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The Adair County news., 1909-06-23

While chasing a hog which he
was about to butcher Earl Col
Inns fell upon the knife with
which he was to have cut the
hogs throat and was killed at
Frankfort. The knife which was
as sharp as a razor, went straight
to the young mans heart. Col
Inns was a son of Taylor Collins
who has a meat store in South
Frankfort. The accident occur
red at the slaughter house of Mr..
Collins, in the Choatesville neigh
borhood. Collins was twenty
eight years Of age, and was we'll
known in Frankfort.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-23
Women who Are rnvied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face. form and temper are the
envy of many, who might be like them.
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous
and irritable. Constipation or Kidney
poisons slow in pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complexion.
For all such, Electric Bitters work won
ders. They regulate Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys, purify the blood; give
strong.nerves, bright eyes, pure breath
smooth velvety skin, lovely complexion.
Many charming women owe their health
and beauty to them. SOC at PAUL Drug
Co.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-23

ing rain storm when the an
imal became frightened at the
lightning and ran away, throw
ing the rider, whose feet caught
in the trace chain. The boy was
dragged nearly a mile over the
rough road and his brains dash
ed out and scattered over the
entire distance.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-23

Eldridge Dixon, a young negro
farm hand employed by Joe
Chenault, a farmer near Sonora,
KY, met with a horrible death.
The boy was riding a mule dur
The Adair County news., 1909-06-23
Thurman and Lewis.
From Lebanon Falcon.]


cult Judge in this district, the
Democratic nominee, Judge Thur
man, has a record of five years on
the bench, and his official course
during that time is the best indl-
cation of what it will continue to
be if he is reelected to a full
term. by their fruits We shall
know them," or, as commonly
put, Judge the furture by the
past.
How is it with Mr.. Lewis, the
nominee of the Leader crowd.
He has, for several years, held
the responsible office of Mayor of
Springfield, while Judge Thurman
was Circuit Judge, and we natur-
ally turn to his record of perform
ance of official duty in that posi-
ton to find an earnest of the
course he would pursue if elected
to the higher position. What does
that record show as his standard
of official propriety. and an i'm
partial performance of public
duty, regardless of personal feel
ing or interest?
Mr.. Lewis was an active, out
spoken and vehement opponent of
local option when that question
was before the voters of Spring
field and shortly after the election
one C.. A. Thompson was being
tried before Judge Noe, Police
Judge of Springfield, on charge
of having opened his saloon on
election day. Mr.. Lewis was his
attorney, and in order to in
fluence Judge Noe in his decision,
threatened that if his client were
convicted and fined, he as Mayor,
would have the fine paid out of
the funds of the city.
This threat to use his official
position to shield his client from
any penalty that might be i'm
posed did not deter Judge Noe
from doing what he conceived to
be his duty under the law as he
construed it, and after a patient
and impartial consideration of
the evidence and argument, i'm
posed a fine of 500 against the
: defendant.
At the next meeting of the city
council, in accordance with his an
nounced intention, Mr.. Lewis had
a resolution introduced, directing
the payment of the fine out of the
public funds in the city treasury.
The vote on the resolution was a
tie, until Mr.. Lewis, as Mayor,
cast his vote in favor of it there
by securing its adoption.
Very soon thereafter the grand
jury met, and after investigating
the matter, had decided to indict
Mr.Lewis for misrepresentation OF
public funds, but, on assurances
from him that the money appro-
priated for the benefit of his client
had not yet been paid, and the
promise that it would not be
thereafter paid, the grand jury
with held Indictment.
The resolution, however, anc
Mr.. Lewis vote on it, appear OF
the records of the city, and give
the best evidence of his remark
able capacity to disregard person
al feelings and interest in the
performance of official duties.
AS Mayor, he was charged will
the duty of seeing that the law,
were enforcedin the city, withou
rncnacf of nersonS or indiv;d,,o
The Adair County news., 1909-06-23

10 USE IllS OlllSlol pOoiSAOiA c@hN viz
public treasury for the private
benefit of his clients, or of those
who had been associated with !
him as partizans on the same
side of a question submitted for
decision to the voters, and by
them already settled at the polls,
and with which the Mayor had
nothing to do further than to see
that the will of the majority was
enforced against all alike.
Judge Noe, evidently took this
view of the matter of official duty
in so far as it concerned the
office of Police Judge, for he was
firm in the enforcement of the
law as he understood it, without
respect of persons, and without
being affected by any considera-
ton personal to himself.
Mr.. Lewis, however, felt him.
self to be, by nature, so calm, i'm
passive, impersonal, non-parti-
Fan, and so analytical and dis
eliminating in his mental make
up, that he stood far above the
standard of ordinary men in ac-
tual life, and he could not under
stand the prejudice, the little
ness, the narrow minded blind
ness, that caused the grand jury
to interpose an objection to his
use of ''his little office" for the
personal benefit of a friend in
trouble: for what other purpose
could he have been induced to
honor the position of Mayor with
the greatness of his talents?
Now that he has reversed his
position on the liquor question,
and is no longer wet" but an
extreme local optionist, march
ing under the banner of the
county unit bill, it is interesting
to speculate if he would use any
official position ne might obtain
to help a local optionist or for
mer client, in the same way he
did to help Mr.. Thompson.
1t is but fair to say that the
two councilmen who voted for the
resolution were not lawyers, and
that they were induced to do so
by the persuasions of Mr.. Lewis,
in whom they had great conf
dence as lawyer and as a man;
but for this influence eXerted
upon them at a time when they
had no opportunity to reflect for
themselves on the matter in it's
real bearings, they would not
have aided in the adoption of the
resolution.
1t is also fair to say for Mr..
Lewis that when the grand jury
stopped the payment of the fine
imposed on Mr.. Thompson out of
the public funds, the sixty days
allowed for an appeal had nearly,
but not quite, expired, and that he
then Immediately took an appeal
to the circuit court where a jury
assessed fine of $4,000, and NO
appeal to the court of appeals,
the judgment was reversed on
account Of an error in an instruc-
ton; after this the indictment
was dismissed without a furthul
trial.
These steps, however, were
long after che effort to apply
public funds to relieve the client
of Mr.. Lewis from a fine reg.
ularly imposed upon him by the
Police Judge, whose judgment
was that of a court of cOmneten1
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
The Same Old John L

Old John L. Sullivan always had a
fine Irish wit. and it remains with him
In his advanced age. Not long ago he
was appearing in a Baltimore theat-r
and the manager. for business rea.
sons. introduced him to a wealthy
youth Of the town. The youth was a
typical chollyboy. the sort Of speci-
men that old John abhors. Sullivan
was washing his face in the tEeater
dressing room when the two arrived.
and they waited patiently until he had
finished his additions. When John
had dried his countenance he gave the
dude one look, and then said to the
manager: We'll, l congratulate you.
Jack, is it a boy or a girl?'
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
They Are as Scarce in Bulgaria as
Black Swans.

Bulgaria is the nearest approach to
a peasant commonwealth which the
world has known in modern times.
There is not a Bulgarian Slav who is
not the owner of a plot of land upon
which he lives and out of which he
gets his own livelihood by his own
labor.
Large landowners are almost un-
known, says the London illustrated
News. The few men of wealth in the
country are mostly of foreign birth
or descent; and even they would not
be counted as wealthy according to
the standard of other European coun-
tries.
The small landowners. who form
the vast majority of the population,
are peasant born and peasant bred.
They are extremely thrifty. They are
content with very plain food; they
wear the same sheepskin garments
from year to year. only turning their
coats inside out with the changes of
the season.
Whole families, even of well to do
peasants, sleep in the same room upon
mats stretched out on the floor. They
live under conditions of dirt and dis
comfort which no British or German
or French laborer would tolerate for
a week. Yet Notwithstanding their
disregard of the simplest sanitary ar
rangements they grow up s.agularly
strong and healthy.
/. Moreover, they are free from the
irritation caused among c,ler labor
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
NEW SENSATION FOR poBBIN
Come to Think Of u, He Would Have
Felt Funny Sitting in the
Position Indicated.

The family horse. who rejoiced in
the eminently proper equine name OF
Dobbin. had earned q rest by long
service. and was accordingly sent
away to the country to spend his de-
Ginning years In the broad pastures Of
farmer friend Of his owner. The
distance being somewhat excessive
foSsAis rheumatic legs, he was shipped
to his new home by rail.
Little Edna. the family four-year-old.
viewed the passing Of Dobbin with un-
feigned sorrow. She sat for long
time gazing disconsolately out of the
window. At last, after q deep sigh.
she turned with a more cheerful ex.
preston, and said:
did old Dobbin 60 on the choo-
choo cars. mammal
Yes. DEAR" answered her mother.
A broad grin spread over the little
girls face. Il was just thinking" she
said, how funny he must feel sitting
up on the plush cushions.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

My dear sir, l have intimated be-
fore that. for reasons of-er-state-"
oh. yes; you're travelling incog., in
the secret service. Sort of detect
i've
'Detective." echoed WINTHROP, in
a peculiar tone.
Blake grinned. We'll, it is rawther
a nawsty business for your honorable
ludship. But there's nothing like call
ing things by their right names"
Right names-er-I don't quite
take you. l have told you distinctly
my name is Cecil Winthrope!"
"O-h-h! how lovely!-See-sill! See
seal!-Bet they called you Sissy at
school. English chum of mine told me
your schools are corkers for nick
names What'n we make it-Sis or
sissy"
Il prefer my patronymic, Mr.. Blake, +"
replied Winthrope.
All right, then; we'll make it Pat,
if that's your choice. l say, Pat, this
juice is the stuff for wetness, but it
makes a fellow remember his grub.
Where'd you leave that fish,"
Really, can't just say, but it must
have been where l wrenched my
ankle"
You cawn't just say! And what
are We going to eat?"
Here are the cocoanuts."
Bright boy. so to the head of the
class: Just take some more husk off
those empty ones"
Winthrope caught up one of the
nuts, and with the aid of his knife
stripped it of its husk. At a gesture
from Blake he laid it on the bare
ground and the American burst it
open with a blow of his heel. 1t was
an immature nut, and the meat proved
| to be little thicker than clOtted cream.
Blake divided it into three parts. hand
ing Miss Leslie the cleanest.
Though his companions began with
more restraint, they finished their
shares with equal gusto. WinthrOpe
needed no further orders to return to
| his husking. One after another the
nuts were cracked and divided among
the three, until even Blake could not
| swallow another mouthful of the
luscious cream.
Toward the end Miss Leslie had be-
| come drowsy. At Winthrope's urg-
ing. she now lay down for nap.
fell asleep while Winthrope was yet
| arranging it for her. Blake had
turned his back on her and was staring
moodily at the hippopotamus trail
when Winthrope hobbled around and
sat down on the palm trunk beside
him.
Il say. Blake he suggested, Il
feel deuced tagged myself. Why not
all take a nap?"
".And when they awoke, they were
all dead men," remarked Blake.
BY Jove, that sounds like joke, !"
protested the Englishman. Don't rag
me now"
"Joke!" repeated Blake. why,
that's Scripture, Pat, Scripture! Any
way, you'd think it no joke to wake
up and find yourself going down the
throat of a hippo"
Hippo"
Dozens of them over in the river.
Shouldn't wonder if they've all landed
andre tracking me down by this
time"
But hippopotami are not carnivor-
ous-they're not at all dangerous. I'M
less one wounds them, out in the wa
ter"
That may be; but I'm not taking
chances. They've got mouths like
sperm whales saw one take yawn.
Another thing. that bayou is chuck full
OF alligators, and a fellow down on
the Rand told me they're like the Cen
trail American gavials for keenness to
nip a swimmer
They will not come out on this dry
land"
Suppose they won't-there're no
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
Two Perfect Cures by cutieura.

For several years my husband
was a missionary in the Southwest
Every one in that high and dry at
mosphere has more or less trouble
with dandruff and my daughters scalp
became so encrusted with It that I
was alarmed for fear she would lose
all her hair. After trying various rem.
edies. in desperation bought a cake
Of Cuticura Soap and box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment. They left the scalp
beautifully clean and free from
dandruff, and am happy to say that
the Cuticura Remedies were a COM
plete success. I have also used sue
cessfully the Cuticura Remedies for
socalled 'milk-crust' on baby's head.
Cuticura is a blessing. Mrs. ]. A.
Darling, 80 Fifth St., Carthage, Ohio.
Jan. 20, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

was dull and exhausted nearly all the
time. / consulted doctors and used
medicines, but only Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me. Soon I was perma-
nently cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
crocodi,es Along the Nile.

At the sound of the shot the whole
of this bank of the river. over the ex.
sprang into hideous life, and my COM
panions and I saw hundreds of croco.
diles. of all sorts and sizes, rushing
madly into the Nile, whose waters
along the line of the shore were
dashed into white foam, exactly as a
heavy wave had broken.
1t could be no exaggeration to say
that at least a thousand of these sau-
rians had been disturbed at q single
shot.-Strand Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

other animals in Africa but sheep,
eh?"
What can We do? The captain
told me that there are both lions and
leopards on this coast
Nice place for them, too, around
these trees" added Blake. Lucky
for us, they're night-birds mostly
if that Rand fellow didn't lie. He was
a Boer, so 1 guess he ought to know
Ito be sure. It's a nasty fix we're
in for tonight. Could We not build
some kind of a barricade?"
With penknife! Guess We'll roost
in a tree"
But cannot leopards climb? II
seems to me that l have heard"
How about lions?"
They cannot; I'm sure of that"
Then we'll chance the leopards.
Just stretch out here and nurse that
ankle OF yours. don't want to be
Juggling you all year. I'm going to
hunt a likely tree"
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

Country Has Few Rich Men

ers, overwUrked If not underpaid. by
the spectacle of neighbors living in
affluence and ease without any neces-
sity to curtail their expenditure. Rich
men are black swans in Bulgaria. I
was told by foreign banker in Sofia
who had traded for many years in
the country that he doubted greatly
whether there were 50 men in all the
rural districts who had net incomes of
$1,000 a year.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
TIRED ALL THE TIME.

Languor. listlessness. dullness Of
spirits are often due to kidney disor-
ders. Pain and weakness in the back,
sides and hips. headaches, dizziness.
urinary disorders are sure signs that
the kidneys need immediate attention.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
lndisputaple.

Two tourists on personally con.
Quoted tour were overheard talking
together in the window Of a Florence
hotel overlooking the Arno.
This does not look to me like Ven.
single gondola."
No. admitted her companion, but
it must be Venice. You know We were
to be in Venice on Wednesday,
Harper's Monthly.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
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The story opens with the shipwreck OF
the steamer on which Miss Genevieve
Leslie, an American heiress. Lord Win
thrope, an EnSlishman, ana Tom Blake.
brusQue American, were passengers.
The three were tossed upon an uninhab-
tied island and were the only ones not
drowned. Blake recovered from drunk
en- stupor. Blake. Stunned on the boat.
because Of his rou2hness, became hero
Englishman was suing for the hand OF
Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim back
&c the ship to recover what was left.
Blake returned safely. WINTHROP wasted
his last match on a cigarette, for which
he was scored by Blake. Their first meal
was a dead fish. The trio started ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tackled them. Blake was compelled to
carry Miss Leslie on account of weari-
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

Delay is dangerous.
Alonzo Adams, Os-
ceola. Iowa, says:
my kidneys failed
me. I suffered aw-
full pain and was so
weak I could not
work, and often had
IN fako IN hoA 7
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
CHAPTER v.
The Re-Ascent Of Man.

when at last Blake pushed out from
among the close thickets. AS he ap-
preached he swung an unshapely club
of green wood. pausing every few
PAGES to test its weight and balance
on a bush or knob of dirt.
by Jove!" called Winthrope; that's
not half bad! You look as if you could
bowl over an OK"
Blake showed that he was flattered.
-Oh. I don't know" he responded;
the things blamed unhandy- Just the
same, guess we'll be ready for callers
tonight"
"How's that"
Show you later, Pat, me by. Now
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
Teach Care Of Home and Family.

Teach Care OF Home and Family.
An interesting experiment is being
made in the higher education of wom-
en- at Kings college, London. The
idea is that there is just as much
educational value in a careful study
of the principles of managing the
home and young children as in the
course usually read for the taking of
a degree.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market Is years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all
injurious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smocthness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
Wanted to Defer the Petition.

Wanted to Defer the Petition.
A Los Angeles mother tells the fol-
lowing:
"One summers eve my little son OF
six years was sent to bed at his usual
time; but he could not sleep. Upon
my inquiry what troubled him. he re-
piled: &" can't finish my prayer. I've
got as far as Forgive us our tres
passes as but can't get any furth-
er, for Howard licked me to-day and
l want to lick him tomorrow.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
TRUE RESIGNATION.

Old Maids It really true that mar.
riages are made in heaven?
Doctor-Yes, believe SO.
Old Maid (resignedly)-O, then.
doctor, you needn't call again.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

Better than gold-Like it in color
Hamlins Wizard Oil-the best of all rem
edies for rheumatism. neuralgia, and all
pain, soreness and Inflammation.
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
Hard to Convince Him.

so you're going to marry old Got
rox' daughter. Ell? Well. you know
two can live cheaper than one"
Il know, but l can't convince her
father of that fact"
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

There's a rich. satisfying quality in
Lewis Single Binder that is found in no
other &c cigar
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

Does the ugly chorus girl come un
der the head of "stage frights?"
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14

The good times We long for will NO
come in the guise of Ascent watches
The Columbus journal., 1909-07-14
DREADFUL DANDRUFF.

eiri'e Head Encrusted-Feared los0
Of Al Her Hai-eaby Had Milk
Crust Missionasy's Wife Made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-21
WHAT 1T DOES.
a Big Modern Hotel Pulls Great
Business.

The need of large hotel, with
modern conveniences, for the ac-
commodation of tourist travel, is one
of the most pressing needs of Santa
Fe at this time. With hotel of this
kind capable of accomm odating a
hundred or more guests, tourist trav-
ell to this city would be very material
" increased.
Some years ago, when the Alvarado
was first projected at Albuquerque,
the new hotel would injure their
business and there was not a little
feeling manifested concerning the
matter. The Alvarado was built and
was filled with guests who would not
have stopped at all in Albuquerque
had it not been for the conveniences
offered at the. big hotel. Since the
Alvarado was opened thousands of
people have stopped in Albuquerque
and have spent hundreds of thou
sands of dollars with the local deal
ers, with the liverymen and in the
places of amusement who would not
have stopped longer than to have
taken a meal had there not been a
strictly first class hotel in the city.
With big hotel, conveniently To-
Gated, Santa Fe would have thou
sands of tourist visitors annually. A
large proportion of the peoplet who
travel over the Santa Fe route from
the east to the Pacific coast would
stop over here to see the oldest city
in the United States and many would
visit the ancient cliff dwellings as
thousands make the side trip from
Williams to the Grand Canyon every
year. Prior to the erection of a mod
ern and commodious hotel at the
Grand Canyon there were compare
lively few people who went to see this
wonderful sight but no sooner than
accommodations were furnished for
people who were both able and will
ing to pay for them, tourists began
to go to the canyon by hundreds and
thousands. A big hotel is needed at
Santa Fe and it is needed now
Santa Fe IN. No Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-21
AN OLD SOLDIER MURDERED.
Leavenworth's Famous SIum District
Claims Another Victim.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 21-
When William Parsons, a veteran, died
at the Soldiers home hospital another
of the brutalities of the Pike oft
committed and seldom requited be-
came murder.
Parsons was taken to the hospital.
comatose, helpless and silent. All
afternoon and night he laid on his
bed in the hospital and when morning
came he died. Drunk, drugged with
raw alcohol, beaten into pulp, he in
his feeble years was past the aid of
medical science.
mo. sir. won't work on the
Fourth; Pm going,' declared Parsons
on the night of July 8, when he was
requested to work in the home laun-
dry where he was regularly employed.
He left the home that night and had
not been seen there until he came
back in the ambulance, dying.
With difficulty his steps about the
pike and that settlement known as
Cripple Creek were traced. There
are several days that can not be &C
counted for. At any rate. with prob
ably all of his pension money in his
pocket the old man dropped off into
the little cluster of dives and came out
leaving his life and his money behind
him.
On Thursday he staggered, bruised,
battered and uncertain, to the home of
Mrs Rodell according to her state
ments. She says that she cared for
him as best she could until 1t became
apparent that he was in critical con-
dition, when she called the home am
bulance. Mrs. Rode11 declares that he
told her that he had fallen and there
by inflicted the injury from which he
was suffering. She also says that she
found a bottle of what may have been
alcohol under his bed and is in entire
ignorance of where and how he got it.
The veterans about the home have
learned at least a part of the truth and
last night they were whispering about
the story of the death of their COM
rade and there was much indignation
expressed at the foul play.