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The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
GARBLED QUOTATIONS.
Popular Passages That Are Frequently
Rendered Incorrectly.


Rendered Incorrectly.
Almost everybody who quotes at all
misquotes. Nothing is more commoL
than to hear:
A man convinced against his will
Is OF the same opinion still.
This is an impossible condition Of
mind. for no one can be convinced of
one opinion and Mt the same time hold
to an opposite one. What Butler wrote
was eminently sensible:
He that complies against his will
Is Of his own opinion still.
A famous passage Of Scripture is Of
ten misquOted thus: "IIe that is with.
out sin among you let him cast the
first stone" 1t should be. "Let him
first cast a stone"
Sometimes We are told. Behold. how
great fire little matter kindleth."
whereas st. James said. Behold. how
great matter aNittle fire kindleth."
which Is quite different thing.
We also hear that "a miss is as good
as a mile" which is not as sensible
or fOrciblc as the true proverb. "A
miss Of an inch is rs good as miie"
Look before you leap" should be
And look before you ere you leap"
Pope is generally credited with hav-
ing written:
Immodest words admit of no defense.
For want OF decency is want Of sense,
though it would puzzle any one to find
the verses in his writings. They were
written by the Earl of Roscommon.
who died before Pope was born.
Franklin said. Honesty is the best
policy" but the maxim is of Spanish
origin and may be found in Don
QuixOte. Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
Blue Tits Love the Bees.

Bees have enemies Of various kinds
like the rest of creation. Every one
knows that many birds are insectiv.
orous. but all insects do not form the
food OF any one species. The bird
which has formed taste for bees is
the blue tit. and if a pair Of these dis
cover suitable nesting place in the
neighborhood Of an apiary it is sur
prising how many bees will be carried
of to satisfy them and their young.
Generally their work is mostly felt
where queen raising,is extensively in
dulged in. for queens and drones being
largest and slowest on the wing form
a desirable and easy prey.-Agricul-
tural Economist
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
CAUGHT BY DRIVER ANTS.
Exciting Experience In West Africa
With These Deadly Pests.

Exciting Experience In West Africa
With These Deadly Pests.
The driver ants are a terrible pest in
West Africa. Crawling over the ground
in countless thousands. invincible to
anything but a wall of fire. they bring
quick death to every live thing unfor-
tunate enough to be caught in their
path and leave behind them the skele-
tons Of lizards. rats. sheep. cattle and
even human beings. In his book end-
tied I'VE Two In West Africa" Major
f. G. Guggisberg recounts the terrors
Of one night when the pests invaded
his house:
heard voices calling. Get up; the
ants are on usr' Sitting bolt upright.
I found the room apparently in dark.
ness. In reality the lantern on the
floor at the foot Of the bed was still
burning. but as I threw my hand out
and felt the heavy weight Of the mos
quito net I suddenly realized that it
was coated with ants 50 thickly that
It kept the light out as effectively as a
velvet curtain.
Two bounds took me out Of that
mosquito net and the hut. but it was
an uncanny feeling when my feet
crunched through the living carpet Of
ants. Hitting the side Of the doorway
in my hasty exit. I brought down a
shower Of the little pests on my head
and shoulders from rafter. wall and
roof. and then the fun began.
Some people say that the ant buries
his head in you and leaves 1t there.
others that he drives some other part
Of his body into you. 1 didn't worry
about examining which theory was
correct. It did not affect the torture
Of the result. For the next ten min.
ues I was standing in a state Of na-
ture in the open. the rain beating
down and the boys. hastily reused.
picking ants Off my body by the light
Of torches.
Twas so ensrossed in this new sport
that I quite forgot about Lees: then I
suddenly realized that he was not
there. I won moral v. g. by going
into that internal place and hauling
him out. He was a pitiable sight in
the torchlight. his hair waving as If
in q breeze rs the ants crawled
through IT. his body black with them.
To pick them of was too slow job.
I seized n tin of kerosene oil and
poured it over him. sweeping the en-
cmy off in thousands. One Of my ham,
mock boys rushed up with flaming
torch. meaning in the kindness Of his
heart to give master more light.
yelled to him to keep away. and he.
thinking he was being urged on.
rushed toward us quicker than ever.
Luckily Lees cook stopped him in
time. and a tragedy was averted.
We spent the remainder of the night
Under a tree. In spite Of the discom-
fort of it all-the persistent rain. the
mist. the smartins pain Of the ant
bites-we could not help laughing ut
the idea Of our helplessness against
the little brutcs that were occupyin.
our comfortable huts. However. tho
only thin: to do was to wait patiently
until they cleared out.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08

An aged cOlored man was passing a
fish store when he stopped to examine
a huge turtle chained in the doorway
rs an advertisement
He had never seen turtle before.
and he prOdded the strange creature
curiously. Suddenly he popped his fin
ger into his mouth with howl Of
pain. After the finger had stopped
bleeding he sazed at it ruefully. then
eyed the turtle apprehensively.
whats the matter. RastusT' asked
the fish dealer. with a grin.
Muffin. sab: muffin. All was Jest
wonderin' whether All had been bit or
stunS."-LippincOtt's
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
An Elusive Water Lily.

The water lily Of the Amazon has
very elusive habits. The buds open
twice. the first time just a chink at
the tip in the early sunrise hours. a
sort Of premOnitory symptom. On the
following evening it spreads its four
sepals with such alacrity that you can
see them move But the big white bud
among them remains unchanged until
4 o'clock in the morning. when it hur-
riedly spreads its blossom wide open.
remaining in this condition only half
an hour. Within the hour II has near
ly closed. and by another hour and a
half the entire flower has been drawn
under water by the coilins Of the stalk.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
Sentimental JurieS.

Maitre Henri Robert. the most IA
nous advocate i'm criminal cases at the
Paris bar. told an audience almost
entirely composed Of ladies that befort'
any jury woman with some youth.
some looks and n pretty voice has fifty
chances out of hundred Of being
acquitted. whereas a man would have
only one. II she knows how to shed
tears at the right moment she need
not worry-a verdict of not guilty
a dead certainty.-Paris Letter.
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Up to His Standard.

A merchant in n small town was
about to become bankrupt for the sew.
enth time. He called in the account
ants to so over his books. When they
had finished they told him he would
be able to pay ) cents on the dollar.
A troubled look came over the mer-
chants face. Heretofore" he said.
II have always paid 10 cents on the
dollar, and I'll do it now" he affirmed
as a benevolent smile overspread his
face. I'll pay the rest out Of my own
pocket" body's.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
- Legal noIsdav.

"BindleswOrfh seems TO rather look
upon his wife with awe
YES. ] met him yesterday. and he
wanted to borrow s. from me. ask.
ed him why he didn't go to his bank
for 1t. and he replied with surprise
that he was unable to conceal:
Why. bless me! I'd forgotten that
the banks were open today. just the
same. You see. this is my wife's birth
day. Chicago Record Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
AS A SOUTHERNER SAW
GRANT.

have mentioned the fact that | had
strong personal reasons for being
friendly to General Grant. If he had
not thrown his shield over me should
have been outlawed and driven into
exile. My battalion was in northern
Virginia ON the Potomac, a hundred
miles from Appomattox, when Gener'
al Lee surrendered. The Secretary Of
War, Mr.. Stanton, Immediately issued
an order directing that all Confederate
soldiers in Virginia should be invited
to surrender, and Offering them the
same paroles that were given to Lees
army, but the order excepted me per.
sonally. General Grant, who was
then all powerful, intcrposed, and sent
me an offer Of the same parole that he
had given General Lee. Such SER
vice l could never forget.
He ais" did another thing which
showed the generosity of his nature.
a few weeks before the surrender a
small party Of my men crossed the
Potomac one night and got into fight,
in which detective was killed. One
ofthe men was captured and sent to
Fort McHenry. After the war he
was tried by military commission
and sentenced to be imprisoned. The
boys mother went to see President
johnson to beg a pardon for her SOD,
but johnson repelled her.
In her distress the mother went over
to the War Department TO scc General
Grant. He listened patiently to her
sorrowful story, then rose and asked
her to 20 with him. He took her to the
White House, walked into the recep.
ton room, and told the President that
there had been suffering enough, and
that he would not leave the room with.
out a pardon for the young SOutherner.
johnson signed the necessary paper.
After my parole, l often was arrest.
ell aud otherwise mOlested.
When my wife passed through
Washington Oh her way to Baltimore,
she determined to 60 to the White
House to make a complaint. Her
father and President Johnson had SER
vel in Congress together, and had been
friends; 50 she told johnson whose
daughter and whose wife she was. He
refused her. She left him and went TO
see General Grant at the War Depart
ment. He treated her rs courteously
As if she had been the wife of Union
soldier, and then wrote letter which
he gave to her. He did not dictate
the letter to a clerk; the whole is in his
handwriting. 1t gave me liberty to
travel anywhere unmolested, as long as
l observed my parole. l preserve
that letter, framed, among my most
precious possessions.
/ once said to General Grant.
General, if you had been South.
ern man, would you have been in the
Southern Army?'
Certainly, he replied.
He always spoke in the friendliest
manner of his old army comrades who
went with the South. Once, speaking
of Stonewall jackson, who was with
him at West Point, he said to me:
jackson was the most conscientious
being l ever knew"
l saw Grant the day when he signed
the Electoral Commission Bill to de.
eide the Hayes.Tilden dispute. He
was in an unusually good humor, and
said that the man in whose favor the
decided should be inaugur.
ated. He talked a good deal about
his early life in the army. and gave a
description Of his first two battles
Palo Alto and Ressca Dc Ia Palma
Col. John s. Aosby in Mnpaeyis Msga.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
This Hard, Cruel World.

Mrs. CrawfOrd-YOu can have all the
bread and butter You want. but no
more cake
Willie-Say. ma. how is il can
never have second helping Of any
Of the things ! like?-I.ippincott's.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
A Reminder.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Didy you think Of
me while was away in the country.
John? Mr.. Crimsonbeak-I certainly
did. dear. wore that necktie you
bought me for my birthday, and every.
body asked where on earth I got 1t,
and mad TO tell them.-Yonkers
Statesman
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
Woes of Wealth.

"Then wealth doesn't bring happi-
neSS:"
"NO. Since we inherited money my
people don't want me to loaf In the
grocery. And I can't get no comfort
out Of lOafing in hank. The hours
are too short "-Pittsburg Post.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
COFFEE OR TEA:

The world is fast adopting coffee
drinking, and Americans are the lead
ers in the movement. The rising gen.
Grafton drinks four cups of coffee to one
of tea, and if the tendency continues
the ratio of difference will be even
more striking. Twenty years ago the
world drank less than half the
amount of coffee that it does now, and
it cost about twice as much rs it does
today. Tea, on the other hand, has
made 70 such marked change either in
price or consumption.
In any restaurant or hotc! in Bos-
ton you will be told that coffee drink.
ing is less esteemed. No artificial in
fluences have brought about this
change Of taste; it occurs siml ly an!
naturally. The stimulating effect If
either drink appeal, to 4 highly i.,r-
vOuS race.
Any wholesale grocery house that
sells both tea and coffee will also tell
you coffee drinking is increasing,
while tea barely holds its own. In
both city and country the same tendcn-
cy toward coffee is seen. Commercial
travellers now sell one chest of tea
where five or six were sold thirty
years ago.
1t would be interesting to speculate
over the influence that this change
may make in the physical life of the
nation. Does tea drinker make q
better soldier than the coffee drinkcr?
Does the soldier who drinks neither
beverage make a superior fighter? 1t
might take long and terrible war to
settle those queries, and as this is the
age when peace has the call, and we all
want it, even if We have to fight to get
it. the inquiry must drop. But coffee
drinking goes on.-Boston Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08

Honorable industry always travels
ihe same road with enjoyment and
duty. and progress is altogether i'm
possible without it-Samuel Smiles.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08

Mrs. Hoyle-Is there much room In
your fat? Mrs Doyle-I should say
not: There isn't room to give any.
BODY q broad hint.-Judse.
The Columbus journal., 1911-03-08
COMBATING THE GERM PERIL

COMBATING THE GERM PERIL.
Reports Of the use Of serums for
combating diseases come with remark
able frequency oflate. Only last week
the repOr. was published that physi,
clan in California has perfected Ii.
quid extract from the metabOlic pro-
ducts given off by the pneumonia
germ. which has worked rapid and
marvellous cures. Within period of
from twenty four hours /" four days
nine cases of pneumonia, one of tubcr-
culosis and one or more oftyPhoil few
er are stated I" have been cured by the
use of the serum.
At the same time physicians of Man.
katO, Mimi, are stated to have deve.
loped the cure of tetanuS by the iniec.
tion of + psom salts into the spinal co.
lumn. Eleyen cases of this heretofore
fatal disease are declared to have been
cured by this remedy.
Relative to these discoveries and the
reported cures effected by them, the
Pittsburg Dispatch observes: THE
four diseases mentioned constitute so
large a share of the ills that flesh is
heir to that such cures as claimed in
these reports will, if verified open up
a new era as important to the life and
health of the world as those introduced
by vaccination and later by the diph.
liberia anti toxin Still, it is well to be
cautious in accepting these remedies as
actually demonstrated. Since the
success of anti.toxin there has been
such a rage for the fighting Of diseases
of serums and injections as to produce
a long list Of reported discoveries
which had roseate start but did not
seem able to maintain the promise of
effectiveness and safety. \ dozen or
so cases Of each disease do Lot afford
reliable test of the remedy or preven-
tive. The results of thousands or tens
of thousands of cases are needed to tell
the story"
The view expressed by the Dis
patch is very sensible ,t,.. to take.
The control of few cases .i each dis.
ease by the use of the newly discover.
ed remedies should not be accepted as
absolutely demonstrating their value
as curative agents.
Still the human race has suffered so
largely from the effects of the four
disease mentioned that further results
from these remedies will be awaited
with much interest.
While the discovery of the new and
effective remedies for the cure of old
diseases will continue to be joyfully
welcomed, it is not unlikely that the
greatest boon to mankind in the way
Of immunity for diseases will come
through an awakening of universal in
terest in prevention. rather than from
the discovery off effective cures
Houston Post.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-13

Keys we're visitors OF Mrs. Mamie Ban
DIV Of Frymire Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Avitt were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Beau
champ, of Clifton Mill, Sunday.
Miss Nav Warrington was the guest
of Mrs. Charlie Payne at Hardinsburg
last week.
Clyde Hardin, Of Chicago, was the
guest Of Sam Brown last week.
The protraeted meeting which has
been in progress at Walnut Grove for
the last two weeks, closed last Tues
day with 81 additions.
Miss Myrtle Deacon, who has been
visiting her sister in Hannibal, Mo.
returned home last week accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Sallie Collins.
Bread baking is guaranteed sue
cess If you use Lewisport BEST Flour.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-13
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Breckenridge Circuit Co:rt, Kentucky.
J. W. Trent, ct. al. Plaintiff, Equity
Against No.
Clyde Kasey, ct. al. DEPENDENT, 5000
BY virture of judgement and Order
of Sale of Breckenridge Circuit Court
rendered at May Term thereof, 1911, in
the above cause, for the sale OF the
hereinafter described Real Estate and
all costs herein, ! shall proceed to offer
for sale at the Court House door in
Hardinsburg, to the highest bidder, at
Public Auction, on Monday the 18th
day of September, l9ll; at one o'clock
p. NJ, or thereabout (being County
Court d ~, upona credit of six months,
the following described property, to-
wit: A tract of land lying and being in
Breckenridge County. Kentucky, and is
known as TRACT NUMBER THREE,
and beginning at a pile of stone in old
road, H. w. Scott's line; thence with
his line S. Is, w s poles TO SCOTS q
Flowers corner-2 post oaks, thence
with Flowers line w l25 poles to two
dead jack oaks, with rocks piled around
them in Flowers line, Carriers Corner;
thence with his and Carman's line N So
w. 1o2 poles to two sand stones piled
one on the other, Carman's corner;
thence N. %, E. 65 poles to a pile of
stone in J. II. Minters line; thence with
J. H. and II. e. Minters line due TOY
poles to a stone on the East side of a
large basin, H. E. Minters & A. b.
Kaseys corner; thence with the division
line of A. b. Kasey 81 II. E. Minter s.
6S e. 1871 poles to the Beginning,
Containing l35 acres, more or less. Out
of this is reserved u acre for burying
ground, to-wit Beginning at a stone
marked IN. E." corner to the lot;
thence S. w. % poles to stone
marked IS" in Kasey 81 Carman's line
thence N. 81 w. 80 poles to a stone,
marked *" in said line, thence S. 50,
e. So poles 10 the beginning.
Purchaser, with approved surety OF
securities must execute bond, bearing
legal interest from the day of sale until
paid. and having the force and effect OF
Judgment. Lein retained to secure
payment of purchase money. Bidders
will be prepared TO comply promptly
with these terms.
Lee Walls, Commissioner,
By Carrie L. Walls, Deputy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-13
FRYMIRE.
Held over from last week.

f16lu over ITOIn last WEEK.
Owing to the nice rain which fell
last week, farmers are very busy plow-
ing ground to sow wheat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spath, of Tell City, Ind.
visited their aunt, Mrs. G. W. Dodson
Saturday.
Rev. Bolton preached an interesting
sermon at the school house on Satur-
day night and returned to Raymond
for his regular appointment Sunday
Miss Mary Gale Cawthon has return
ed to her home in Louisville after
spending the summer with Mrs. II. l..
Bruner.
Miss Mayme Adkisson, of Lodiburg
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.C. W
Bandy.
Miss Alma Keys and brother, viii
bur, were guests Of their aunt, Mrs.
E. f. Kroush.
Roy Dodson is i'll of typhoid fever.
Amandus Biddle has returned to Ind
lana after spending few days with
his parents.
Mrs. Bower, of Indiana, is the guest
of her son, R. w. Bower.
Messes Lille Biddle and Myrl Bash
am attended church at Raymond Sun
day.
Stanford BrasLear was the pleasant
guest of Miss Alma Wathen Sunday.
The Misses Biddle entertained a
large crowd of friends Sunday after
noon. The music rendered by Messrs
Bennett, Austin and Roy O'Bryan was
greatly enjoyed by all.
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if you use Lewisport BEST Flour.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-13
CUSTOM.
Held over from last week.

Several from this place attended
Drury's Colt Show at Bewleyville Sat.
urday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rine Cox and little
daughter, of Irvington, we're guests of
Jim Smiths family Sunday.
Mrs. G. P. Paul is visiting her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Owen Kasey of Bewleyville.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adams, of near
Brandenburg. visited Mrs. Malissa
Smith Friday.
Mrs. Mamie Robertson is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Kagin. at Frank
fort.
Mrs. Oscar Rice and Miss Ava Ander
son spent Sunday at Enron.
Messrs. Myers and Masena Anderson
came down Saturday afternoon from
Louisville in an automobile and attend
ed Masonic Lodge at Bewleyville Sat
urday night.
Misses Hattie Chism and Halle
Thompson were visitors of Mrs. Frank
Thompson's last week.
Mrs. Raymond Durbin and children
left Saturday to join her husband at
Anchorage, where they will reside in
the future.
Miss Minnie Stitn, after spending her
vacation at her fathers, 2. T. Stith,
left Saturday to resume her duties at
Washington City.
Bread baking is guaranteeda success
II you use Lewisport BEST Flour.