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The Adair County news., 1911-11-29
Significant Fact.

The most significant fact in the
Greater Kentucky Convention
held in Louisville last week, was
that the resolutions adopted,
covering all the recommends
tons looking toward a Greater
Kentucky, were passed unan-
imously and by a rising vote.
When 800 men representing all
the professions and the various
business callings come together
from every section of the State,
and can all agree in what is need
ed to make Kentucky a greater
State it is very significant and
and means something. The only
diversity of opinion in the two
days discussion of many vital
matters, was over the proposed
change in the tax, system. There
was. however, no opposition to
the submission of an amendment
to the Constitution by which il
adopted, the subsequent Legis.
lature may make a change. Ev-
cry body favored giving the peo'
pie a chance to say whether they
wanted to make a change, but
many who are in favor Of the
submission of the question are
not inclined, without further
light, to vote for it after it is
submitted. This is exactly right,
as people ought not to vote for q
thing unless they are satisfied
that it is best for the State. But
that question is not before the
people now. The only question
is, shall the people have a chance
to say if they want a change.
On that question, like all the
other matters brought to the at.
tention of the convention there
was unanimous opinion. This,
when coupled with the further
fact that all the great questions
upon which the convention
agreed are part and parcel of the
faith of the Democratic and Re
publican parties as embodied ir
their platforms, argures we'll fol
the hope that is in us that We
are on the eve of great things
for Kentucky and that we viii
live to see put upon the statute
books of Kentucky before the
ides of March what so many oil
us have worked for so long. e
Town News.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-29
In 1913 the city of London only

In 1913 the city of London only
had thirteen doctors. In those
days, days, when people became
sick, that doctored themselves
with homemade medicines but
the treatments of various
kinds were not always life-saving
and many a sick man and woman
shuffled out into the unknowned
world. There is no donbt that
physicians are frequently sent for
when it is unnecessary, but we are
very thanful that we have the
physician close to US and may get
him to the sick bedside in short
time. To livelike theydid in London
1913 would to say the least, keep
us in mortal dread of disease. 1t
is gratifying to all of US to see
the progress that is being made
in medical science and in sugery
and to know that the brains of
the country are devoting much
time to the study of human dis
ease, it's cure and prevention.
A bird sat upon a woman's hat
is entirely out of place; it should
be alive" and in the tree tops or
in the fields. making music and
catching insects. In a little while
the strong arm of the law will
entervene and prevent any fur
ther slaughter of birds for use in
millinery shops. To a man or a
woman who loves bird creature
that God Almighty gave to the
world to beautify and gladden.
the earth-it is disgusting to see
the stuffed bodies of the little
fellows placed upon the head gear
of a woman. Did it every occur
to the woman who wears the bird
orament upon her hat, that oram-
ent is mathematical of suffering,
of slaughter. that the men who
slay the birds would not do so if
the styles did not demand him to
bring such ornaments to the mil
ilinery markets -Hodgensville
Herald.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-29
Hardley as Bad as That.


The boy whose business it was to
answer the telephone rushed into
the room of the senior partner.
Just got message saying
that your house was on fire." he
said" Dear me-" returned the
senior partner, in a bewildered
sort of way"I knew my wife was
pretty hot about something when
l left home this morning. but l
didn't think it was so bad to set
the house on fret STRAY StorieaI
The Adair County news., 1911-11-29

Mr.. G. w. Collins, who is on
The sick list, is improving.
MIR. T. F. Collins and wife
we're visiting G. w. Collins, last
week.
Mr.. w. E. HuddIeston is erect
ing a new residence.
Mr.. Edward Aaron begins a
The Adair County news., 1911-11-29

One of the most wonderful
wheat YIELDS ever reported is from
Walla county, Washington. 1t
is stated on reliable authority
that Brunton Bros. of Dixie, ten
miles east of Walla Walla. thresh-
ed from 480 acres an average of
IA bushels of wheat per acre. A
number of farmers in the same
vicinity threshed as high as sixty
five bushels per acre. Jeknins
club and red chaff were the var
ieties mostly raised.
Andrew Carnegie casually do
mated twenty-five million of dol
lars as though it was as many
cents. It may be a wise donation
but we must admit we can not
see just where the world is to ben
eft by the vast sum. It would
have been better if he had spent
that $25, 900, 900 to erect model
tenements in New York City or
found hospitals or provided
breathing space for the poor OF
the big city. Libraries are luxu-
ries and too many persons in this
country lack the necessities of
life, through no fault of their own
Frankfort News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
seIden Auto Patent Invalid.

The United States court of appeals
reversed a decision by Judge Hougn in
New York; in which he upheld the va
lidity OF the Seldan automobile pat
ent.
Judge Hough's decision was handed
down in September, 1863. 1t affel t2d
every owner or manufacturer of gaso-
line automobile made or used in tbs
country and involved many millions OF
dollars.
1t is expected now that the hard
fought and long drawn out case will
be carried to the United States SUI
preme court for final decision.
The gist OF the upsetting OF the pat
ent was to the effect that Selden had
a patent on a car that made use of the
Brayton two-cycle engine, which was
of the constant pressure type, but that
mis- patent could not be considered as
covering the Otto gas engine, of the
four cycle, constant volume, type.
Moreover, the Otto used carburet or
and electric ignition system, things not
provided for in the Selden patent.
Therefore it was ruled that the de-
PENDANTS in the case, Henry Ford and
Panhsrd and Levassor, among others,
do not infringe the Selden patent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
iIpe,-o;Jabie Celay,

4 woman went before the magis-
trate and modestly inquired:
Your honor. can l have warrant
for the arrest of my husband? He
boxed my ears yesterday"
Certainly. ma'am." replied the
Judge. II will make out warrant on
the ground of assault and personal in
juries."
Can fetch the warrant in about
month";
In a month? Why won't you take
1t at once?"
please, your honor, when uy hus-
band slapped my face took my roll
Ing pin and hit him on the head so
that he had to be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say. however, that
he will be ON his legs again in a
month"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
piscrsditina an As.ro!ocsr.

A certain king. says tale from the
Persian, asked an astrologer. How
many years of life remain to meg" The
wise man replied, Ten" The king
became very respondent and betook
himself, as one stricken with 4 sick
ness, to his bed His vizier. v no pos
sessed great wisdom, sent for he seer
and in the kings presence as. d him.
How many years have you = live!'
He replied, Twenty" The viyier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence The
king was satisfied and commended the
sagacity of his minister and no longer
attached any Importance to the astrot-
oger's saying.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
FIRE EATERS.
The Trick of Breathing Flames and
Sparks From the Mouth.

Fire tricks were practiced in very
ancient times. The first known fire
breather was a Syrian slave named
EunuS. leader in the Servile war in
Sicily. 100 &. {. He pretended TO have
Immediate communication with the
gods. When DESTROYS Of inspiring his
followers with courage he breathed
flames and sparks from his mouth.
n order 10 cooiAi]iish this feat Eu-
nus ierced a nutshell at both ends,
, and, having filed it with some burn
ing substance, he put it in his mouth
and breathed through it. The same
trick is performed today in Il more
approved manner The performer rolls
some flax or hemp into bail about
The size of 4 walnut, which he lets
burn until it is nearly consumed.
Then he rolls around it more fax
while it is still burning BY this
means the fire is retained in the ball
for a long time. He slips this bali
into his mouth unperceived and
breathes through it. His breath re
wives the fire. and he sustains no in
jury so long as he inhales only through
his nostrilS
Various theories have been advanced
to account for other feats of this sort
performed by the ancients. An old
ordeal was the holding of a redhot
iron by the accused. who was not
burned if he were innocent. Probably
some protective paste was used on the
hands. The peculiar property of
mineral salts. such as alum. in pro
tecting articles of dress from fire has
long been known An old Milanese
devised costume consisting of a
cloth covering for the body which had
been steeped in alum. A metallic
dress OF wire g3uZe was added to this.
and thus protected man might walk
on hot iron.-Harper's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
Qe:on of the Dandies.

In the matter of dress we have fallen
unon a decline since the days when the
Duke of Wellington was refused ad-
mission to Almack's because he was
wearing trousers instead of breeches
and silk stockings. Even Almack's.
however, had to admit trousers within
its closely guarded portals the following
year. When Gladstone was up" at
oxford the reign of the dandies was In
full swing. When late in life be re
visited the university to lecture TO the
undergraduates on Homer be was
asked by G.. W. E. Russell whether he
noticed any difference between his au-
dience and the men of his own time.
YES" he replied. lin their dress an
enormous change. | am told that !
had among my audience some of the
most highly connected and richest men
81 the university. and there wasn't one
whom I couldn't have dressed from
ton 70 toe for fJ."-St. James Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
Iondo:a,s Dramatic Censors.

London has had its absurd dramatic
70 Vienna. Colley Cibher in his auto
biography tells Us Of one master of the
revels who was responsible for the Il
censing of plays in those days eXnung
ing the whole first act of Richard II.
on the Cro3nd that the diStresSeS OF
Henry VI. would remind weak poop
of King JaI>c~. then living in Frame.
IN fact. Shakespeare has more than
once been ans, real. for King Lear
was inhibited Crr,n@ the Illness o.
(" gorge III. t,eor~e Colman 0he.,
*, - ce Is .a!sel the Use Of 81 h
ord as angel a..,; he~ven.-Lol!> VI
Nlr,rie' ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13

considered the points of the case ana
tested the merits of the several theo-
ries advanced and do hereby unani-
mously decide that the game common
ly known as old sledge. or seven-up,
is eminently a game of science and
not of chance. In demonstration
whereof it is hereby and herein stated,
iterated, reiterated, set forth ard
made manifest that during the entire
night the chance" men never won a
game or turned jack. although both
feats were common and frequent TO
the opposition. and furthermore in
support of this our verdict we call ar
tention to the significant fact that the
"chance" men are all broke and the
"science" men have got the money.
1t is the deliberate opinion Of this jury
that the "chance" theory concerning
seven-up is a pernicious doctrine and
calculated to inflict untold suffering
and pecuniary loss upon any commu-
nifty that takes stock in it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
GALE DRIVES
II TO DEATH
hTo9 baTges Beaten to Pieces
on Cape Cod.
TOW LIKE PARTED IN GALE
F'any PhiIadelphians Among Victims
of Disaster on Dreaded Sands on
Massachusetts Coast.


of Disaster on Dreaded Sands on
| Massachusetts Coast.
The tragic history of the Peaked
Hill bars, near Highland Light, Mass,
received a substantial addition when
| taree coal barges were driven on the
dreaded sands at the knuckle of Cape
Cod, and seventeen lives were lost.
The barges were the Treverton,
Captain F. |. Brown, of Lncolnville,
Me-, and six men; the Corbin. Captain
c. Smith, Of Philadelphia, and four
seamen; the Pine Forest, Captain NJ,
w. Hail, of Provincetown, Mass, and
four sailors.
The Treverton was bound to Port
land, Me; the Corbin to Portsmouth,
n. H, and TIE Pine Forest to Marb G.
head, Mass The three barges sailed
from Philadelphia.
1t was from the tug Lykens that the
barges broke adrift just as the dou-
bling of the cape was almost accom-
plished. The gale was blowing fifty
miles en- hour when Highland Lignt
was passed, and hauling we'll into the
nOrthward, made the ten miles of sand
dunes around this point to the Race.
the worst kind Of a lee shore. The tow
lines snapped and a few minutes later
the baTges were in the breakers
IN the marine history Of Cape Cod
no large vessel has yet grounded on
Peaked Hill bars and escaped destruc
ton. The three barges began breaking
up almost Immediately, and by day
light wreckage was coming ashore and
sunrise iosed but one of the three
barses remaining, and that one. the
PiEe Fo. est, was showing every indi
cation OF folio ing the tate OF the 9TH
CT Two.
On the beach stood three life saving
crows. powerless 20 aid t men WAC
could be seen q ngins to the wreck
Of the Pine Forest. Stretching out for
500 yards was 6 seething mass o. tum-
bling seas, in which even a l:fe5Oat
could not have lived, while the dis
lance was too far for a shot from the
life gun. The tug, which lowered in
the otfing, was unable to run in close
for fear of grounding also
The life savers patrolled the beach
and their watch was soon rewarded by
the discovery of two bodies tossing
about in the breakers. These were
hauled ashore. About each body was
strapped a life belt, on which was
stenciled the word "Treverton
In the meantime the Pine Forest
was being hammered mercilessly. The
crew chung on until about 10 o'clock
and then, giving up hope of help from
shore, launched their owe lifeboat and
tumbled into it,
The second sea that hit the barge,
after the crew left her, swept around
her stern, ana those on shore saw the
four men thrown into the surf This
completed the fatalities of the day
ard the life savers hauled their appa-
ratus back to the houses, but contin
ued their patrol for bodies.
The Lykens remained around unit
it was seen that all the barges were
wrecked and then ran around into
Provincetown.
The disaster was one of the heav-
lest in loss Of life on Cape Cod in
many years.
The bodies from the three wrecks
came ashore quite rapidly after the
tide had turned, and at p. m. twelve
bodies had been recovered and were
taken to temporary m0rgue at Prov
iDcetnwD
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
NOT A GAME OF CHANCE.
The Jury Decided That Seven-up VI.
Purely Scientific.

The Jury Decided That Seven-up VI.
Purely Scientific.
One of Mark Iwain's Old TIM. $;
re, concerned the game of seven =.
III cd sledse. Some kentu, Ky %.
We're arrested for playing this ga
Under the usual charge Of p.ayils
game OF chance When they we"
broasht before the judge their iawy:.
claimed that this game wds net
game of chance. but WAS game a.
science. The court. puzzled. asked IT..
a suggestion. and the lawyer de, l..rr1
that If u jury of six gamblers Wi ii.
Quainted with the game in scientii
way and six deacons be impans!,l
with pack of cards their de s:)n
ought to be determinative. So the stu
~ goes:
There was no disputing the fairness
of the proposition. Four GeatoEs aud
the two dominies were sworn il as
the chance jurymen, and six invcTcr
ate old seven-up professors were
chosen to represent the science side
of the issue. They retired to the jury
room.
in about two hours Deacon Peters
sent into court to borrow So from d
friend. In about two hours more
Dominic Miggles sent into court to
borrow stake from friend Dur
ing the next three or four hours the
dominic and the other deacOns sent
into court for small loans.
THE rest of the story can be told
briefly About daylight the jury came
in. and Deacon Job, the foreman, read
the following verdict:
I've the Jury in the case of the
commonwealth of Kentucky versus
] In Wheeler CT 81, have carefully
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
Senator Elkins Is Dead,

Senator Stepuhen B. Elkins, of West
Virginia, died at his home in Wash
ington.
Sudden collapse, follow ing a long
illness, caused his death. The end was
not unexpected, for the senator had
been sinking for hours. At his bedside
were Mrs. Elkins, his two sons. Blaine
and Richard Elkins; his daughter,
Miss Katherine Elkins, and Henry Gas
saway Davis, his fatherin-law.
MIR. Elkins had been sick for several
months. He was unable to attend the
sessions of congress when it convened
carly in December and had been con-
fined to his home all the fall Every
effort had been made to bring him
back to heath, hut it was unavailing
and the last lew days septic poisoning
is understood to have developed and
this probably caused the end. The
funeral took place on Saturday at Ell
kins, ". Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
MIGHTY ARCTURUs.
IF This Star Wcrs Cur Sun 1t Would
instantly Consun1e the Earth.

instantly Consurs the Earth.
The parallaX of Il star Is its angular
displacement us seen from two OPP
posite points Oh the earth's orbit The
base Line employed in this gigantic spe'
cies OF surveying Is 13i.0O0,O00 miles
in length. but the calculation Is re-
duced to the semida Meter of the orbit
The results are M the snme time amaz-
3ng and instructive.
Let us take the famous star Arc
turns. often called the star of Job"
because in the Old Testament the
Almighty is represented is saying to
the unfortunate patriarch. who main
tains a certain dignity III spite of his
helplessness and his suferin2s. 'CanSt
thou call forth Arcturus and his sons:
Many coufiil ting measures OF the
parajiax Of ArcturuS have been made.
but the latest made at Yale seem more
probably correct than their predeceS-
sors They Fix the parailax at 0.066
seconds. e.. siXty-six one-thousandth
of O second of arc. From this it Is
easy TO calculate the distance Of the
star. 1t comes out at nearly 10000
OOO,OO0.OOO miles two hundred and
ninety trillion miles,. This is more
than 100000 times the distance of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, We can calcu-
late the actual amount OF light shed by
Ascturus. or, in other words. its ac-
tuai brightness as compared with that
of our sun, on the superstition that
both We're at the same distance from
us. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun as q light giver about
$500 times. II Is a san $500 times
brighter than oura.
Put the earth as ne.,P to Arcturus
n &c is to the sun and ali life would
disappear from its surface as if swept
OF lG q blast of inconceivable heat.
The summer temperature would rise
TO tens of thousands of degrees. The
Deems would boil away. Vegetation
would be burned ~ in twinkling.
The eyes of livi z beings would char
in their sockets. The plains and
mountains would burst into flame.
Minerals would run in molten streams.
There would be no comfort for liv-
ing world nearer to Arcturus than
ahout 4OO0.0GO.G coo miles. If he has
pIanets he must keep them at re-
spectful distance. And yet nearly
200. O0O. COO O3O.C00 miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
only a bright star.
Still. DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace
maintains that this little earth. this
inv attendant Of tiny sun. is the
only seat of inteli~ent life-outside of
the misty midreoion Of disembodied
spirits-that the univers/ contains.
and DR.. Wallace is learned man. But
his learning is not that which astron-
omy oTers.-Garrett 7. Serviss in New
York American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
CAPITOL SUITS
ARE SETTLED
State Receives sI,485,00O to
End Gases.
DROP CRIMINAL ACTIONS
Accused Pay S1,3Co,0oo In Cash and
Surrender Sande.son ard Huston
Warrants Fer $1e5,oOo.


The legal actions resulting from the
frauds in the furnishing OF the enG-
sylvania state capitol were brouglt to
a close in the Dauphin county ucur
at Harrisburg, Pa, when President
Judge George Aunkel handed down
DEGREES affirming an agreement of set
tlement between the commonwealth
and various respondents and sustain
ing the demurrers filed by the trust
companies.
The DEGREES require the payment to
the state OF s1,300,000 and the sur
render of warrants by the John H
Sanderson estate aggregating s10S,0O0
and by Joseph NJ. Huston, achitect,
amounting to $1,000 AS soon as the
money was paid over the criminal ac-
tons against various persons, not in
GLIDING the action against Huston,
were formally dropped
The cases closed. were two actions
in equity and twenty criminal actions
In one case S1,100,000 in cash was
paid over and in another 100000 In
the cases OF the trust companies the
demurrers were sustained because the
principals having effected a settlement
the sureties could not be held In the
case of T. Lincoln Eyre he filed an an
swer and the case closed without testi-
mony being taken.
Special pleas were made by Lyman
D. Gilbert in behalf of William P Sny-
n
bergh and James NJ. Shumaker, setting
forth that they be joined in the pro-
ceedings to avoid prolonged litigation.
All set forth that they were not culpa-
BILE
The court then made the decree in
the case against H. Burd Cassell and
others, known as the Metallic Furni-
ture case, to this effect:
First-That the demurrers filed by
the Commonwealth Trust company,
Harrisburg Trust company, Annie E.
Barr and the Lancaster Trust COM
pany, executors of Sam Matt Fridy,
deceased, are sustained and the bill is
dismissed without costs.
Second-That the demurrers filed by
H. Burd Cassell, e. L. Reinhold and
E. B. ReinhOld, Penn Construction
company, Frank G. Harris, E. B. Har-
denbergh, James NJ. Shumaker, Jo-
seph NJ. Huston, William P Snyder,
W. Roger F'ronefeld, executor of VIII
liam L. Matnues, are overruled.
Third-That the bill as to T. Larry
Eyre and his sureties, William P Sny-
der and the estate of Sam Matt Fridy,
is dismissed without costs.
Fourth--That the loss sustained by
the commonwealth is hereby in &C.
cordance with the aforesaid stipIla-
tiol filed in the case ascert2ined and
assessed in the sum of 100000.
Fifth-This decree to be sal fed of
record upon the payment OF 100000
and payment of the record costs.
In the case against the estate Of
Sanderson AMI others statement WIS
made to the court by the attorney gen
eral explaining the differences and
then a decree was made 10 this e.
feet:
Fl st-The demur.ers fled by
sureties are sustained and the bin is
dismissed IS to each Of said deIE.'-
Iaut7 without costs.
Seccn j-TAe demurrers filed by
il>rr.s, H2r, en5ereh, Snyder, Fron>
y, S,a,~7'5cr, Huston, tde Common
y : II Il = Insurance and Trust con-
ran. Ii.-.er Eeabor and Pedro G.
5 !4.c, eseeu crs Of Sandecson, are
Uye1ruiai.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
Sen Succeeds Elkins.

Davis Elkias vas sworn in at Wash.
inetcn as the senator of the Un'tsd
States from West Virginia. He Is c
eldest son of the late Senator Stepne,
u. Elkins. ard is tie third genoa ! on
of the family to ren-cee-t =
the upper b ench OF congress. He was
appointed by tie gays. ca. OF Wes'
Virginia to rye stns.i - .eg 81 u.
watch is lealss r-.,is. ELS q saec-.
sor "a 4 -.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-01-13
South Carolina Loses Propeller

The United States battleship South
Carolina, now on her way home from
Europe, reported to the navy depart
ment by wireless that she lost her
port propeller and shaft In spite of
the fact that she will complete the
journey on her starboard propeller,
the South Carolina will arrive at
Hampton Roads about Jan. IL.