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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
CURIOUS RESERVOIRS.
The Use to Which Baobab Trees Are
Put In Africa.

People of the Kordofan province,
for the scanty water Of that district.
The trees have to be prepared care
fully for this use. The large branches
are first cut off near the trunk. If this
Is not done the trunk is apt to split as
soon as it is followed out. A hole is
cut in the trunk. generally just above
a branch. which serves as a platform
for the man who is filling the tree. and
the interior Is followed out Round
the bottom of the tree shallow basin
some twenty or thirty feet in diameter
is made, in which the rainwater col
lects. AS soon as there is a storm the
people go out and fill their trees. The
water so stored remains perfectly good
until the end of the next hot weather
or even longer A few trees, naturally
hollow, have a hole at the top between
the branches and fill themselves, the
branches catching the water and act
ing as cutters. These are called ia
gai." and are highly valued
The system gives a cistern twenty
feet high and from eight TO ten feet or
even more in diameter. Owing to the
labor involved in preparing and filling
the trees water is usually bought ans
sold, and on the main roads where
there is much traffic, as between Ma
bud and Jebel ell Hilla on the way to
FL flasher. the capital Of Darfur, the
people do regular trade by supplying
merchants and travellers with water.
The bucket, called a OLIVIA" con-
sists Of a piece of leather suspended
by strings six inches long, from piece
Of wood bent in circle. to which the
rope used for drawing the water is
fastened by three or four strings. On
reaching the bottom of the well the
leather opens out and collects the We
ter, however little there may be.-Ch."
cago News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Washington and the Artists.

Writing to a friend May 16. 1885,
Washington thus described his expert
ence with portrait painters:
II am so hackneyed to the touches
Of the painters pencil that | am now
altogether at their beck and sit like
patience on monument while they
are delineating the lines Of my face
1t is proof among many others Of
what habit and custom can effect. At
first l was as impatient of the request
and as FESTIVE under the operation as
a colt is of the saddle. The next time
/ submitted very reluctantly, but with
less founcing. Now no dray moves
more readily to the thrill than I do
to the painters chair
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
IRISH BR0GUE.
II Is Really the Old Time Method of
Pronouncine English


Perhaps nothing illustrates better
the vicissitudes of pronunciation in
English than study of what is called
the Irish brogue" This lingual mode.
for it is scarcely to be called a dialect.
is usually presumed to be a deteriora-
ton of language due to lack Of educa-
ton and contact with legitimate
sources of English. 1t proves after a
little study to be a preservation Of the
old method Of pronouncing English
which has come down to great de-
gree unchanged in Ireland from Shake
speare's time.
In Eliza eth's time. however, it came
to be realized that if there was to be
any real utilization Of the two countries
then the Irish language must be sup
planted by English. and a definite eff
fort in this direction was made. This
change of speech, resented and resist
ed, was nevertheless successfully ac-
complished all over the island except
in the west within a decade after
Shakespeare's death. This fact takes
on new significance when we study
what we now call the Irish brogue in
connection with what is known to have
been the pronunciation of English at
that time. The two are found to CON
form in practically every respect.
Irishmen pronounce English as their
forefathers learned it and have pre-
served its pronunciation because they
have been away from the main cur
rent of English speech variati ton ever
since.-Harper's Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
A QUEER LEGEND.
Fedor kosmich, the Hermit, May Have
Been a Russian Car.

Feccr Nosnich, the Kermit, May Have
Been a Russian Gar.
A curious legend is associated with
the name of Alexander |. of Russia
1t is to the effect that the emperor in
1925 was sojourniDg in the Crimea
When near Taganrog his coac hman by
some means managed to overturn the
carriage of court courier named
Markof. who was killed. The en-
peror, wishing to rid himself of the
cares of state. so the story runs. caus-
ed it to be reported that it was be
himself who was killed. Then he car
red out a plan which he had for long
conceived of retiring to Siberia and
living there under an assumed name
Schiller. the historian. processes to
have satisfied himself that at all
events the remains in the Cathedral
of Peter and Paul are those of the
courier. Schilder asserts that he learn
ed this much from the children of
Markof.
According to the legend. Alexander
|. of Russia died in Siberia in 1864.
but history records that he died at
Taganrog in 1925. 1t seems that in
1925 q mysterious stranger appeared
in Siberia. He gave his name as Fee
dor Kosmich and never revealed any
other or the place whence he came
He lived the life of a hermit and was
received generally with respect. In
1856 he accepted the invitation of a
rich merchant to take up his abode in
his house at Tomsk. There he was
very retired and held communication
only with Mile. KrOmof and the mer-
chant. her father. Every one who
saw him was struck with his eX-
traordinary resemblance to the de
funct car. The Grand Duke Mich
olas Michailovitch contributed an arti-
Gle in the Revue Historique in which
he denied the sensational part of the
story. but admitted that the hermit
of Siberia might have been a natural
brother of Alexander I.-London
Globe.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
The Gloomy EnoIishman.

The sap may be wildly running. the
birds may be making love. and the sun
brilliantly shining in sky Of exquis-
ite blue. but in the heart of the aver
age Englishman there seems a per-
petual Good Friday. and in his mine
the fixed idea that life is one long. un-
ending Monday morning and the
month eternally Observation-Disclosures
fatIer
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Wept EurSber

Didn't l tell you that when you
met man in hard luck you ought to
greet him with q smie?" said the wise
and good counselor.
YES" replied the fiinty souled per
son. II went even further than that
gave him the grand laugh."-W Wash
ington Star.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Rioht liyinu.

To be honest, to be kind, to earn r
little and to spend little less; to make
upon the whole a family happier fos
his presence; to renounce when thar
shall be necessary and not to 6e en-.
FILTERED; to keep a few friends, bur
these without capitulation; above ali.
on the same grim condition. to keep
friends with himself-here is a task
for all that man has Of fortitude,
and delicacy.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
lnfinitesimaI Webs.

Mexico. the land of Montezuma,
prickly pears. sand. volcanoes, earth
Quakes, etc.. has many subtrOpical
wonders both in vegetable and ami
cies of spider so minute that it's legs
cannot be seen without a glass. This
little araneida weaves a web so won
derfully minute that it takes 400 Of
them to equal common hair in mag
hitude
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Devoted to Duty.

"Are you ever coming to bed?" he
called out
81 don't know" she replied 81
promised Mrs. Jones that I'd keep
track Of her husband while she is
away. and I'm going to know what
time he comes home if have to stay
up all night"-DetrOit Free Press.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
forqet Them.

If you would increase your happiness
and prolong your life forget your neigh
bors' faults. Forget the ISLANDERS you
have ever heard. Forget the fault
finding and give little thought to the
cause which provoked it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Mighty Arcturus.

Arcturus is one Of the most brilliant
stars that we can see in the heavens.
It's diameter is 100000 miles. The
light that comes to us from it is over
200 years old when 1t enters our eyes.
The sun is distant 100000 miles.
Then compare eleven minutes With
200 years.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Parsons Poem A Gem.

Ffom Rev. H. Stubenvoll, Allison. la.
IN praise Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
'They're such health necessity,
In every home these pills should be.
If other kinds you've tried in vain.
USE DR.. KINGS
And be wellagain. My 25c at Puall
Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
a piscussion on Talk.

Tommy-Pop, what is the differences
between dialogue and monologuet
Pop-When two women talk. my son.
it's dialogue; but when woman car.
ries on a conversation with her hus-
band fits a MISUNDERSTANDING
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
A Sensible Start

"My wife has joined the reform
movement"
what does she propose to do frst?"
"Get some reliable woman to take
care Of baby."-Pittsburg Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
A Great Descent.

II can trace my descent from Ho-
mer," said Lord Slatey proudly.
Indeed" replied Miss Crosse. who
didn't seem to be at all impressed.
ut is certainly great descent"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
A RuzzIer.

Willie-Pa? Pa-Yes. Willie-Teack
er says we're here to help others. Pa
OF course we are. Willie-Well. whe.
are the others here for?- chicags
News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Shoppinc.

First Lady-Mrs. Smith is too young
to 60 shopping alone. Second Lady
What is that? First Lady-She's Liable
to get excited and buy something.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
Room For Improvement.

Agent-Wouldn't you like to try our
new typewriter for spell, sir? Bust
ness Man-Not If it spells like the one
I'm employing now, sir.-Baltimore
American.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23
COLUMBIA DISTRICT, FOURTH
ROUND.

Bear creek, Rose of Sharon
July $50.
Burkesville, Aliens Chapel
July 30-31.
Renox, Terrys Chapel-Aug l..
Glensfork, Sparksville-Aug 2.
Thurlow, Ladys Chapel-Aug.
Sc.
Greensburg. Outs n b erry
Aug. 12-13.
Spurlington & Early Union
Ridge-Aug. 1870.
Campbellsville Sta.-Aug. 20
81.
Campbellsville Cir, Souls
Chapel-Aug %.
Mannsville, Mount Zion-Aug.
26-27.
Casey Creek, Christies Chap.
Aug. 27-28.
Temple Hill-Sept. 2--3.
West Tompkinsville-Sept s.
6.
Tompkinsville Sept. go.
Cane Valley-Sept Ii.
Gradyville-Sept. 1917.
Columbia & Tabor, Tabor
Sept. 23-24.
T. L. Hulse, P. E.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-08-23

Truth Is as impossible to be soiled
by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
Milton.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-10-15

R. e. M. Seattle, Wash.
Answer The following reasons may
be given for variation in cream
tests:
Milk of different ages.
Not having milk at same tempera-
ture.
Having variation in the per cent
of fat in the milk.
Having all mornings or all nights
milk
Variation in the temperature of
skimming.
A different man to handle the
separator.
Rightly of the machine.
The rate at which the milk goes
into the bowl.
The speed of the bowl.
Distinctions in skimmilk and cream
hole.
Amount of Fl ush water.
While all these effect the percentage
of fat in the cream more or less the
cause can nearly always be traced to
the last four reasons. A good com
parison of your results from day to
day is to watch the amount of fat
that your herd has produced, rather
than the test. You should expect
wide variation in the test, but not so
wide in the pounds of fat.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-10-15

up clean, from 20 to 40 pounds of
roots according to the size of the COW
and the amount of milk she is giving,
and grain ration of two parts bran,
one part of crushed barley or oats.
Feed one pound of this mixture per
day to every four pounds of average
milk that the COW produced daily.
Question-Will you please balance
me ration for my COWS? They are a
mixed jersey and Durham and give
from three to six gallons of milk.
have good hay, clover and timothy,
but have no silo. Shorts costs 1913,
bran S26, alfalfa meal $23 and proteina
$40 per ton. Fl. B. Ferndale, Wash.
Answer-The feeds mentioned are
all of the high protein nature and for
that reason good ration cannot be
made with out another feed. Would
suggest that crushed barley or oats be
used to supply the carbohydrates. A
mixture of two parts bran, two parts
alfalfa meal, three parts crushed
barley or oats, one part prOteina
should be made and one pound OF
this mixture should be fed to every
four pounds of milk that the cow pro-
duces daily. Give the COW as much
clover hay as she will eat up clean.
This ration could be improved won
derfully by feeding from 20 to 40
pounds of some root crop in addition.
Question: write in reference to
the variation in the test OF cream
from day to day. This particular
thing causes the farmers much un-
easiness and the creame cries and
dairies more or less trouble, in max
ing the patron know that the test will
vary, and there seems to be no way
to account for it when conditions
seem the same. We know that cream
tests vary but what we want to find
out is the principle causes that cause
these variations; and also what can
be done to make the tests run about
the same the year round. When a
test makes sudden drop, say Of four
to five points, even if it goes back
the next day it is hard to convince
the farmer that the change was due
to anything but conditions under the
control of the man doing the testing.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-10-15
Dairy Department
Questions and HnSWer$

Question: have a Jersey that
has been fresh since August, 1910.
She has been bred three times during
this time. At present she is ap-
parently in good condition and shows
that she is with calf. She Is being
fed on hay with shorts. bran and pro-
teina. She is giving about four quarts
of milk at each milking. For the last
two or three weeks, the mornings
milking after standing from eight to
twelve hours gets striugy. The cream
first shows this and as it gets older
the skimmilk shows it. The nights
milk shows very little of it. There
seems to be nothing whatever wrong
with the udder. should be very glad
to get any suggestions you may offer
as to the cause and the remedy. j.
H. X. Anacortes, Wash.
AnsWer-It Is the same with this as
with many similar inquiries in regard
to stringy milk. At some stage in
the production the milk has been ex-
posed to contamination of the germ
which causes this abnormal fermenta-
ton. In all the researches that have
been carried out with reference to this
trouble, in no case has it been traced
to the feed or the condition of the
COW, except so far as the part they
feed played in carrying the germ. In
this case, since the mornings milk
was the most frequently stringy, it
seems that there is conclusive evidence
that it is due to conditions that are
present in the morning and not in
the evening. The utensils are prob
ably not cared for in the same way
They may Ee scalded better one time
than another. Many times the germ
comes from supposedly clean we'll
water, and for that reason it is not
wise to rinse the utensil in cold water
after it has been scalded. Germs of
this nature and OF similar nature such
as those which cause bitter milk,
colored milk, etc. must be combatted
by thoroughly scalding all milk
utensils and keeping every thing
about the dairy absolutely clean.
Question-What is the best method
of feeding salt to mich COWS, so as to
keep them from getting too much at
once? Also what is the best crop to
produce fodder for dry and green feed
for mich COWS? w. E. S. Colfax,
Wash.
Answer-Some of the best feeders
use from one to four ounces of salt
put in the grain ration every day and
in this way the COWS get just what
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-10-15

you give them. II for any reason q
COW would get too much salt by hav-
ing access to a piece of rock salt
should prefer the above method, but
for more practical purposes the rock
salt method gives good satisfaction
and is certainly very little trouble.
It is hard to say which crop would
produce the best feed; dry or green
under your conditions. At this
station we are raising peas and oats
sowed together as green feed and
also cut it for hay. We put up alfalfa
for our winter roughage ration, but
we depend most upon our silage to
furnish the feed during the whole
year. We feed a great deal Of this in
the winter time and less as the green
feed begins to come in the spring.
We have been able to get close to
seven tons of green fodder per acre,
and by cutting fine and putting into
the silo we find that we are able to
get much cheaper and much better
feed than can be gotten from any
other crop that We could grow here.
Question AS | am about to buy
grain for this winter, wish to have
your advice in regard to the ration
for the COWS. Expect to feed mostly
oat hay, and as there is very little
difference between the price of wheat,
oats and barley, what would you ad-
wise would be the best to go with oat
hay? Will also feed carrots in con-
nectiOn and would also like to know
of the best way to treat corn fodder
to get the most feed for only a few
cows. f. FL. X. Spokane.
Answer-In connection with oat
hay would feed cracked wheat or
cracked barley as grain ration.
Feed as many carrots as the COWS will
eat up clean, say 40 pounds day if
You have enough to carry you through
the winter. Carrots do not have a
great deal of food value but they put
the COW in good condition. ] do
not know of better way to store corn
fodder than to put it in the silo.
This would not be practicable for
less than eight COWS.
Question-Will you please advise
me in the following feeding problem
Am feeding my COWS of common stock
in different stages of lactation, peas
and oats, hay, bran, proteina, soy
bean meal aud beets once day, and
also let them run on pasture during
the day. But their appetite is lack
ing and they are shrinking on the
milk flow. Would you kindly tell me
ii can feed to better advantage and
how much of each feed should | use?
S. S. Chehalis.
Answer--Your COWS are getting too
much protein. The ration is too
narrow. Would suggest that you feed
all the peas and oat hay they will eat
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10
TELEPHONES
Are to Be Installed by B. & O.
On the State Mountain
Division.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. iO.-The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, prepare
tory to extending its telephone sys-
tenn of train dispatching on the moun-
tain division Of West Virginia, has
placed a contract for forty complies
dispatchfng telephones to be installed
on the Monongah division, between
Salem and Parkersburg, thus equip
ping the mountain division from
Grafton to Par15ersburg TO handle
trains by telephone. The instruments
viii be placed in service as soon as
they can be Installed.
Some time ago the Baltimore &
Ohio divided the main line of the
Monongah division into two train
dispatching dlgtrtcts, placing dis
patcher at Salem to handle train
movement west of that point to
Parkersburg, trains on the line east
of Salem being dispatched by tele-
phone from Grafton. Upon complet-
ing the installation of the telephone
system, the entire division will be
handled by the dispatcher at Grafton
The telephone system of train dis
patching has proved so satisfactory
on the Monongah division and on the
Monongahela ri4er line. where It is
used, that other divisions of the road
viii probably be equipped in the
same manner.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10
Standing OF the clubs.
HAD SEVEN GALLONS LEFT.

Messrs Leachman & Edelin. Graf
ton, w VA. had been selling n paint,
which they thought well of; and this
had occurred.
They had sold a customer IS gall
Ions of 1t to paint his house. a few
years later. they sold the same man
Devoe lead-adn-zInc the same num-
Der OF gallons to paint the same house.
He had 7gallons left.
The point of the tale Is: II gallons
Devoe paints an hs-gallon house.
OF course. that isn't all.
Why does II gallons Devoe go as
far as rs gallons OF other paint? Be
cause it Is all paint, all true, no sham,
and full measure.
But that isn't ALL Devoe lasts lon
ger. No, no; you haven't got to wait
ten years to ind that out. Ten thous-
land people know 1t. They think a heap
lof Devoe. There's no difficulty In
showing our townspeopie what to es,-
,pect OF Devoe. SO win paint a 81"
house: and the painful last twice as
long.
no. T. W. Barnes g Son,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10
Deleeates to the Third Annu-
al State Reunion at
BIuefeld.

a creditable booklet has been Is
sued by the Benevolent Protective
order of EIks Reunion Association OF
IWest virginia for It's third annual
meeting to be held at Bluefield. Sep
tember H.. 10, and IA. The Clarlxs-
burg lodge is entitled to eleven del
egates and eleven aEternates, but Il
is probable that many more than that
number Will attend from this city. A
special train will leave here Monday,
September II, at 6:Os p. m. and ar
rive at Parkersburg at 1855 the same
evening. where the Parkersburg lodge
VIII provide two hours OF special en-
tertainment, before the special train
leaves that city for Blueaeld.
Concerning the meeting at Blue
field and other matters, Jay Refer.
Of this city, secretary Of the reunion
association has issued the following
circular letter:
Dear Brothers:
The west virginia B. P. O. Elks
Reunion Association, in convention
assembled in Charleston in Septem-
Der last, conferred upon me the honor
of election to the office Of secretary
OF the organization for the current
year. avail myself Of this oppor-
unity to express to the Elks of West
Virginia my high and grateful APP
probation of their confidence in me,
as evidenced by the action of the
convention.
At the same meeting, Blueheld was
selected as the meeting place of the
association for this year. where we
are to gather on September u, 10
and IA, there to be the guests of that
splendid lodge, No. 269.
The following suggestions are made
in the earnest hope that the lodges
will give to them their careful and
best consideration:
1t is desired that each lodge con-
test for its home town to be selected
for the state meeting N 1912, and to
this end the fullest possible repre-
sentation of your .membership should
be on the ground early and stay late.
Another reason. and one of more
moment to our great order for the
largest possible attendance from each
lodge. is the growing Importance that
is being attached to 8 state meet
ings and the 7robebtllty OF our ire
unions being the foEsrunners of that
larger organization that 1t is hoped
shall be known as "The State Grand
Lodge. >
Let us meet one another at Blue,
field with the fun determination that
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10

we are 70 have the greatest conven-
ton ever ana one that win 90 down
in the history Of West Virginia Elk
dom as landmark in the develop
Iment and progress Of our order in the
state and that VIII make US the envy
lof similar Organizations in other
states.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10
.WDLLIAMS, KIDNEY PILLS

Have-yOu oVerworlSed your nervous sys-
tenn and caused trouble With your kid
neys and Bladder? Have you pains in
loinS. side. back and bladder? Have you
nabby appearance of the face. and un-
der the eyes? a frequent desire to pass
urine? II so. Williams Kidney Pills viii
cure you-Druggist. Price soc.
WILLIAMS MFG CO.. Props. C'--eIant. Ohio
SOLD BY II. F.. BURKE.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-10

Right in your busiest season when yor
have the least time TO spare you are mos
likely to take diarrhoea and lose severn
days time, unless you have Chamberlain
Collie, Cholern and Diarrhoea Remedy a
hand and take dose on the first appear
apce of the disease. For sale by all denlers