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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
GENIUS OF SCHUBERT.
Whatever the Great Composer Felt
Flowed Forth In Music.

Whatever the Great Composer Felt
Flowed Forth In Music.
Whenever Schubert happened to turn
over the leaves of n volume of poetry,
verses that pleased him would be-
come clothed in melody. They would
sing themselves in his mind with SUI
perb accompaniment. noble in rhythm
and rich in harmonies. If paper hap
pened TO be within reach the song
would ut once be written down.
One July evening in 1896, after a
lopG walk. the composer strolled into
a beer garden and found a friend sit
ting at a table with Il volume of Shake
speare Shubert picked up the book
and read the song in "Cymbeline,"
''Hark, Hark, the Lark" The beautiful
melody. with its accompaniment, as
we now have it instantly flashed upon
him. and he wrote it down on the spot
upon slaves hastily scrawled across
the back of bill of fare. In the course
of the same evening he set to music
the drinking song in antony and
Cleopatra" and the verses Who Is
Sylvia" in 1.-TWO Gentlemen of We
roma
And all this eXquisiteness came from
the son of n cook and poor mechanic,
whose chief delight as baby was to
pick out melodies on a rusty old piano
in his fathers shop and whose acme
Of human bliss was reached when he
was taken to a neighbOring joiner's to
try his infant hands on fine new in
strument. He was a charity pupil in
the Imperial School of Music, but nei-
Their its orphan asylum atmosphere,
the two meals day nor the ice cold
piano with the ice cold instruction
dampened the little Franz's ardor.
Whatever he felt flowed forth in mu
sic,-New York World.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
What She Wanted.

They had been married but two
months. and they loved each other de-
votedly He was in the back yard
backing his shoes. Jack" she call
ed at the top of her voice, Jack,
come here, quick!'
He knew at once that she was in
imminent danger. He grasped a stick
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. He entered the room
hreathlessly and found her looking out
of the window.
'Iook," said she@::that;s the kind of
gown want you to get me. "-Har>
per's Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
HUNTING TRUFFLES.
In France They Train Dogs to Find the
PRICED Plants

Truffies. like mushrooms, belong to
the family Of the fungi. but are a dis
tinct and very peculiar genus. They
are cryptogamic plants and subter-
ranean. their position underneath the
soil varying from two to three inches
to two feet in depth.
They have no root, stem or leaf and
tary in color from light brown to
black They are sometimes globular
in form and vary in size from that of
n pecan nut to that of ducks egg.
Their surface is watery and covered
with a skin. Their exact method of
growth is not precisely known. They
are, of course, regarded as a great
luxury by the epicure.
TruiHes are mentioned by Juvenal,
Pliny, Plutarch and Martial. The
Athenidn epicures were acquainted
with them, and a story is told of bon
viyant who freed a whole family of
slaves who had invented a delicious
method OF preparing them.
France has the credit of producing
the finest trufles. Dogs are commonly
bred to search for them.
The method of breaking" these
dogs is to give them for a time pieces
of truflles every morning before they
are allowed to partake of any other
food After a certain period, when
their appetite for truffles increases.
pieces are hidden in the ground, and
they are made to find them. Thus
they are gradually taught their bust
ness, though it often takes as long as
eighteen months before a dog becomes
skilled in the art.
In some parts of TRANSCRIPTION and
Perigord, for instance-pigs are train
ed for truie hunting, and by some
they are deemed to be better fitted
for this work than dogs. - Harper's
Weekly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
About Your Initials.

What do your initials spell? Some
people have had queer experiences
Names like Arthur S. Sullivan are I'm.
fortunate. George Henry) Augustus
Sala preferred to make himself, like
George Adam Smith, into GAS. Gil.
bert ABecket, Of course, was just
CAB. Whistler for awhile dropped
his Mcneil, fearing the possible ridi.
Guile Of JAM Whistler. Henry Rider
Haggard becomes very dignl6ed as
III. r. H.; Henry) Austin Dobson re-
fuses to be HAD, removing his first
name. and Nine. de Novikoff, though
no longer Olga Kireff. has become
ok" fOrever.-London Chronicle.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
The Eyes of the Japanese.

4 Japanese friend Of mine once saw
among my papers picture of an Eng
lishwoman dressed in japanese cloth
ing
"She is no japanese" he said "She
is European"
How do you know that?" | asked
him. Her costume is correct; her hair
is straight; she has no ornaments"
YES" he replied, but look at her
eyes. Her eyes look out on the world
as though she understood it. The Jap
anese woman never looks like that
From England Through Yellow Spec
tacles."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
SAVAGE FISH.
Perai Have Been Known to Tear an
Alligator to Pieces.


The most savage and bloodthirsty
fish in all the waters of the earth are
the perai, declares Charles Livingston
Bull in Under the Roof of the Jun
gle" They are from twelve to four
teen inches in length and look not m
like the northern bass, although more
powerfully built. They have been
known to attack an alligator. discover
a rent in the skin of the great reptile
and tear and devour him until moth
ing but his bones and rough skin was
left.
The perai are silvery green in color.
Their thick, muscular jaws are armed
with rows of teeth like those of a
crosscut saw, sharp and triangular
and fitting exactly together. These
jaws and teeth are most formidable.
being able to cut to pieces anything
less hard than the shell of a tortoise
The lower lobe Of the tail is longer
than the upper one and all the fins
short, giving the impression, as do the
thick, rounded body and head, Of
great strength.
1t is fortunate that in all the length
and breadth of northern South Amer
ica these rapacious little murderers
are found only in widely scattered To-
calities. Thus one pool will harbor a
great school of them, while for miles
in either direction up or down the
same stream there may not be another
individual.
Were it not for this peculiar locali-
cation the jungles would be nearly
stripped of animal life. for beasts and
birds and reptiles must drink, and,
while those Of a few species can get
all the water they need from the dew
on the leaves in the morning, by far
the greater number must come to the
streams ana pools. Even creatures
like that master fisherman, the otter,
must give the perai a wide berth, and
no other fish gan inbabit the same
waters.
They have been known TO leap a
foot out OF water and bite a piece out
Of a mans hand as he was STOPPING
TO dip up drink.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
KEPT TO THE POINT.
Interruptions Didn't Make Blaine Lose
His Self Possession.

sn his Yesterday With the Fathers
Or. William Wherefore Newton tells
an incident which,. fortunately escap-
ing tragedy. serves nevertheless to IL
lustrate the imperturbable self pos
session of a famous statesman.
Upon one occasion the Hon. James
G. Blaine addressed a large concourse
of people. There was a great wooden
platform, on which were the speakers
and the officers and a famous German
band. | had been invited to make the
opening prayer. After this Mr. Blaine
began his address with the following
sentence:
Il am opposed to the election of Sam
uel J. Tilden."
Just then some one in the crowd
called out. "Hurrah for James G..
Blaine. and then Il great ovation
greeted the Republican leader At its
close Mr. Blaine began again by re-
marking:
AS ! said few moments ago, l am
opposed to the election of Samuel j.
Tilden."
Just then a terrible grinding, crush
ing. earthquake-like sensation was felt
by all of Us who were seated on the
platform, and the entire staging went
down with 4 rush. We were tumbled
one over another, speakers. officers,
German band dnd all, and for myself
| felt rs KOrah. Dathan and Abiram
probably felt when the earth opened
and swallowed them up alive in the
pit.
Mr.. Blaine and l happened to be
wound round together, legs and arms
in inextricable confusion, and as we
were trying to worm ourselves out Of
the melee he said to ne:
MT. Newton. isn't there an article
in the Apostolic Creed about the res
direction from the deadT'
There is, Mr. Blaine" | replied.
land there is also an article about de-
sending
When the debris was removed and
place made for the speaker he began
again by saying. for the third time:
Notwithstanding these many inter-
ruptiOns. l am rs opposed as ever to
the election of Samuel j. Tilden.'
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
MisleadinQ,

4 man once ran for Office. and after
very close election the returns
showed that he had been elected by
few votes A friend with whom he had
been discussing the matter asked:
"What makes you think that all the
Ballots weren't countedY'
You see" replied the successful can
'didate, I'm judging from the number
of fellows who've come around asking
for a job on the ground that they vot-
ed for me"-New fork Times.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
Cables of Human Hair,

In north Japan is an enormous hea-
then temple, the timbers of which were
hauled from the mountains and put in
place with ropes made from the hair
Of the women Of the province. from
these tresses. which were brought
forth BY an edict two ropes were
made one seventeen Inches in circum-
ference and 1,4OO feet In length, while
the other was eleven inches in circum-
ference and 2.6Oo feet long.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
Iiuht of the FireHy,

Professor Mcintosh says that a tenn
perature approaching 1000 degrees E,
would be necessary to make a/light
equivalent to that emitted by an ordi-
nary FREELY The enormous waste of
energy in all industrial methods of
producing light is a matter of com
mon knowledge, and the example OF
the FREELY remains unimitated by man
-Argonaut.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
EARL LYTTON'S BAD TASTE.
A Dinner Speech That Called Forth
Howls of Oerision.

A Dinner Speech That Called Forth
Howls of Derision.
i once sat at a banquet given in
London by Wilson Barrett to Law
renee Barrett, says 4 writer in an
English magazine Earl Lytton pre-
sided, a curled. oiled, effeminate, su-
percilious fOp. He had a Roman
tragedy to sell to Wilson Barrett That
was why he came.
He eulogized Wilson Barrett in a
speech 81 believe" he said, chat
Mr.. Barrett won some success with a
piece called consulting his notes. The
Lights OF London | suppose it was
the work Of some dramatic hack"
George Sims sat facing him and never
said a word
Then his Iordship went drawing on:
Il next find on the list of Mr. Bar
rett's successes something called The
Silver King Here again l know
nothing of the authorship. The names
OF those dramatic carpenters do not
interest me-" At which Henry Arthur
oohOo SldlSu anu d hNlou NdlhS lulO
the face of poor blind Henry Herman.
Finally" said Lord Lytton, "AIr.
Wilson Barrett has placed on his
boards what he humorously calls a
Roman tragedy. | refer to 'Claudian,'
attributed TO one w. C. Wills, of whom
L have never heard" This was too
much for the banqueters. All of them
were personally acquainted with Try
ing's pet poet, the modest Wills. So
they howled derisively.
And Earl Lytton's tragedy, produced
n month later, was a dismal failure.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17

In the rush and hurry of mod
ern life do we think as much as
we might of the happiness of
those who are growing old. They
have lost so much! Their youth,
often their health, most of the
friends and companions who
started with them on life's jour-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
Ais A#icfinn

A teacher had told a class of juVe-
nile pupils that Milton. the poet. was
blind The next day she asked If any
of them could remember what Mil
tons great aff1iction was
"Yes'm," replied one little fellow;
.he was a Christian Register.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17

ney, and yet we often grudge
them the brightness and JOY we
might so easily put into their
lives. We will not stay 10 near
the recollection OF. old and happy
days which theysslove to tell as.
We let them see so plainly that
their day is over, and ours has
come! That those who have borne
the burden and heat of the day.
tOiled and struggled and worn
themselves out for others. should
be left to feel lonely and neglect
ed is sorrowfUl. We can and ought
each and all, III our own place
and way, do something to bring
the glow of summer and the re-
membrance of the days CT roses
and love into the lives fast near
ing their winter and their end.
The dwelling of a man in new
York city has been visited oy
burglarers four times in the last
three months. He ought TO write
something hot and indignant to
the papers about it
The rate she wore in her nan
caused the death of a Pennsyi-
vania woman. 1t Is now in order
for development ofyfhe hobble-
skirt fatality. Even then fashion
will not have done its worst.
"A st. Paul girl drove II nails
in As minutes, says an exchange
We believe she could hammer her
neighbors much faster than thar
though.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
His Job

Signed up as yet?" inquired Actor
Yorick Kamm.
mot yet" responded Actor Bamlet
TAFT.
'Ehen how do you eat?'
: 'Tm a professional bohemian at a
bohemian restaur2 nj. ''.pfttsbury Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
Still Worse.

Mrs. Fastleigh has given up ciga-
rettes."
did the smoke make her ill?"
mo. The smoke made her dog III"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
actful.

Johanna. please go to the pawn'bfo-
ker's and pawn my gold watch. The
poor man, understand. is not getting
much business, and j think we should
help him along" -Fliegende B1atter.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
Corrrcnd.

The Artist-Just a little daub OF
mine, you see, dear madam. Miss
Gush tgushingfys-Oh, no. You are
entirely too modest. / should can it
quite big datb.-Puck.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17
The Voice of Experience,

Singieton-The woman / marry must
be an ideal housekeeper. wederly
with a sigh)-Take my tip. old man,
and freeze on to a practical one.-Chi-
'rago News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17

The minutes saved by hurry are as
useless as the pennies saved by parsi
mony.-C. B. Newcomb.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-01-17

None Dire less eager to learn than
I6bey who know nothing.-Suard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27

w ANTED. EEPRE'sts&TAT1vE IN
every locality 90 sell hssh-sNde.
gold bonds. with liberia stock bonus.
ISSUED by large producing Gil COM
psuy well and favcrably known
Rank and commercial references.
We furnish leads. printed matter.
monthly house organ and every pos
sit,lc assistance. Legitimate. prof,t-
able opportunity for brokers. bond
and stock statesmen. Liberia. COM
mission. Write to-day for full de-
taiiz. VIM MOORE. Gas Title lAsur-
snce B3dr.. Los Angeles. Cal
LE>xMEN-DOUBIsE YOUH INCOME
~ sel1Ing the grsatese es9ar srees
ss;~s'ss;ssSf q - NJ Ss.s SSx
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pelp auantsp, aeale

WANTED. AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN
| to become travelling statesmen. anu
while shss 5sasR Ers iSs RM
Rochester. N. y. ---.
MEN WANTED. ALSO LADIES. EARN
(. easy money at home. spare I'm! C.me .
| work "Knellcraft' process. COM
plete instructions. starter: tfaue ..pS'
/ lee. KNELL. Box 522i-h. hosto"'
Mass. -
! understands thoroughly cleanihs ana )
dyeiny business Apply Room O.
Ebel Building.
WANTED. BRIGHT BOY TO IHr,N;:
printing trade GLOBE PRiNIiNH
CO.. 1910 East franklin.
WANTED. ONE GOOD SHEET metal
worker: none other need apply.
JOSEPH Il. JOHNSON. 2is HARRISON
Street. Petersburg. Va, Phone 1oe.
OUT OF WORK? WANT MORE ORE
manently: you're boss. too. No ex-
perience needed. 10 canvassins: re-
turns quick. Only small capital re,
quired. Valuable booklet n.t, 81 ,o. ,hs
S nydsr .as IS pE stssi MFG. Co. nc.
6s Broadway. Buffalo. \. y.
IUACHMAN; MUST BE EAfERiESs-
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forrlsr employer. Apply 1914 Moh"
ment Avenue. --
WANTED. A coMPoSlToR FOR B0oh
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capable and quick. STEADY work ao'
Dispatch. -
A PROMINENT NEW YORK FIRM
selling to merchant tailors wants
clean. hisn h,saaSi s Msst bee a
critic of good tailoring and able 10
h.A
making good in his present position
and wants to do bigger things. Ten
IL Ali in your reply with references
Confidential Address SALES MN
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WANTED. A WHITE MAN WITH TWO
or three boys or two young men, u
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LIS. h. F. D.. I, Richmond, Va. Phone
Madison 4S99-R
WANTED, COOP JOB PRESS FEED
er. Apply at 500 East Franklin 81.
WANTED. AN EXPERIENCED CAR:
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JURGENS. Adams and Broad
o'clock Monday morning. ---
WANTED. TEN FIRST-CLASS HOUSE
painters. GEBHAkDT. :ls North
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WANTED. ONE OR TWO GOOD COL
rored men to act as agents FOR pultd-
ing lots in the largest and ocst COZ
Ored subdivision in District OF 90
mmbia. Call or write GLENDALE
LAND CO, Washington. d. Z.
WE WILL PAY ANY Man SIS PER
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to take orders for the greatest por-
trait house in the world. Expert
ence unnecessary. Address at once,
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
11eiD, QeAIe anD female


SiSHT SCHOOL now RUNNING FOR
ambitious boys and girls. Bookkeep-
Ing. shorthand. typewrtttns. penman.
ship and English taught at special
low tuition Write OF call MASSEY
BUSINESS COLLEGE
WANTED. WHITE AND COLOKED
women: cooks. chambermsids- nurses
Mattresses, for this city. state. Penn.
sylvansa. New Jersey. New YORK:
TRANSPORTATION sdvsnced. AAkTi~
4 co. SIS East Broad
WHEN YoC WANT NAN OR WOMAN
cook. caambermaids. waityesses. but
Iers. porters. drivers @ help Of any
Mind. white or coiored- male OF fe-
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= CO, SIS East Bread street Phone
Monroe <S1.
MO MONEY wRTTfNo SONGS. HUN
drris of dollars have been made b
succcssful wrtssrA We 10y % pr
cent OF profits ~ successful send
US your original poems. songs or
melodies to-dsy; or Tsae scr re
Eashtugtop. -. e.
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dGenrs IIanub

waNTED. AGENTS. ETHER SEX:
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profit: goods replaced free X mole
appears: experience unnecessary; AZ
dress WEAR PROOF. west Fnn-
adelphia, Pa
TSF YOTTR SPARE TIME 70 BUILD
up mail order business OF your
own. we help you start for share
in profits; ~ opportunities: RSrtlSI-
lars free. MUTUAL OpPOEIySSi-
AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY AND
become sales managers for our gooos.
Fast office sellers nne pfo N.Y. nip
PEN COMPANY. Dept. AS. BaIi-
more. Md
AGENTS AND n o. DEALERS-l.eeo
high-grade colored embossed bost-
cards. express prepaid. for only u:
5000 for s.: scenic. comic. floral or
DIV is exhausted Subtraction or
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Of fiavors, perfumes and toilet prep,
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natl, O.
AGENTS-S20 DAILY, EASY SAILS.
big profits, selling soc sheet muse
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largest variety Ero Mri Gh,G daaeS "
SPECIAL Statesmen FOR UNIvER.
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Mass.
AGENTslwE WILL PAT An HONEST
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tovn = liberal salary TO do easy ani
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hest peus on earth ard sell them TO
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cent profit This - not q scheme
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