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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Why Horses Are Popular.

Wealth likes distinction"
said A. M. Thompson, secretary
of the American Royal Live
Stock Show, which will have
five nights of light harness horse
show. October GLIB, at Kansas
City. And it's getting so such
distinction cannot be gained
through ownership of automo-
biles. But mighty few men own
well-matched teams of horses.
That's one reason our horse
show this year promises to be so
much larger than last, and why
the very best stables in the
United States will hsve their fine
animals in the Royal show. The
automobile will soon be in every
home, but only a few homes will
have the light harness horses
that cause comment"
So, while there will be a dis
play of automobiles at the Royal
this year, such display will Prop
ably appeal to the farmer and
stockman as do other things
representing a necessity soon to
be filled, And the night light
harness horse show will repre-.
sent his ideal of luxury.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
A MENACE TO OIL SHIPS.

The Deadly vapor That Stays After
the Petroleum Is Gone.
The explosion of vessels carrying pc
troleum frequently occurs. and this is
generally caused not by .ie cargoes Of
oil which they contain, I'M by the In
f1ammable vapor which left behind
after the huge tanks of tue ships have
been emptied.
It Is difficult to remove all the oil
that adheres to the sides Of the tank,
and the evaporation of the oil film
left in them after they have been
pumped out takes place with great
rapfdity. Moreover. the vapOr thus
formed mingles readily with the air
and is capable of rendering more than
1000 times its own volume of the for
mer infiammabIe. spark may thus
cause a fearful explosion in the hold
Of ship that is apparently empty.
A film of petroleum spreading over
the surface of the water has been
known to produce enough of this vola-
tile and dangerous vapor to cause a
confagratiOn. by which number of
ships lying in harbor have been sud-
denly enwrapped in roaring flames as
if by stroke of magic
In some parts of the world. as at
Baku. the center of the Russian petro-
leum trade. a film of oil continually
covers the water for a cOnsidera BILE
distance from shore. and warnings of
the danger there have more than once
been given. Exchange.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
No Cure For Sarcasm.

Bunsen alwayswas sarcas tic.
One evening last week when
he got home his wife had new
hat to show him. 1t was some
hat. Anybody could have seen
that it was the final phrase in
female beadgear.
But Bunson started to make
remarks. He said it looked as
if it had been trimmed by cross
eyed milliner on an empty
stomach. And he made a lot of
other disparaging remarks.
Mrs. Bunsen was almost in
tears. Bunsen had to go into
the other room to have a quiet
laugh at her expense. The next
day he had forgotten all about
the hat.
The day after that he was re-
minded of it. Mrs. Bunsen
handed him bill for retrim-
ming that hat 1884 it came to.
Bunsen paid it without a MUIR
muir and said the revised edition
of the hat was just exactly
right. He is not criticizing hats
any more.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
OUR SENSITIVE PLANET,
Constant Changes In the Snaps of the
Earth's Crust.

Constant Changes In the Snaps of the
Earth's Crust.
One naturally thinks of the earth'u
stable. except perhaps in volcanic re-
giOns where earthquakes are Of fire.
quent occurrence. As a matter Of
fact, however, the shell of our planes
Is extremely sensitive and most deli
cately balanced, 80 that under the in-
f1uences Of causes that seem altogeth-
er Insignificant In comparison with the
gigantic bulk and weight of the earth
it yields and fiuctuates in a most
amazing manner.
To an eye so placed as to be capa-
BILE of taking in at one comprehensive
glance the whole round outline Of the
globe it would not appear of precisely
the same shape during an entire day
or even an hour. Most of the changes
referred to are, of course, very slight
when compared with the size of the
earth itself.
The operation of atmospheric and
oceanic and other similar causes is
continually bringing about changes I'm
the shape of the earth's crust. One
of the most interesting Of the agencies
whereby such alterations are effected
is the carrying power OF rivers. Wher-
ever great quantity of sand and
gravel is being brought down from the
interior of Il continent and poured into
the sea, as, for instance, along the
northwestern coast of Europe or the
gulf coast of the United States, the
weight of the earth's crust is slowly
increasing, and the consequence e
seen in the gradual subsistence Of the
shore.
Such sinking has been going on
for thousands of years along the North
sea coast and on the continental side
of the British channel A similar de
preston is occurring on the eastern
edge of our own country and along
the gulf of Mexico. 1t has been esti-
mated that the gulf coast is sinking
at the rate of nearly two feet in q
century.
Corresponding elevations must, OF
course, occur elsewhere. And to these
slow changes in the level of the earth's
crust earthquakes are due as well as
to the more violent local disturbances
created by volcanic action.-Harper's
Weekly
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
THE WALL STREET GAME.
Advice to Thoss Who Would Buy and
Sell on Margin.

Advice to Thoas Who Would Buy and
Sell on Margin.
"a broker once told me that there
was one rule which he would give II
he dared to his customers to guide
them in selecting stocks for trading
purposes. Take a piece of chewing
gum; reduce 1t to an adhesive condi-
ton, mold 1t into a form convenient
for throwing; throw it at the board.
Buy or sell the stock indicated by the
spot on the board to which it adheres.
Go to Europe for three months By
following this advice, he said. the GUS
toner would have a chance-not much
Of a chance, It is true, but some chance.
If however he reads the financial page
of the newspaper and listens to the
gossip in the brokers' offices, he has
not even the gamblers chance, since
he will be doing exactly what the
powers back of the market want him
to do in order that they may as quick
ly as possible get his principal before
it is exhausted by the constant nibbling
of the broker.
"a well to do man showed his in
genue bride a check for $500. DO
you see this check? Now with this
I'm going to buy sugar. Sugar is GO
ing up. and I'll give you the profits
Sugar went down. and he lost his
$500. The lady asked for an ac-
counting. Ny dear. sugar went down.
The money is lost And you haven't
even any sugar? she asked plaintive-
ly. Not even any sugar.?
las means of making money spec
ulating on margin is worthless; as a
means to loss and ruin it has no rivals.
With the large number of sound in
vestments constantly offered by bank
ing houses to the public on terms
which offer a reasonable chance of in
creasing value. together with security
of principal and income, it should no
longer be necessary for men and wo-
men to put their savings into mar
gins" Edward Sherwood Meade in
LippincOtt's.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Measuring MOONLIGHT.

The full moon is said TO give great
deal more than twice the light of the
hall moon. The ratio is approximately
as nine TO one. Taking advantage of
the extreme Sensitiveness to light of
IA selenium cell, experimenters have
measured the amount of light coming
from the moon at different phases,
with the result above mentioned. The
reason for the remarkable difference
shown is to be found in the varying
angles of reflection presented by the
roughened surface of our satellite TO
the sun. The moon is brighter be-
tween first quarter and full than be-
tween full and last quarter. The
cause of this is evident in the more
highly reflective character of that
part of the moon that lies west of its
meridian.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25

around good fellow, we are always
glad to have him visit our COM
munity.
: Mrs. R. o. Keltner, of Grady
vile, visited her mother, Mrs. ].
H. Wire, one day last week.
Miss Nellie Nelson, of Spring
field, ILL.,, is visiting friends and
relatives in our community.
Mr.. R. F. Keltner, who left
us a short time ago for Gains
vile, Tex. writes his brother c.
w. Keltner, he is delighted with
the Lone Star State, every thing
fiourishing plenty of work to do.
Success to you and your three
children Riley.
Last Tuesday morning the
death angel visited the home of
Mr.. w. w. Yates, and claimed
for it's victim his loving wife she
suffer of that dreaded diseas
consumption. When the spirit
left her poor suffering emanciat-
ed body and urged it's way thro'
eteanal space to the glory
world, and when the veil of NOR
tally was lifted what a glorious
ushing into her fathers pres
ence, there must have teen.
Mr.. Yates and relatives have our
heart felt sympathy.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25

Our people are moving along
nicely with wheat sowing in our
community.
DR.. L. C. Nell, was called to
the bedside of Mr.. Pickett, who
was taken very suddenly i'll last
Wednesday. We are glad to say
that he is improving at this
writing.
Miss Elcie Nelson and little
niece Irene. of Greensburg, were
visiting her mother. Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr.. C. w. Keltner and sol
Demmon, were in Columbia, one
day last week.
Mr.. j. H. Pickett, who i,
stationed at New Hope. visitet
his parents last week. Mr.. ant
Mrs W. S. Pickett. John is al
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
JUVENILE PR0DIGIES.
Master Betty at the Age of Twelve
Played Richard III.

Played Richard I'LL.
OF all juvenile prodigies was there
ever one to compare with Master Bet
ty. the infant ROsciuS? The press of
the day voted him IA very extraOrdi-
marbles in morning and Richard
III. in the evening; an in
spired being of exquisite
judgment and sensibility. the
energy of whose delivery was such as
to leave all description at distance.
= The intelligence of manner,
the elOquence of the eye when speech
was denied, the rapid yet judicious
transitions from PROSTATE affiiction to
dignified resentment. are qualities
which a Garrick might display" The
Edinburgh manager was in fear that
the young actors voice would not fill
the house. My dear sir" said the
twelve-year-old genius, Il beg you will
be under no apprehensiOnS upon that
score, for if my voice does not fill
your house my playing will"
Writing for the stage seems always
to have attracted the prodigy. Doug
las JerrOld wrote his successful farce,
More Frightened Than Hurt" before
he was fifteen. and Lope de Vega, the
famous Spaniard, was not fourteen
when his first play was produced.
And William Ireland produced his
Shakespeare forgeries, which were
good enough to deceive the learned.
when he was about fifteen.-LOndOn
Chronicle
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
An East Indian Amulet.

In India a variety of gems and
stones are used as amulets. The most
common is the salagrama, a stone
about as large as a billiard bali and
which is perforated with black. This
is supposed to be found only in Gan
daki. river in Nepaul. The person
who possesses one of these stones is
esteemed highly fortunate. He pre-
serves 1t in clean cloth. from whence
it is sometimes taken 10 be bathed and
perfumed. He believes that the water
in which it is washed, If drunk. has
the power to preserve from sin. Hold
ing it in his hand. the dying Hindu ex-
pireS in peace.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
SOAP BUBBLES.
Thinness of the Gray Hued Films Just
Before They Burst.

Before They Burst.
What is soap bubble? Nothing but
a film of water molecules held together
by the cohesive power of soap in solu-
ton. A soap bubbles size and strength
depend upon the right composition of
the mixture that furnishes its mate
rial The colOrs In a soap bubble are
due to what is known in physics as the
interference of light, and depend upon
the varying thickness of the film OF
water.
The observer who watches a bubble
as it is blown will notice that the col
OrS rapidly chase one another over the
filmy globe. He will also see that
they vary in hue. growing less and
less bright at the top OF the bubble
because here gravity stretches it
downward and makes the film thin
nest.
1t is A. singular fact that the last
color to appear on a soap bubble Just
before it breaks is a gray tint. The
thickness of the film when this tint
appears upon il il less than the one
hundred and ffty-six-thousandth of an
inch.
Were a soap bubble to be magnifed
to the size of the earth and the mole
cules magnified in proportion. then the
whole structure would be as coarse
grained as a globe of small leadshot
touching one another at their surfaces.
In the blowing of a soap bubble there
is presented the spectacle of the
stretching of liquid to the extreme
limit of its capacity. In this way we
come nearer to sight of the invisible
molecules of matter than could be got
in any other way no matter how elab-
crate the experiment.-Ex Exchange
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
HUMAN BOATS.
Swimmers Who Used to Rig Them.
selves With Sails.

Swimmers Who Used to Rig Them
selves With Sails.
When you throw piece of wood into
the water and watch how nicely it
fiOIt@. has it never occurred to you to
maze yourself into boat and TO go
floating about as easily and coOlly as
real boat does?
This may sound very queer. but to
one who has confidence in himself it
is quite practicable. as was proved
many years ago by a DR.. Bedale of
Manchester. This gentleman. a noted
long distance swimmer. was often to
be seen floating about the river Mer-
sey for hours nj a time. He used to
fhSten strong belt round his waist
and attach to it light mast and sail,
which he could furl or unfurl as he lay
comfortably on his back. and no doubt
it was very enjoyable.
This was carried step further by
another noted swimmer. Captain Boy
ton. who used to think nothing of sail
ing up and down the English channel
clad i'm dress inflated with air and
with a sail fixed to his feet Once.
indeed. he actually crossed the chan
mel from Dover to Calais, but ON this
occasion he used paddle with which
to steer himself.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
BerIin's Outdoor Life.

Berlin is an amazing contrast to
Paris and London in the complete alb
sence of a leisured. well to do class
with outdoor tastes. 1t has no
Thames. no Ranelagh or birmingham
no weed-endy Brighton. hardly any
motoring do-naughts. Its fat races
are attended by dowdy tens where the
race courses within reach of London
are thronged with smart thousands
Berlin Cor. London Bystander.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Durability of Steel.

1t has been shown that nearly all
the failures of steel occur very early
in its history. If plate or bar of
mild steel lasts for year in service
it may be trusted to last for many
years. The most injurious thing is
continual bending backward and for
ward. as in what is called the pant
ing" of boiler end As one author
ity puts it. steel has somewhat 'tu-
multuous youth" but lin middle age
it is Trustworthy and in old age be-
yond reprOach." In regard to corro-
sion there is difference of opinion.
some holding that steel cOrrOdeS more
readily han iron.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Men For All Jobs.

Is there Il single position that no
body will take? Not so long since the
position of public eXecutioner fell va
cant, but in spite of the grim occupa-
ton there We're a very considerable
number of applicants. Prison warders
suffer from no blank spaces in their
forces, and there is always sufficient
supply of recruits to meet any de-
mand
Work in the sewers is not nearly so
bad as it is imagined 70 be: but. how
ever unpalatable the tasks. there are
always beginners ready for employ
ment ScavPngers we can always get,
and each lowly but necessary calling
is well filled.
Turning to dangerous avocatiOns,
there is no shortage Of divers or stee-
plejacks. Dynamite and gunpowder
mills do not have to seek far, for
hands.
Is there a single job carrying some
sort of remuneration for which there
are no applicants?-LOndon Answers.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Too Lite TO Chance.

"A man cam uU more change his rep
utatiOn than he can change his face
or his arms" said a senator at BAN
quet.
There was once Il wicked old mil
lionaire. who took his pastor aside and
said:
I'm going to retire. DR.. Thirdly
I'm going TO devote the remainder of
my life 10 doing good
DIR. Thirdly. an outspOken man. re-
torted:
DO you mean John Fl. Good. the
wealthy farmer. or young Sam Good.
the Socialist millionaireT Exchange.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
She Elaw.

Miss FullosOul (of a poetical turin
Which are you of opinion one should
say. professor. Summer fiies' or
summer fees?'
Absent Minded Professor great on
entomology)-The two species, my dear
young lady, are entirely distinct. Now,
the common housefly- Chen he won
dered why she suddenly opened con-
versation with the young man on her
tight.)-London Sphere.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
The Old and the New,

He was an old timer slowly adapt
acquired wealth. He had progressed
as far as the open back shirt and was
proud of it. The coat front was yet
to be attained.
Just look at me- he said to some
friends calling on him while he was
dressing. by heck! When l came to
this town hadn't a shirt to my back.
and nOw-now | haven't back to my
shirt!"-Judges Library.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
The Recipe.

'Your novel is pretty good" said the
publisher to Scribley. but. after all.
it needs just little more thrill. Can't
you put something stirring in it,"
why. | might" said Scribley,
though just how to stir things up
don't know
well" smiled the publisher. sup
pose you try just little more spoon
ing. Nothing like a good spoon for
stirring. you know,"-Harper's.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
0'Rear's Family Rides on Railroad
Passes.

Passes.
Proof of Judge O'Rear's incon-
sistency and insincerity is being
furnished in heaping measure as
the Campaign proceeds. It is
easy to take up every position he
has assumed, and show by the
record that his private views and
acts are at variance with his pub
lie protestations.
The very latest evidence
against him on this score, is in
matter of free passes, and has
been produced by the Lexington
Herald. In a speech accepting
the Republican nomination, he
referred to the Constitutional
provision against the use of free
passes by public officials, and he
pledged himself, if elected Gov
erpor, to see that a law was
placed upon the Status book en-
forcing that section. Since his
nomination, he has frequently
condemned the railroads for
issuing such passes, and public
men for accepting them and has
pointed to it as a fruitful source
of corruption.
On the very day that Judge
O'Rear arose in the State con-
vention and condemned the use
of free passes, his family rode
from Frankfort to Louisville on
passes issued by a railroad, and
it is fair to presume that they
could not, and would not have
accepted these favors from the
railroad without the knowledge
and consent of Judge O'Rear.
1t is just as culpabJe for the
family of the Judge of the Court
of Appeals to ride on free passes
as it would be for that official
himself to receive such favors,
and it violates the spirit if not
the letter of the Constitution
when he permits them to put him
in that embarrassing position.
This charge was openly made
by the Lexington Herald, and it
has been substantiated by others.
So far, Judge O'Rear has not
made any explanation of how it
happened that he could be so
bitterly opposed to the railroads
giving free passes to public
officials when his own family
profits by the practice.
In his speech at Bowling
Green, on Monday. Judge O'Rear
condemned the railroads, be-
cause, as he charged, they have
for many years secured control
of the Legislative Committees.
If this is true, it is most repre-
hensive, and calls for the sever
est condemnation; but so long as
Judge O'Rear's family continues
to be the guest of the railroads
in their journeyings about the
State, his criticism will be re-
ceived with suspicion and with
doubt as to his consistency and
sincerity.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Spoke From Experience.

Willie GOOd-Pa, our teacher says
that collect" and "congregate" mean
the same thing. Rev. Mr.. Good Well,
you tell your teacher, my boy. that
you have Information that there il
considerable difference between a con-
gregation and collection--Lver
Mercury
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
He Didn't Tell.

Gee. Now tell me as man to man
what you would do if you were mar
lied to that woman"
You tell me what you would do. 1
am married to her"-HOuston Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Afraid of Him,

"You never go to banquets with your
husband"
mo I'm always afraid that they'll
ask him to make speech"
"And he can't make oneY
That's it exactly. He can't. But
II he were asked just know he'd get
up and try,"-Detroit Free Press.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
A Monumental Majority.

If one could get the vote of those
who feel worse the day after a holi-
day than they did the day before be
probably could be elected.-Atchison
Globe
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25

Men grumble because God puts
thorns on roses. Would 1t not be better
to thank God that He has put roses on
thorns?-Anon.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Considerate,

She-Why did you ask Belle to go
with us? Hell saw she was going
anyhow. and didn't wish her to feel
mean over it.-Smart Set.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Quotations.

'You don't use many quotations
froE Shakespeare"
'No,' replied Senator Sorghum.
Quotations of that. sort would COM
mand more respect nowadays If
Shakespeare were listed on the Stock
Exchange. Washington Star.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
A Fault Finder.

'You were always fanlt finder"
growled the wife.
Yes. dear" responded The husband
neekly; II found you.S =.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25
Seed Wheat.

have 100 bushels of seed wheat.
New Columbia" recleaned, for sale
at sl.OO per bushel. c. s Harris.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25

Truth Is clothed in white, but be
comes forth with al the colors Of the
rainbow.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-10-25

who gives aims sows one and reaps
I, thousand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

For sixteen years Mike Flynn had
cleaned out the town hall after shows,
lectures, political meetings, Memorial
day exercises and other doings and
never a complaint did he make. Re-
Gently, however, he fancied he had a
kick coming, and he went into the
mayors office to register It. what is
1t, MikeT" asked the mayor IT'S
about the hall, yer honor. The byes
stand up in the rear, they do, an they
chew an spit durin' the intire perform
ance. An not wurrud would OF say,
yer honor, If they would spit out on
the flure where OF could git at 1t, but,
the varmints, they would spit all over
the legs of the chairs in the back row
an on the places where the chairs do
be fastened to the flure, an hard work
it is fer man of me age to stoop down
an scrub 1t off. There's favor OF
would ask Of yer honor this mornin' in
RESPECT to It," what is that, Mixer
"Indade, OF would ask yer honor fer
permission and authority to do away
with the back row Of seats entirely.
Nobody likes to sit in the back row
anyway, yer honor, an sinceless 1t is
to have one in the hall at all"