefay1 andssoi Il q wy 1they|
do IL Al i not n~cccsarIly "a. hot
ever Pure White Lend md lln1eed
oh are the essential elements 81 coed
paint. Adniterants ~ while lend
~ easily found BY the usesof q blow
pipe. Manifestations ia linseed On can
be detected with q fair degree Of Ger
tainty, Zee that these two elements
are pure and properly put % and tho
paint Will stay put.
NationnlsLead Company, Woodbridge
Building. New York City, will send
blowpipe outfit and Instructions for
testing both white lead and linseed
oil, on request
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
Mark Twain,s poa Story.

New York SUM-: Mark Twain bios
somed out with a new dogs tale
at the weekly banquet Of the
Pleiades club, at the Lafayette
Brevoort. The theme Of the humorist
was How 1t Pays to Be Honest
When 1t Doesn't Hurt Yourself" He
said he was starving with a chap
named Davis in Washington In the lat
ter SOS, and Davis told Twain to go
out and rummage for So for Scotch
whisky, while he'd stay home and pray.
Twain said he walked into a hotel
and came on the prettiest dog he had
aver seen in the lobby.
General Nelson A. Miles came in
with three months salary. Miles saw
Twain fondling the dog, and offered
Twain $40 for the animal.
Il haven't any right to sell this dog
for $40" answered the humorist, but
If you'll give me SO you can take the
pup away
Miles paid the SO and took it away.
The e owner rushed in.
NIll find your dog for 49," said Twain.
The owner agreed. Twain walked up
stairs, told Miles the situation, and got
the Q back by paying So, then re-
ceived SO for restoring it to the owner.
He took three quarts back home to
Davis, who drank it all and ignored
Twain.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
3 8 PlMKNlNlM|

NafnrAs andaAgvrnmana3 gVI6fG N0rRs
h;nad To,ra ,.,-,s ,sas5
a.saa,r ~ 1900 nss ill., &h.4 tS@a
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hi the rood Old-faShioned daySSO4
our rrandmOtherS they relied mon
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=, - - 1-s-ss 49, my s1e
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Plains to-dayscan produce roots An1k
herbs for every ailrIaenE And curo3E
diseases that battle the mostTekilled
physicians who have spent years
fls cfI1dv W. dIn,ca
FroIn M rr,nts and harh. n tS
faid I.ui;asE Pinishay, mana fhan
thirty yeara j pave "a INA women
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
When Aidrich WIS., Taken for The
Office Boy.
From Scribners.

willis at this time was beginning ~
feel the approach ofSthe malady that
was eventually to cause his death, and
spent much Of his time at Idlewild. his
country place Q n the Hudson. leaving
Aldrich to guide the more Immediate.
destinies Of the paper. We get, ii the
correspondence and recollections Of
period, some charming pictures OF
the golden-haired boy OF 20 sitting In,
state in the august editorial chair, With
q dignity no doubt enhanced by the fact
he also occupied the post of what.
is quantity termed literary adviser To
the lively and Kaleidoscope publish;
ing firm OF Derby & jackson. A Ia
vorite "Reminiscences OF his was OF an
occasion during one Of Willis absences,
when, seated at his desk, he was COM
posing with due elaboration an edt-
torial which seemed to him at the time
likely to arrest the ruinous course or
national events. His c~ogitations were
rudely disturbed by a loud stranger
who, after purchasing from an under
ling some back numbers Of the paper,
turned to the absorbed editor with
Say, bub. get me q piece Of string,
will youin
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
How the Young Idea Shoots.
From Eyervhodv,S Mnrazine

49, OAtt IN
Many of the children are SO crainmed
with everything that they really know
nothing.
In proof OF this, read these veritable
specimens OF definitions. written by
public school children:
stability is taking q + Of a stable
"A mosquito is the child Of black and
white parents"
monastery is the place for mon
sters."
.'Tocsin is something to do with get
ting drunk"
Representation is to have the small
pox.'
.Cannibal Is two brothers who killed
each other in the Bible"
Anatomy is the human body, which
consists Of three parts. the head, the
chist. and the. stummick. The head
contains the eyes and brains, II any.
The chist contains the lungs and a
piece OF the liver. The stummick is
devoted to the bowels, OF which there
are five, a, e. !, Q, U, and sometimes W
and ""
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07

Voluntary immolation on the funeral
pyre OF her husband was of frequent
occurrence in India before Lord Will
lam Bentinck's suppression OF it. In
olden times the tendency OF thought
and feeling CAV an impetus to the do
ing of such. deeds. This devotion to the
departed husband is not confined to the
widow only. It is expected of the wife.
In circumstances OF unnatural conduct
on the part of the living husband. He
may spurn her; still she should not
only bow to her lord without a demur,
but be loyal to him.