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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
CoIors Warm and Cold.

One clear. cold winters day Benja
min Franklin spread a number Of
handkerchiefs carefully on level
stretch of snow. One of the handker-
chiefs was black. another white and
the others of various colors. Some
time afterward he returned and re-
moved the hankerchiefS carefully one
by one. measuring the depth of snow
under each. Under the black handker-
chief he found that the snow had melt
ed considerably; under red handker-
chief, almost as much: under a blue
handkerchief, very little. and under the
white one scarcely any. By this simple
experiment he learned that color has a
great deal to do with the warmth of
clothing. White sheds the suns heat
almost as we'll as an oilskin sheds
water; blue is nearly as heat proof;
green Is less so; yellow is warm color,
red a still warmer color. while black
soaks up almost all the suns heat that
strikes it. Make the experiment some
time and you will see why black
clothes are out Of place in the summer
time and white ducks in winter
Christian Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29

is called ''the bell with the wall Of
child in its voice" When first cast
the bell sounded with a harsh and
cracked note. and the superstitious en-
peror, fearing an i'll omen. consulted
with his magicians. These gentlemen
held a long confab and finally stated
that the bell would never sound right
until live child was given to it. The
mass was then melted again, and a
live baby was thrown into the molten
metal The wall Of agony uttered by
the little tot as the bronze engulfed
it seemed to be repeated every. time
the bell was tolled. and today the
Koreans still claim that the wall Of a
child can be heard in the voice Of the
metal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Experience Boy VIII Remember.

While exploring one of the big dis
used Martello towers, near Waterford
harbor, ireland, which was formerly
used for military purposes, a boy
named Charles Cummins had a ter
rible experience few days ago.
When he pushed open one heavy iron
door it suddenly banged and shut on
his fingers. In agony. he shouted for
help, but he was kept a helpless
prisoner all night, and till late next
morning. when he was rescued by a
passer by.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
THE KINGS CHAMPION.
Westminster Hall, Where His Chal.
Ienee Used to Be Uttered.

Westminster Hall, Where His ChaI.
Ienge Used to Be Uttered.
Westminster hall, in London. was
built originally by King William Ru-
fus Q056-11OO and tradition goes that
the oak of its ceilings was brought
from the forest Of Shillelagh. in Ire
land, timber which possessed peculiar
properties rendering it hateful to spi-
ders and their webs. Richard II.
transformed the hall. Leaving the old
walls standing, he buttressed them
strongly and raised over them the
magnificent roof Of oak which is still
extant and intact. 1t is ninety-two
feet high. The length Of the hall is
200 feet, it's breadth sixty-eight feet.
1t was large enough for mounted men
to enter in order to challenge any who
would dispute the rights, Of the king.
a ceremony that is quantity described
as follows on the occasion of the coro-
nation of Richard III. and Queen Anne
in 1888:
'In the afternoons the King and
Queene entered the hall. and the King
safe in the midle. and ye Queene on We
left side Of the table. and on every
side of her stoode a Countesse, hold
ing a cloth of Pleasance when she
listed for to drink. And on the right
hand Of We King safe We Archbishop
Of Canterbury. The ladyes safe all on
one side in We midle Of the hall. and
at the table against them safe the
Chancellor and all the Lords. And at
the table next the cupboard safe We
Mayor Of London. At the Sec
ond course came into We hall Sr. Rob
ert Dimmock. the Kings Champion,
making Proclamation that whoever
would say that King Richard was not
lawful King. he would fight with him
at the utterance. and threw down his
gauntlet, and then all the hall cryed
King Richard
"And then one brought him cupp
Of wine covered, and when he had
drunk he cast out the drinke and de-
parted with the cupp. = At the
end of the dinner the Mayor Of Lon
don served the King and Queene with
sweete wine, and had Of each Of them
a cupp Of gold and a cover of gold.
And by that time that all was done, it
was darke nighte, and so the King re-
turned to his chamber, and every man
to his lodging"
The last time that the hall was the
scene Of the challenge of the kings
champion was at the coronation of
George ".
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Icelanders' Gloves.

In so cold a climate as Iceland the
glove must be put of or on as rapidly
and easily as possible; so 1t is made
without fingers, and in order that no
time may be wasted in distinguishing
between right and left all gloves have
two thumbs. You simply thrust your
hand into the first glove that comes
and your thumb Immediately finds its
way. There are, of course, draw
backs in the matter of appearance,
for the dangling idle thumb looks un-
tidy.-London Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
The Re+ort Sarcastic,

"That new family next door borrow
ed our AK again this morning." his
wife told Jones.
"Well. why did you lend it to them"
he complained.
''How could help it?'
"You might have given them some
kind of an excuse"
Mrs. Jones waXed sarcastic.
Yes" she snapped. Il might have
told them that you were going to use
it-or some other crazy, impossible
thing Telegram.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Medicine In Asia Minor.

Most of the people living In the
villages and towns of Asia Minor
know nothing about remedies or any
kind, except the few made OF roots
and herbs growing nearby. and
physicians services are rarely called
for; consequently the mortality
among the people is very great In
the larger cities and communities on
the main roads there are many ply
sicians.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Books the True University.

"The true university of these days"
says Carlyle, 'is collection OF
books" The man who is not brought
into intimate contact with books in
his youth, who has not learned to love
them and how to use them. suffers a
loss which it is almost impossible to-
make good.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Killed Two Foxes With One Shot

While Alexander Thomson, a game
keeper, was out on Benyvrackie hfll-
Perthshire, Scotland, some days ago,
he came upon two dog foxes fighting.
He fired at the pair. with the re-
markable result that both were killed
by the one shot
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Pavilion Is kaIsers DESIGN.

Over the fountain Augusta Victoria
at Hamburg is to be built pavilion
after the style of a Roman temple.
This has been designed by the Ger
an emperor, who has also composed
the following inscription for the
fountain: "Nymph, dispense the heal
ing waters to the sick; may God re-
store them. cured and rejoicing, to-
their families"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Have 70 Learn to Spell.

More than half of the young
women at Wellesley college have
been found deficient in ability to spell
we'll. Six hundred students are to
give up their Saturday afternoons as
we'll as other recitation periods Of the
week to drills in photography.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
What She Didn't Understand.

A Boston girl who was watching a
farmer milk a COW adjusted Ter
glasses and said: ut is all very plain
except that l don't understand how
you turn 1t off,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
In the Future.

Some years hence the men now
known as farmers may be referred to-
as 'the wealthy land owning class
and cease to be the subjects OF spe~
cial solicitude
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Bell With the Wall of a Child.

A queerly shaped gong which occu-
pies a position Of honor in the center
Of the city Of Seoul, Korea, is said to
be one Of the largest in the world and
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29
Courage and cowardles.

Fear Is far more painful to COW
ardice than death to true courage -
Sidney.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-29

3 Let US figure with you on
on your next work.
Our facilities are the best, having
lust installed two of the latest I'M
proved Chandler & Price Job
Presses -come around and see them
work.
Our type is new and modern
faces.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01

Is the man at the head of the brick
works. He also knows his business
and the piles of brick in the walls and
lying about all over the hill ready to
be placed in the new buildings show
that he is not only practical but indus
trious.
Another gentleman about the mines
who makes q Fairmonter feel consid.
eFably at home when there is Mr.. Gus
Watkins, the police oificer for the com
pany. Mr.. Watkins finds enough to-
do TO keep pretty busy, but he has had
mo serious trouble In his bailiwick and
manages to keep the peace and, dignity
OF the town above that OF many min
ing towns.
Mr.. A. G. Polling is the inside fore.
man who Is pushing tho work so rap.
idly under the ground. While his work
does not show up to the visitor as con.
spicuously as that on the outside the
fact that over SIX miles OF entTles have
been dviven to date gives some idea
OF the extent OF the underground work
which is going forward so successful
~ under Mr.. Poling's direction.
D, w. Buoy is the young man in
charge Of the store. II is his business
10 keep in stock not something Just
as good" but that which satisfies the
requirements OF the miners who are
most all good livers at Annabelle
Mr.. Hal Dill issthe chief clerk In
charge Of the office and has for his as
sistants Mr.. Lloyd Bally, formerly Of
the Federal mines and Mr.. II. B.
Brown.
Mr.. "A. @. Gleason, of Pittsburg, IS
the chief engineer for the company but
the active constructive work Is il the
charge Of Mr., p. G. Aud Z lylsiUA az
gineer,
The -Four States Coal and Coke
Company is only one Of the many com;
panies headed by MID, n, Jones and
his associates operating large mines
lin different sections Of the country, one
lof the largest Of which Is the famous
Mariana mine OF Pennsylvania. An.
| other West Virginia operation Is 70
be found In Raleigh county Ms Y.
In, Jones is the president Of the com:
many and Is associated With Messrsi
John H. and I. P. Jones spslt y. plain
| to be seen that itslsaa ease mere
Clones pays the freight lkefall yg and
truly mo leylty intended y
The Joneses are not only the imam
| cial power behind the development but
\ they are the practical COIL men Who
lhave worked their way 70 prominence
| sinFt the mining world enjoyed by . I'm
lifted few, from the bot ONT be inniina
1 witt tie smaller thing tliey leaIr,ed
i so gei 10 do about cir ;lliu
growing into expeiIepee Is largef
/ fhings we're PIE ented 70 tlleft The
Idea fhaf aii n falss " make sue
ceesiul coal operator Is a barrel q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01

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money and a tract Of coal iand Is q
most erroneous one. The siiccessilll
operators are the ones with the prac.
teal experience that has come tlifougl
years of close appllea Ion 70 tie blial.
ness and many times BY undergoing
hardships that would cause the less NJ.
sourceful and ambitions ones % tufu.
to other yocations for Al iselitood
The Joneses have built their fortune
ioH. the solid foundation 81 rngged ex.
perience and to such gentlemen west
Virginia extends the welcome hand Of
5fellowsip with standing Invitation 10
come among our hills 10 dew lopand
share the wealth OF opr3 naiuEal 81
sources.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01


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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01

"Wbat Is a soldier Of fortune, pa?" Z.
"a soldier Of fortune, son, is a vaga-
bond who fights for anybody who asks
him. and then puts up an awful scream
for help from his own country when
he gets into trouble."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01

eWhat we want is economy" said
one statesman.
81 thought you wanted appropria-
,tions, " replied the other.
al want both; economy for your con-
stituents and appropriations for nine"
Washington Star.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-01

Her Future Husband-''I'm afraid
our wedding trip will take all the cash
I've saved up"
Mrs. Reno!Freed (cheeringlyl-
Never mind, dear, a wedding trip
only happens once in three or four
years. Red Hen. g
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
Tho Seals Marvellous Instinct.

The instinct of the seal is ...art eious It will leave it's young on the ice in the morning and. going down through a hole. remain away all day swim ming in search of food. Returning in the evening. it will locate it's offspring in the same patch" among hundreds of thousands of other baby seals not withstanding that the ice may have wheeled or drifted fifty or sixty miles during the day from wind and tide and notwithstanding that the patch may extend thirty or forty miles from one end to the other. Whether this instinct is of the class that enables the bird without any mark or chart in a forest with millions of trees alike to find its way back with ease and preci- sion to its nest I do not know. but 1t is one of those wonders in nature before which human knowledge is brought to a full stop.-Sir Edward Morris in Wide World Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
Her Sridoe Prize.

X decided coldness between two wo- men who had been friends for many years is the result of mistake made by the maid of one of them who had had four table bridge party one afternoon recently. In keeping with the custom. she had provided n prize for each table, to be brought te the card room just before tea was served and placed on the tables which bore the corresponding numbers. It was a lovely party" in every respect, with never a hitch until the woman at No. 3 opened the parcel which was sup posed to contain her trophy of victory over her three competitors. but which really contained piece of perfumed soap. Unfortunately. the hostess was not in the group when the package was opened. and much had been said before she discovered that the wrong bundle had been brought downstairs New York Tribune.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
The JekylI and Hyde Idea.

"I was in Stevenson's company" says Charles Brookfield in Random Remi niscences." "at the moment that he conceived the germ of the Idea of .Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde He was in weighing against man with whom he had done business and with whom he was dissatisfied. The mans name was Samuel Creggan, or something like l. He's man who trades on the Sam uel,' Stevenson declared. He receives you with Samuel's smile on his face, with the gesture of Samuel he invites you into chair, with Samuel's eyes cast down in self depreciation he tells you how well satisfied his clients have always been with his dealings. but every now and again you catch a glimpse of the Creggan peeping out like a white ferret. Creggan's the real man; Samuel's only superficial
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
Orchard and Garden.

Some orchards have soil fertility. bui need spraying; some are sprayed. bu need pruning. and so on Find ou what it is that is limiting the orchards productivity.
 Winter is one of the best times of the year for transplanting trees Take them up with d large ball of frozen earth about their roots. The frozen ball of earth is perfect protection te small and tender roots.
 When the thaw comes see that the grapevine trellis is put into nice condi ton. Stralghten posts. tighten and fas ten wires, tie up the vines. remove and burn brush
 To make chrysanthemums bushy and compact pinion the branches back from time to time.
 Dig out and burn all dead a,.d badly diseased fruit trees. Put the ashes in the hole where fhe tree stood Before resetting the trees mix q few shovel fuls of well rotted manure with the soil. This win accelerate the growth Of the young trees.
 NoVelists ln Monastcries.
 TolstOy was not the Lrst Iuodern writer to seek refuge ill q monaster. from the troubles and tribuIauo.l, oi the world. The French note .sl Huysmans also did so, but he 1id uoi remain in the monastery very long, be cause his conception of tie religious life differed from that of the monks It was his pleasant habit to sally forti in evening dress with a flower in his buttonhoIe to dine in town and to re turn. charioted sometimes by Bacchus to knock the monks up in the smal hours of the morning. They did no ike that, and 80, though they hat the highest regard for their guest' literary gifts. they suggested that private hotel would suit his way ol life better than a convent.-ExchanSs.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
Hts Srs1kneas Wor.

Tn, late Senator Deliver said that i1 politics 1t paid to be frank and honest with the people.
 My predecessor in the senate" be said. was John II. Gear. On one oc. casion the prohibition spirit was run uing high. and a public meeting was he'd. with well known Quaker as chairman. Gear was invited 10 the meeting. He accepted the invitation. The old Quaker called him 60 the plat form and said;
 "'We learn that thou dost not belong 10 any temperance society and also that thou dost drink liquor at thy dis cretion Is this trueT
 Every word of it is true replied Gear, but did you ever hear of my doing anything dishonorableT
 May. Mir. Gear replied the old Quaker chairman nay, we have never heard anything else Co thy discredit. Thy frankness is more to he commend ed than thy habits. But thou hast not lied to us. and we will support thee
 And they did" said Senator Dol liver, "snd elected him too."-Wash- ington Star.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
C arm ana
 Garden
WATER AS 4 CROP.
Good Trades In Bottle Product possi
 bic lu Many Localities.

Good Trades In Bottle Product Possi-
 ble lu Many Localities.
 Water as a crop has not received the attention from farmers which 1t de serves. according to experts who have investigated the matter. In their opin. ion there are many districts in this country in which profitable trades in bottled water could be worked up at little cost to the farmers, provided. of course. they have never failing springs of pure water from which to supply the demand.
 A great many cities are complaining of the inferior quality of the water fur nished by the city waterworks. and the coming of the water wagon" la den with bottles the contents of which would be guaranteed pure and whole some by chemical analysis would be a welcome sight. A recent case in which good business in bottled water has been established is that of farm
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24

BOFrUlNG HOUSE FOR SPRING WATER. CT living within easy hauling dis tanee of a small Pennsylvania city. The city is supplied with water from the Susquehanna river. which at this point is polluted by sewage and other offensive material. Although the wa ter is filtered by the city many per sons consider it not fit to drink. The farmer has a spring of beautifully clear. pure water. He bottles it and conveys it in crates to the city. many of the people of which are glad to pay the moderate price asked for the water The trade Is profitable to the owner of the spring. although he has gone to the expense of putting in pump to draw the water into the house where the bottles are filed and q sterilizer for washing the bottles. The spring itself is walled. boxed and guaranteed dirt proof. The picture shows one view of the house in which the water is bottled.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
The nights arc long, and this
 is good time to call the mem bers of the family and hired hands together after the even
 ing meal and discuss the plans for the year.
The Profitable Cow.

A COW must produce about 4.000 pounds of milk and 160 pounds of but ter fat to pay for her feed and labor. This is the dead line: 5000 pounds milk, S10 profit; 5000 pounds milk, $40 proft-four times as much. Ten cows averaging 5000 pounds of milk are as profitable as forty cows producing 5000 pounds. The cost of keep In creases but S35 per COW. from 2.0O0 to 10000 pounds of milk given. yet the income increases $115. or over three times as rapidly.-Professor W. J. Fraser, University of Illinois.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-24
KILLING WITCH GRASS.
Two Ways of Fighting the Pasture
 Weed Oeseribed-One Is Unusual.

One spring witch grass began to show in a clover pasture It was A wet season. and we couldn't keep it down. says Wisconsin correspondent of the American Culuvator. The next season l put some ground into cab bage. just little cabbage along where this quack was. and there is one of the crops that will help to clean the land by the amount of thorough cultivation of the ground hoed 1t out all sum. mer long, clear on up tO the lSt of Sep tember. and last season put strip of corn again on this same ground in or der to kill the quack out if there was any left, but 1 failed to find any there at all. and 1t was cleaned out just by working 1t thoroughly with the cab bage crop the year previous.
 A somewhat unusual method of fight. ing witch grass was described in a Wisconsin farmers meeting The in fested land was heavily manured in the winter or spring and the manure narrowed two or three times to work 1t down among the roots and stimulate Tdnlu EToNtu. NhANh rugs tHt iVpNs nearer the surface. When the grass begins to bloom Is rec koned as it's weakest stage, when 1t is most easily destroyed. It is then plowed under. using chain to turn under the tops and then carefully bury all the grass. The field is then narrowed and disk narrowed. the harrow being set over so as to slightly loosen the upper soil. Then buckwheat is narrowed In. two bushels per acre.
 It was found that the buekwheat will keep down all the witch grass surviy. ing. and the little that is left will be killed if the field is ploved and left in the furrow over winter No attempt is made to harvest the huekwheat. but the improvement of the soil In the de struction of the witch grass is eonsid cred sufficient repayment for the use of the land one year Those who would be unwilling to give up their land entirely for a season could plant a hood crop even after the witch grass had hloomed and was turned under No doubt q hood crop would more thor. oughly kill out the grass than any oth. CT means and would afford some direct return for the labor.