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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15

two! How many d you expect to
drop, on snapshot like that"
Two" returned Amber so patiently
that Quain requested him, explosiyely,
to 90 to the devil IF you don't mind, "
he said, I'm go after my ducks in
stead. You'll follow? They're over
there, on our way
Fifty yards or so away he found the
ducks, side by side in little hollow.
Fine fat birds" he adjudged them
sagely.
Satisfaction glimmering in his
grave dark eyes, he fingered in the
hollow, while the frosty air, whipping
madly through the sand hills, stung
his face till it glowed beneath the
brown. But presently, like the ghost
of a forgotten kiss, something moist
and chill touched gently his cheek,
and was gone. Startled, he glanced
skyward, then extended an arm,
watching it curiously while the rough
fabric of his sleeve was sailed gen
erously with fine white fakes. Though
to some extent apprehended (they had
been blind indeed to have ignored the
menace of the dour day Just then
DYING snow had figured in their cal
culations as little as the scarcity of
game. Amber wondered dimly if it
would work a change In their plans,
prove an obstacle 20 their safe re-
turn across the bay.
The furry thickening in the air. a
shade of anxiety colored his mood
"This'n never do" he declared, and
set himself to ascend a nearby Cane
Behind him a meager strip of sand
held back a grim and angry sea; be-
fore him lay an eighth of a mile of
sand-locked desolation, and then the
weltering bay-a wide two miles of
leaping, shouting waves, slate-colored
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15
PLANNING MILL HANDS WANTED

Suckers Sawyers Planer, Watcher and
ShaPer Hands, Frame AM Cabinet Makers,
Bench Hands. Steady work. Liberal pay.
Open shop. Conditions very best. Apply
to, or write, giving age, experience, etc.
G. ELIAS 8 BROTHER, Buffalo, New York
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15

Together they put their shoulders
to the bows of the old, f1at-bottomed
rowboat, with incredible exertions up
roofing it from IT'S ancient bed, and at
length had it afoat.
Painting, Quain mopped his forehead
with a handkerchief much the worse
for a day S association with gun
grease, and peered beneath his hand
into the murk that yelled the bay.
There she is" he declared conf
IDENTIFY: aground" He pointed I'm
fetch up with her in no time"
But Amber could see nothing in the
least resembling the catboat, and said
SO with decision.
I'm coming. too" Amber said
quietly.
The hell you are! Dyou want to
SINK us? What do you think this is,
anyway-an excursion steamer? You
stay where you are and say-take
care of this till l come back, like a
good fellow"
He thrust the butt of his shotgun
into Amber's face, and the latter,
Selling it, was rewarded by vigor-
GUS push that sent him back half a
dozen feet. At the same time the
painter slipped from his grasp and
Quain, lodging an end of the ell-pot
stake on the hard sand bottom, put
his weight upon it. Before Amber
could recover, the boat had slid off
and was melting swiftly into the shad-
ows.
After bit Quains voice came
back: Don't fret, Davy. I'm all right"
Amber cupped hands to mouth and
sent a cheerful hail ringing in re-
spouse. simultaneously the last.
least, indefinite blur that stood for the
beat in the darkness, vanished in a
swirl of snow; and he was alone with
the storm and his misgivings.
Twenty minutes wore YEARLY away
Falling ever more densely, the snow
drew an impenetrable wan curtain be-
tween Amber and the world of life
and light and warmth; while with
each disconrdant blast the strength
Of the gale seemed to wax, it's high
hysteric Clamor at times drowning
even the incessant deep below of the
ocean surf. Once Amber paused in his
patrol, having heard, or fancying he
had heard, the staccato plut- plut-plut
OF marine motor. On impulse, with
swelling heart, he swung his gun
skywards and pulled both triggers.
The double report rang in his ears
loud as a thunderclap.
In the moments that followed, while
he stood listening, with every fiber
OF his being keyed to attention. the
sense of his utter isolation chilled his
heart as with cold steel
A little frantically he loaded and
fired again; but what at first might
have been thought the faint far echo
OF hail he in the end set down reluc-
family to a trick of the hag-ridden
wind.
An hour passed, punctuated at fire.
quent intervals by gunshots. Though
they evoked no answer Of any sort,
hope for Quain died hard in Amber's
heart. Resolutely he turned to a con-
sideratiOn Of his own plight and
problematic way of escape
HIS understanding of his situation
was painfully accurate; he was ma
| rooned upon what a flood tide made a
desert island but which at the ebb
was peninsula-a long and narrow
strip of sand, bounded on the west by
the broad shallow channel to the
ocean, on the east connected with the
mainland by a sandbar which half the
day lay submerged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15
QUEENS BOROUGH TIN HORSES
How Nightmares, Hobbies and Ponies
of Beer Were Put on the
City's Pay Roll.

What's all this talk I hear about
tin horses in Queens borough"
I'm surprised at your ignorance.
Tin horses are a mere term used to
designate equines which never exist
ed. part of a graft game"
Explain some more. please"
We'll, 1t was like this. If fellow
with pull wanted some extra money
he would have couple of nightmares,
report to the powers that be that he
had team. and they would be hired.
at so much a day, for city work"
Did ali Of the grafters have to
have mares?"
20, no; one of the gang had his
wife's two clothes horses, drawing full
pay"
He was a genius"
Yes, another man had a hobby
about not wanting to work, his son
had hobby horse, and so he doubled
them up and sent in bills for a team,
at least. so ! hear"
That's interesting"
Yes, rather. There was a rumor
going around the other day that a
man who owned a pair of ponies of
beer also figured in the game"
Il suppose if one of the gangs wife
and daughters owned pony skin coats
they could have got on the pay roll
too"
Sure thing; it was a pony skin
game, all the way through"
And all that these fake horses ever
drew was pay?"
That's true. although they have set
tongues a-wagging. "-Brooklyn Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15

pOpSld dIu 1cLIdld
troubles by your
me dicine. 1 had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
lydia E. Pinkham's
V g ge t a Bile Com
pound and Blood
Purifier l can say I
am a we'll woman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER II. (continued).

"You will have it that I must sur
render my only advantage-my in
cognito. If l tell you how happen to
know who you are, l must tell you
who | am. Immediately you will lose
interest IN me, because I'm really not
at all advanced; l doubt if I should
understand your book if l lad to read
it,"
Which heaven forfend! But why"
he insisted mercilessly, do you wish
me to be interested in your"
She flushed becomingly at this and
acknowledged the touch with a rueful,
smiling glance. But, Because I'm
interested in you" she admitted open
ly.
And Why"
Are you hardened to such adven-
tures?" She nodded in the direction
the babu had taken Are you &C
customed to being treated with ex-
traordinary respect by stray Bengalis
and accepting tokens from them? Is
romance commonplace to you?"
oh" he said, disappointed. eff it's
only the adventure. OF course,
s r-Is S.;, 10Y e..ousu eAPlaIneu MS
Sow, Nv ',''.--' 'i0ii 'sA me
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49, ~. - me aoii'e one ne ii",
,Li to,.a,, '+,,i.s' l'7' . nave d iooN d
He disclosed the bronze box and let
Ne ~. "Ns II III Her pretty myers
1t IIuS' nave secret spring she
OolI'uueu' aIItf careful Inspection
'"'nN 50, ouI
rb aT S'o sa,, H. Holu'ng IT. Oy ner ear
?ol',, INNS iIiSlue IL i"''ieS
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as, o+' ~ e'-N -. op0n
NV Inn ,l l'iioSlIy o'eIpo%erS
,i.o "-''. e '-1II'' 1e,eu every al 'iiiIe'
"'','E - '''iu me ''0i''
are you d pduehI person. -dF' AM
OJI
%"l EXTRAORDINARILY So MISS Far
IclI.
w. """ uiu ou guess!
10y IoIlei'lDerIIs noI TO De stupid
row ''t MISS 9opllla farFelI' daughter
Vi No."i'eI ! "' 'eH .! 'He bIII.sn uIP-
'u--"',N wee III Ihula' ne
'iut"Ieo lH'eii"iy over ms triumph
o. ucUrc''Ee le"Son'ls' lou are VS.
Iu'S 'he '{u"lhS !or lie" days, Whlie
On 'o''e Ior Inula win some lfiehdS
whose name We lorso'Ie1-
he Rolands' she prompted in
Voluntarl'y'
Ih&hN you. The Hollands
VINO are stopping IN New YORK You've
lived several years with your father
IN lhdla' went BACK TO London TO
come Out ana are returning, having
been presented at the court OF st.
James. Your mother was an Ameri-
can girl schoolmate OF Mrs,
Quain s I'm AFRAID that's the whole
sum OF my knowledge OF you.
you've turned the tables fairly,
Mr.. Amber she admitted. And
Mr.. Qualn wrote you all that
i m afraid he told me almost as
much about you as he told you about
me; were old friends, you know. And
now l come to think of it, Quain
has one Of the few photographs Of me
eXtant. So my chain OF reasonings
complete. And l think we'd better
hurry on to TangleWood.
Indeed, yes. Mrs Quain will be
wild with worry If that animal finds
his way back to the stable without
me; I've been very thoughtless."
How much longer shall you stay
at Tanglewood, Miss Farrel?'
''Unhappily,' she sighed, Il must
leave on the early train tomorrow, to
Join the ROlands in New York"
"You don't want to go?'
I'm half an American, Mr. Amber
I've learned to love the country al
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-15

FAILED TO
HELP Her
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an.
nounce that / have been cured of dys-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26
FLOWING FOR ALFALFA.

he owned 1900 acres of alfalfa. Be-
sides feeding his stock. he shipped hay
and made a net profit of 100000"
]. T. Anthony of Maryland says in
the American Agriculturist:
Some ten years ago | made start
with alfalfa. and after succession Of
failures and successes, covering more
than half this period. the light began
to break. In short. you have to learn
how to grow alfalfa just as you must
learn how to grow fruits or vegetables
Of the finest quality.
Select a well drained piece of lOam
land, not necessarily knoll. but a
piece of land that is not wet and Soggy,
the subsoil of which is porous. so that
the plants can send their taproots
down, down. without striking water.
If the plot selected is deficient in plant
food and humus let these be supplied
and the land cultivated in some hoed
crop, such as tomatoes. potatoes or
corn.
1T is rank feeder. as evidenced by
it's tremendous root system. and as all
plants take their food in solution both
food and moisture must be present to
sustain the young plant"
Says the Orange Judd Farmer:
There is no longer question but
that alfalfa can be grown anywhere
The only requirement is that the soil
be free from surplus moisture. In 9th
er words, it must be well drained.
This being accomplished. clay sub
soil or even hard pan is no barrier.
Alfalfa roots have been known to
grow through twenty feet of hard
clay.
1T is a very profitable crop. When
sold for hay good crop will bring
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26
ALFALFA is FORAGE KING.
Grows Anywhere, Needs Only Intelli-
gent Care and Brings Big Prices.

Here are some points on alfalfa in
dicating principally its value to every
farmer east. west. north or south. MIR.
John Waelti of Wisconsin i'll an inter
esting letter TO Hoard's Dairyman says
in part:
six years ago many farmers in the
vicinity of Monroe claimed it would
not grow on their land. Several farm
ers started with small patch and
soon found it to be good feed. Year
by year they continued growing it in
larger fields. Last year they raised
such an amount that by heating in
the NOW it caught fire and destroyed
lots of feed and many buildings. But
that can all be overcome. If alfalfa
is properly cured there is no more dan
ger in itself heating than in timothy
hay.
"A recent article in farm paper
tells how farm proprietor in Texas
sowed five acres of alfalfa and soon
discovered its value Six years later
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

IBy courtesy Long Island Agronomistl
from S15 To $50 per acre. When used
for stock feed il will often return $50
to $50. When grown for seed very
frequently $50 has been secured.
But in considering alfalfa the re-
turn from the crop is not the only
considera ton. 1t adds greatly to the
richness of the soil. 1t takes nitrogen
from the air and stores it up in large
quantities for future crops. 1t is a pro-
tein feed and promises to solve the
cheap feed problems on the high
priced lands of the middle west.
Farmers in this locality must have
cheap feed if they are TO raise live
stock at profit They must have live
stock if they are to keep up the fer
tility Of their land. Corn and alfalfa,
the corn being made into silage. with
the addition of little grain. will make
milk, produce growth in young AMI
mails. will fatten beef cattle, will sus-
tain horses. will assist in making pork
cheaply and will produce eggs without
number 1t is also the best of mutton
makers In fact. no words Of com
mendation can be considered extrava-
CANT. The plant is a marvel, and OF
this there can be no doubt"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

The old world has mighty little TO
offer boys who start out in life at ten
years old sucking cigarettes, except
quarters in insane asylums. penitentia-
ries or jobs holding down dry goods
boxes. rubbing the sand off depot walls
at train time or touring the country on
brake beams. None of these Occupa-
tions, by the way, yields very hand
some salary. 1t is well for the boy to
look into the future far enough to
make up his mind whether he wants
to hang out with this kind of company.
If he doesn't he would better cut the
cigarettes out.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

There are all too many chaps who
haven't time to monkey or fuss" test
ing seed corn who stupidity spend
hours and even days later i'll the sea-
son cultivating bare ground in fields
which have half or third Of i stand
because the seed used wasn't any good.
And it is often these same fellows who
blame the weather or the party in
power or their bad luck because they
don't get ahead in the world.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

The present day practice of building
dairy barns so that they will be pro-
vided with abundance of fresh air and
sunlight is no longer viewed as fad
by men who think. These conditions
mean health to the cows, which means
increased milk yield. and this means
more money in the bank; hence it re-
solves itself down to a practical dol
lars and cents proposition. language
that ought to be understood by the
most dull Of understanding.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Regrettable as the fact is, truth
compels the statement that up to date
the most skilled specialists i'll the
medical world have not been able to
discover a medicine that will kill the
germs that cause cancer and tubercu-
lOsiS. Other measures sometimes eff
feet cure in individual cases. but
seldom medicine taken internally.
Medicines claimed to have this power
are ON the market. but primarily for
the purpose of separating sick folks of
their money.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

The putting Of the lawn mower away
when through using it and the rub
bling of the hoe and wheel cultivatOrs
bright when through using them are
largely matters of habit. 1t is well to
remember that it is just about as easy
to form the right habit along this line
as to fall into the bad one of leaving
the tools wherever one happens to get
through using them.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Not a little pleasure and real salts
faction can be got out of placing a
shallow dish on the lawn and supply
ing it with fresh water every day or
two. The birds will discover it very
quickly and will come to the dish to
drink and battle. where their performs
ances will prove very interesting TO
the members of the household.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Townspeople whose places are Dor
dered with shade trees can do a real
favor to the drivers perched on the
tops Of loads of hay or straw or other
high loads by keeping the limbs which
droop into the roadway trimmed up.
1t does not sweeten a fellows temper
to have a part of his cargo pulled off
into the highway or to get a scratch
or welt across the face from these
Overhanging limbs.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

The damp cellar may not be pri-
marfly due to too much shade about
the house, but there is no getting
around the fact that the situation is
aggravated by such shade. The germ
destroying sunshine and fresh air
ought to enter the cellar windows dur
ing a part of every day.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

There is good reason to believe that
the codling worm injury to apples this
year in those sections where the crop
was wiped out by frost last year will
be greatly reduced owing to the fact
that there were mighty few apples left
on which the eggs could be laid and in
1t is another illustration of the old saw
Its an i'll wind that blows no good.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26
DunvilIe.

w. V. Rubarts attended the
picnic at Columbia.
10 Thomas and Claud Dicken-
son were in Russell Springs last
week on business.
Miss Fannie Evans, Eunice,
visitad Miss Bertha 10y, Satur-
day and Sunday.
Charlie Piles, of Hustonville,
was in this community afew days
ago on business.
Born 10 the wife of R. L. Dick
enson, son.
Mr.. Ellis. CampbellsvilIe, has
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

1t is a pretty good rule 10 follow to
cut out the trees about the house or
trim the limbs up until the blue grass
will get foothold. Blue grass needs
about so much sunshine to do well.
and the folks in the house are the bet
ter for about the same amount.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Many are the drivers of horses who
strangely seem to overlook the fact
that harness repairs are cheaper than
labor involved in equine funerals
Added to this is the possibility thai
the driver may get his neck broken in
the scrape and need the services of as
undertaken.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Not the least of the good points that
can be urged in favor of the silO is
that it can be used 10 provide succu'
lent ration during the summer dry
spell, when flies are bad and when the
milk COWS often fail considerably in
their milk supply.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

A York state orchardist reports lot
Of time saved in clearing brush from
his orchard using two horse lake.
1t took One-fourth the time TO do it
that it would by hand.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

A new interest has been shown in
irrigation in this country within the
past few years, and in particular since
the passage of the reclamation act by
congress. vet irrigation as a practice
of agriculture is as old as that of
scratching the surface of the soil with
a stick. the fOrerunner of the mod
ern chilled steel pillow. Mesopotamia.
west show the remains of irrigation
systems hoary with age that hundreds
of years ago lapsed into ruin and dis
use.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

Figures gathered by investigators in
the federal department of agriculture
show that those engaged in the poultry
business in the United States suffer a
loss of S45,OOOOOO. or 10 per cent of
the annual value of the egg output,
S3OO.0OO,O00. through the careless
handling of the product. This loss is
traced TO failure to provide adequate
and clean nesting places. irregularity
in gathering, keeping in warm instead
of cool places and infrequency Of
marketing. 1t is safe to say, in addi-
ton. that the bulk of this loss is sus-
tanned by farm poultry raisers rather
than those who make of poultry rails
ing a primary business. The leak is
one that should be stopped.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26
Visit Our Biz Establishment

been drilling wells in this COM
munity for the past two weeks.
He will begin drilling for the
Ross Lead mine soon. We hope
to be able to report a rich strike
The vault and founda ton for
the Bank building is completed.
They hope to be ready for bust
ness in three month.
Ray Wilkerson, of Louisville,
is visiting his grandfather, Mr..
w. E. Cundiff for a few weeks.
The farmers are finishing their
crops and the women are very
busy picking berries.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26
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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

While the sweet potatoes grown in
the north do not develop the sweet
ness and quality of the New Jersey or
more southern product. one can still
raise u pretty fair article. The soil in
which they are planted should be rich,
light and mellow and should so lie as
TO receive as much warmth as possible
from the sun. slope to the south. with
shelter Of some kind TO the north being
preferable. While the practice is often
followed of planting them on ridges.
this is not imperative if the soil is
well drained and is kept thoroughly
cultivated
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

We heard the other day of tactful
fellow who got the better of balky
horse by hopping out of the rig and
pretending to adjust something about
the harness. By the time he had tied
and united the rump strap or monkey
ed with the tug or bride bit and got
back into his seat the horse was ready
to start on. The writer has had equal
ly good results while cultivating with
horses inclined to balk by backing
them up a few steps and then starting
ahead. But all schemes fail at times.
and, like others. we have sat for good
half hour, with the thermometer regis
tering 10 degrees F. in the shade In
the vicinity of our rear collar button.
waiting for Tom to get over balky
streak. 1t takes a stack of patience.
much philosophy and all or more re-
ligion than fellow can muster to
keep sweet tempered when he has one
OF the ornery critters on his hands.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-07-26

The Iowa experiment station has
been gathering data recently relative
to the damage done by the wheat
head army worm in several counties OF
the state Two broods Of the worm
hatch, the first feeding from late In
May until well into July and the sec
ond from the middle Of August until
frost. Measures which have been tried
to reduce the pest show that early cut
ting Of badly infested fields is help;
also keeping the grasses cut on the
roadsides and in the fence corners
and early fall blowing. Most effective
Of all as preventive measure was
found to be the pasturing of infested
fields during the early fall. The dam
age done by the worm is largely In the
seed head, its habit being to eat the
seeds and drop the chat. In some
fields examined as high as 40 per cent
of the timothy seed heads were found
damaged.