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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
As seipio Was to Hannibal So Was
Wellington to Napoleon.

As seipio Was to Hannibal So Was
Wellington to Napoleon.
There is probably no more remark
able historical parallel than that ex-
hibited by the career Of Scipio Afri-
canus, the hero Of the second Punic
war. and the Duke Of Wellington, the
conqueror of Napoleon.
Each was descended from an ancient
and noble family. Each was the
second greatest soldier of his age,
pitted in a life and death struggle
against the greatest AS Scipio was
to Hannibal so wa Wellington to
Napoleon. Hannibal threatened the
very existence of Rome; Napoleon was
on fair way to become the master
Of Europe.
Again, Spain was the center of the
most splendid achievements of both
commanders. The victories of Scipio
in Spain are too well known to need
recapitulation, and Wellington's tri-
umphs in the peninsular war form one
Of the commonplaces of history.
Neither of these great generals met
his arch-adversary until the final and
decisive battles-Zama and Waterloo
respectively. And the result Of both
battles was exile to the defeated
chiefs. Hannibal retired to Ephesus;
Napoleon was depOrted to st. Helena.
But the parallel does not end here.
Both Scipio and Wellington exchanged
military for a political career. And
here the same fate pursued them.
Scipio incurred the enmity of the
Roman senate; Wellington gained the
hostility of the London populace. And
here follows the most remarkable fea-
ture Of the parallel drawn between
these two great men.
Seventeen years elapsed from the
battle of Zama-seventeen years to
the very day-when the great Scipio
was tried on a question of bribery.
He was not slow in his defense to re-
mind his judges that on that day he
had saved the republic. Seventeen
years elapsed from the battle of Water
loo-seventeen years to the very day
when the great Wellington had to
take refuge from the attack Of Lon
don mob, angered on account Of his Op-
position to the parliament reform bill.
The only point in which the parallel
fails is this: Scipio died outside his be-
loved city Of Rome; Wellington has
his monument In St. Paurs cathedral,
London. But the parallel between the
careers of these two extraordinary men
remains as one of the curioSitieS of
history.-Youth's Companion
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
KING soLoMoN's MINES.

They May Have Been the Ancient Gold
Workings at Rhodesia.
Rhodesia, that province of British
Africa lying between the Zambezi and
the Limpopo rivers, has considerable
deposits Of gold. The ancients mined
and carried away enormous quantities
of the precious metal, but under the
scientific mining systems Of the pres
ent day their operations will be greatly
surpassed.
1t has been thought that Rhodesfa
was the ancient land of Ophir, the land
Of the mysterious king Solomon's
mines," but this theory is strongly
combated by some Investigators. The
ancient gold workings are the basis of
modern workings. For every ten
square miles of Rhodesia, it is stated,
there was one ancient mine-that is,
there are $1,000 old workings-which
means that stupendous wealth was
dug out OF the earth before the days of
Cecil Rhodes. Much of this wealth
must have gone to the north and east
1t was probably wrought into the
crown of the Queen of Sheba and filed
the Golfers of Solomon.
The ancient smelling furnaces are
said still to be Of easy recognition.
They are sunk into the floor" The
furnace blowpipes are made of the
finest granite powder cement, and the
nozzles of the blowpipes are covered
with splashes of gold. The Innings Of
the holes are covered with specks of
gold. When the first lining became
worn by the heat fresh lining of &C.
ment of an excellent quality, which
has outlasted time, was smeared round
on top of the old lining. 1t is said
that one can take an old lining, split
off the layers with a knife and find
gold splashes in abundance.
The tools of the ancient workers
which have so far been discovered in
clude a small soapstone hammer and
Furnishing stones of water worn rock.
to which gold still adheres. There are
evidences that the ancients carried on
an extensive industry In the manufac-
ture of gold ornaments and utensils.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
NORMANDY NUGGETS.
Stones That Find Their Way Into the
Mouths of MANY People.

1t is far cry from "the lonely
false teeth, but by unexpected paths
we often descend abruptly from the
sublime to the unitarian. Many
man calmly chewing an indestrucible
steak in America little dreams that
the picturesque coast of Normandy has
been sacrificed to provide him with
mOlars. Such is the painful fact, how
ever. If you walk along the southern
shore of the English channel between
Dieppe and Havre you will see men
and boys searching for stones of
certain size and shape from a varied
collection of rocks which form the
beach. These are put into sacks and
shipped to America, where they are
converted into porcelain.
The industry-for such is the term
used to designate this invigorating oc-
cupation-has grown to considerable
proportions in the past few years. Its
simplicity is perhaps its greatest
charm. Having once learned the kind
of stone you are looking for, all that
is required OF you Is TO PICK 1t up.
If you do this steadily and uncOm-
plainingly for several hours you will be
sure to fill sack. Then all you have
to do is to fling it jauntily over your
shoulder, run across the powders to
the superintendent and demand !
franc.
f. With this wealth in your pocket you
can then sit down and look dreamily
over the water while you allow your
Imagination full play. You seem to
see the stones after a long voyage
across the Atlantic being slowly
rescued from their rude state. Bit by
bit they are dragged from their print
tive nothingness up to the heights of
twentieth century porcelain. They are
then shaped, polished, mounted on a
gold pivot-but why go into it? 1t is
too painful Minneapolis Bellman.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Deserted at the End.

William the Conqueror was man of
very gross habit Of body and at the
siege of Nantes was hurt by the rear
ing of his horse. the pommel Of the
saddle striking the king In the abdO-
men and causing injuries from which
ne died in q few days. Before his
death he was deserted by all his at
tendants, who stole and carried OF
even the coverings of the bed on which
he lay. The body remained on the door
Of the room in which the king died for
two days before it was buried by char
liable monks from a neighboring mon
astery.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
MAKING SHOT.
The Tower Process Used Only For the
Smaller Sizes.

The Tower Process Used Only For the
Smaller Sizes.
The tower process of making shot
was invented by William Watts, a
plumber Of Bristol, England, in 1859.
His tower was built by saving a
square hole in the center of the various
floors Of his house and locating a well
in the cellar, into which the globules
of molten lead dropped and were in
stantly cooled and hardened. Watts
secured a patent in 1882 and sold his
London rights in 1900 for $4S,665.
His tower is still in use, although it
has been heightened by the addition of
is poured into a sieve-like receptacle
at the top Of the tower, and these
molten drops. falling into the well,
120 feet below, form the shot, which
are then passed through a polishing
grader. They are then spilled from a
hopper on to an inclined plane, the per-
feet shot running on second plane,
while the imperfect drop through an
opening between. The shot pass over
four series of planes, and only the per-
feet reach the last plane.
A larger size than BIB cannot be
made by this process. The larger
sizes, including shrapnel, are made by
two different processes. In the me-
dunn size a wire of the proper ma
terial is fed into machine which
mashes it into a ribbon shape and
punches irregular formed shot. The
largest are made by pouring the metal
into long bullet molds, which, in cool
ing, form irregular shot The various
sizes are then placed, each by itself,
in gins. which are revolved for six
hours, when the shot come out perfect
ly smooth spheres.-Boston Globe.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Twice Convicted.

Another lawyers story arrives. We
are told that man was charged with
picking a pocket the other day and
that when arraigned he pleaded guilty.
The case went to the jury, however.
and the verdict was not guilty. And
the court spoke as follows:
"You don't leave this court without
a stain on your character. By your
own confession you are a thief. By
the verdict of the jury you are liar"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Quaker Cemetery In Prospect Park

There is Quaker cemetery in
Prospect park west. Brooklyn. The
cemetery is much older than the
park, and when the park was organ
lied it was done with the understand
ing that the Friends playground was
not to be disturbed. The pact will
probably always be kept. The GENE
terry covers several acres-say. from
eight to ten-and is beautifully situ-
ated on one of the most commanding
hills in the park. 1t is still used for
burial purposes.-New York American
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
First Title of VANITY Eair.n

Brighton. England. holds memories
Of Thackeray. 1t was while staying
at the Old Ship that he commenced
novel which was to be called pencil
Sketches of English Society" One
night as he was lying in bed a better
title suddenly occurred to him.
Il jumped out of bed" he told Miss
Perry afterward. land ran three times
round my room, uttering as / went.
Vanity Fair Vanity Fair Vanity
Fair"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

How few, comparatively, of
the young people of the present
day, appreciate as they should
the inestimable privileges they
enjoy. Surrounded as are the
young in all cities and most
towns, with all the opportunities
necessary for the cultivation Of a
literary taste, not one in thous-
and appear to improve these
golden chances. Occasionally it
is true we meet with a young
man or woman VINO firmly pfssss . :. !
the idea that knowledge is DOW
en-" but these, unfortunately.
are the exceptions, not the rule
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Cause of Her Haste.

Gould you wait on me before the
othersT asked the woman in the drug
store. II am In a great hurry" The
drug clerk complied and filled her
prescription Immediately. THANK you
so much" she said. II am afraid that
Fido will awake before l return and
miss me."-Buffalo Express.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Protection.

II understand that you don't speak
to your neighbors."
mot any more than necessary" re-
Piled Mr.. Groucher. ''Of course they
are fine neighbors, but we also have
4 fine cook. and we don't care to have
them get acquainted with her"-Wash-
lngton Star.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
The BRIGHT Side.

Let US look on the bright side Of
things. Nothing is ever as bad as Il
might be-"
You're right. Take the coats that
women wear, for instance. They might
be made to button down the back
Chicago Record Herald.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Recompense.

Miss Passay-You have saved my
life. young man. How can 1 repay
you? How can l show my gratitude?
Are you married? Young Man-Yes;
come and be a cook for us.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Test Of Patience,

She-But how am to know you will
be patient and forbearing when we're
married? Hell can put fourteen and
half ssandup collar on No. Is shirt
without saying a word.-variety Life.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Unconstitutional.

Mrs. Pinhead-You said before we
were married that my word should be
law. Mr.. Pinhead-That was before
! found out that the law was uncon-
stitutional.-Phil Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
On the Farm.

Zone could easily guess those city
children had financier for father"
"WhyY"
Because they are either in the barn.
yard specializing about the stock or
gamboling in the wheat and corn
Baltimore American.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
A Duty.

Look here, Ben, what did you shoot
at me fer? l amt got no quarrel with
you.
you had feud with Jim Wombat.
didn't yep
81 did, but Jim's dead"
I'm his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

Galesburg. Hillary Nelson
eighteen years old, died in the
hospital here from loss of blood.
caused by a eunshot wound.
When hunting the boy was shot
accidentally by an older brother
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

Gibbs-Your wife seems to be con-
trary sort Of woman. Dibbs Contrary
Why, whenever I ask her to darn my
stockings she knits her brows.-Boston
Transc8ipk
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

No man really enjoyed doing evil
.ince God made the world. -Ruskin.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

Falor consists in the power Of self
rSeovery.-Emerson. r
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
Woodson Lewis

+" LAW IL
The great Green River Merchan-
disc Distributor, has just Received a
Magnificent stock of New Fall cloth
ing, Shoes sc.
Which he is offering at Popular prices.
so Suits carried over at one Third off,
Sugar Is lbs for one dollar
Pure Hog Lard so lbs for S6.25
Best Patient Flour per Dbl AIS
Second Pat. 4.25
Lard and Flour both Guaranteed to
give Satisfaction, wire and wire
fence at Lowest Prices. 1t wil'pay
you to consult me before buying.
Ten carloads of the best Fertilizers
at prices that defy competition and
that will give You satisfaction. Buy
your Fertilizer from me and'you will
always know what you bought
Have a Full Stock of
Bone Fertilizers they are reliable
And you get you moneys worth.
Write me what you want. Also,
Salt Lime and Cement.
Twill buy all your crop of wheatand
nav cash for it. am now Dayinp SC
per bushel more than anyone esle
ARE YOU WITH ME?
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
WOODSON Lewis
GREENSBURG, KY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
NJ .,
The evening world., 1911-06-03

The Boss places a Heap More Con-
The evening world., 1911-06-03

It's Bad Medicine
to u urn O r
Bridges A FIT II n
we reach the Bad
Lands!
Crossing tn e
The evening world., 1911-06-03
The LiQht That Failed.

YOcD6 VA At n. theatre. and behind him
at . lady With q child on her lap. which
was crying increasingly.
Unable TO stand II any longer. Jona turned
smiingly To the lady and ASKED. Has that infant
Of your boen ohrs,saed yet. msdamf'
mo. cir" replied the lady.
IF I were you ! would call u Good idsa.'"
said Jones.
And why Good Idea,'" aid me lady indS.
nantly.
"BNcsuss." sd Jons. ct should b carried
out"
tinore Sun.
The evening world., 1911-06-03
some OF the Good Stories Of the Day
Ultimatum

at SHOULD like 10 chat with you awhile. Mrs.
Duggan," the young lady says who has taken
up settlement work. II want TO talk with
You about
Are ye one Of them u~plifter'" Mrs. Dugssn
interrupts. without taking her hands from .ht
washtub.
"Well-in a sense. that Is my hope"
We'll. I've Just this 70 say: I was one day
behind viii my washiu's last week because Of
helpful visitin' committee ladies. an from now
on them that wants 10 improve ny condition in
life will either have to do IN waSlin' while | sit
an listen Or pay me 30 cents an hour fr hear.n'
them through with an interested an insplin' eI-
preston. judge.
The evening world., 1911-06-03
What She Could Draw.

DAT and his little brown mare wers familiar
sights 70 the people u the town Of Garry.
says the Housekeeper. The MARI was lean.
blind and lame. but by dat Of much coaxins Pat
kept her 10 the harness. One day. while leading
htr TO water. he had to pass a corner where u
crowd Of would-be sports had oongregated. Think
ing 20 have nome amusement At Pats expense. one
called out:
Hello. there. Pat! I'm booking for the ral
goods. How much Is that mArs u yours abb 10
draw
"Begorra. - sa!d Pat. ~ 0n't say exactly, but
she seems 10 be able 10 draw the attenshun Of
livery fool Ia town"
The evening world., 1911-06-03
Knows Real Danger.
NY

NR. w. w. KEEN. the noted Philadelphia
surgeon. at q dinnc- praised the result, OF
animal research.
animal research" he Aid. has oven us
serim therapy and countless other blessings.
Drugs in the healing art are retiring further and
further into the background.
"And this is Just ~ well. too. for what the
old ,ierman practitioner once said u himself usd
10 be true Of many a doctor.
TEL me. sir. what was the most dangerous
cave you ever had q young physician asked THE
aged man.
My medicine case. was the prompt reply
Nashlngtou Star.
The evening world., 1911-06-03
Chez Up. C%uthbert!" % By Clarence L.
Cullen

ftdencc in the Feilotc iDho Just outts
instead OF Swearing on
Just as weil to Remember that Some
times It's the Game to Try to Count you
out before you've Shot you Bolt!
Some OF us would Eliminate q Lot Of
Little Mcannesses IL we'd Take More
Frequent Inventories of Ourselves!
IL Is only after Depression 10 Pen.
mitted to Become a Habit that IL Puts
! up its Big Fight for Mastery!
The evening world., 1911-06-03

M figure that
w the I'Inish
hinged p o tins
Beginning - b u t
now we know bet
ter!
The evening world., 1911-06-03

Destiny takes n Ghoulish Clee In
Doubling Its Dents In the Frame Of
tho Man who spends his Time Writing
Diatribes against Il!
The evening world., 1911-06-03

The Tide Is Always Coming In or
Some Old Beach.
The evening world., 1911-06-03

There are n Heap OF Ways Of Winning
Besides Pitching a No-Hit Camel
The evening world., 1911-06-03
Better a sooner than a Subsequent

The Trouble about that "IIealth-is-
wealth. thing Is that 1t isn't Immedl-
ately Convertible.
The evening world., 1911-06-03

Rubioon' Ia a Big Phrase that often
means Mere Folly!
The evening world., 1911-06-03

You can't expect . Long Prize
against n Short Cut!
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
GOVERNMENT SALE or INDIAN
LANDS.
AbsoIute TltIe Given.

The unallotted lands Of the Chero-
Ikee Nation in Oklahoma will be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder
at the following terms. times and
places without any minimum price or
Limitation as to the amount which can
be purchased by any individual, ex-
cept that not more than 160 acres Of
land, classified rs agricultural, can be
purchased by any person, including
that purchased at any former sale of
Cherokee lands:
Delaware County. Grove, 81 tracts,
December 2; Seduoyah County, Salli-
saw, POS tracts, December A. Adair
County, Stilwell. 1913 tracts, December
8; Cherokee County, Tahlequah, 21O
tracts, December 6; Muskogee County,
Muskogee, y tracts, December 7; Nc.
Intosh County, Eufaula, 21 tracts, De.
cember 8; Nowata County, Nowata,
tracts, December 8; Rogers County,
C,aremore, 16 tracts, December 9;
Mayes County, Pryor, tracts. De
cember 8; Tulsa County, Tulsa;
| tract, December g.
Terms are 25 per cent at the time
of sale, % per cent in six months and
so per cent in u months, with per
lcent interest. Payment must be made
in the form Of draft or certified check
payable to J. G. Wright, Commissioner.
Upon full payment being made at any
time deed will issue Immediately
after approval of sale certificate of
purchase will issue and possession be
given, but the cutting of timber, or
drilling, or mining for minerals there
on will not be permitted until full pay
ment of purchase price. Right is re-
served to reject any or all bids.
For information apply to the COM
missioner to the Five Civilized Tribes,
Muskogee, Oklahoma, or any of the
District Agents as to the lands within
their respective districts. Lists of
these lands have been prepared by
counties, showing the terms of sale
and the description of the various
tracts. 1t will be impossible to furn.
ish each inquirer all of these lists,
and it is suggested that persons de
string such information specify the
locality in which they are interested.
Blue prints of Delaware, Sequoyah,
Adair and Cherokee Counties, show
ing the location of the land to be sold,
will be furnished upon application to
the undersigned upon the payment of
fifty cents for each county in the form
of draft or postal money order.
J. @. WRIGHT,
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes
Muskogee, Oklahoma. October 10
1911.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13

Land Of the soft. sunny hours
Land free from shadows and gloom.
The gems in thy crown are resplendent
with victories garnered in Peace:
Thou hast added State most trans
cendent
With riches 70 swell thy increase,
Oklahoma. dear land Of sunshine,
With broad acres fertile and fair.
Has her Fate proudly linked unto
Thine
Thy glories and triumphs to share,
o. South. home Of grandeur and glory
Where dwell the true and the brave,
o. Land. that is dew-bright in story
Land kissed by the blue oceans wave
Fond heads on Thy bosom are lying
Returning 70 dust and to Thee,
Are Thy famous sons nobly dying
A Washington. Jackson and Lee,
PRESTON S. DAVIS.
Einita. Okla. November l2.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
DID NOT KNOW HIS VOICE
New Clerk Was snubbed When He
Took Robert Blossoms Order
for Oats.

Robert Edeson. who lives out at his
place on the north shore Of Long Is
land pretty nearly all the time he Is
not touring the country. does prac-
ticaliy all the buying for his stable as
well as his house
In fact. be telephones orders so fre-
quently to the grain and feed store
for supplies that all OF the clerks
know the sound Of his voice and
hasten to fill the orders without ask.
ing who II is that is talking. A new
clerk some time ago. however. quite
upset the usual order OF things and
vas nearly upset himself in conse-
Quence.
It chanced that oats were needed in
the stable. and Mr.. Edeson. after his
usual fashion, called up the feed store
and without waiting to give his name
said:
Send me over ten bushels of oats
this afternoon. please" and then start
ed TO ring of
Suddenly he heard & voice at the
other end of the line.
who for?" said the voice.
The motor boat, of course. I"
snapped back Edeson.
The oats arrived all right. but not
until the clerk had enlisted the aid of
the telephone girl and traced the call.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
HE HADN'T BEEN SWIMMING
Technically, Little Waldo Told His
Mother the Truth, for He
Couldn't Swim.

These lovely days usher In the sea
son when such conversations as the
following are to be heard in every
other household:
Waldo. have you been in swim.
ming
No. ma'am"
Waldo. | told you that the water
wasn't warm enough. and you prom
ised me that you wouldn't go. But
your face Is cleaner than | ever saw
It. Waldo, even your ears are clean.
Have you been in swimming?"
No. ma'am."
Waldo. your stockings are on
wrong-side-out and you seem to have
lost your undershirt. Your shirt
clings to your body. Dear, you have
never told mamma a falsehood, and
it would break her heart II you were
to begin now. | ask you again-have
you been swimming?"
NO. ma'am!"
And the little hero always tells the
truth. He may have jumped of the
dock into shallow water a few times,
and he may have padded around in
the breakers all the afternoon, but he
hasn't been swimming. For 1t is COM
mon knowledge among the fellows
that Waldo can't swim a stroke
Cleveland Plain Dealer.