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The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
QUICKSILVER MINING.
An Occupation That Quickly Dooms
the Workers.


the Workers.
The chief quicksilver mines in Eu-
rope are in the Spanish town of Alma
den. which is an Arabic word, mean
ing the mine of quicksilver" These
mines were formerly worked by the
Iberians and after them by the ancient
Romans. Between 1915 and 1913 the
Sp,,..sL government employed galley
slaves in them, an occupation that
soon ended in death. The fumes of
the mercury produce constant saliva
ton, and the system becomes perme-
ated with the metal.
At first the victim is seized with
trembings. and then the teeth drop
out; pains in the bones follow and then
death. The annual yield of mercury
is 100000 pounds. to produce which
1900 men are engaged in this un-
healthy employment.
After Almaden so far as yield Of
quicksilver is concerned comes Idria,
an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles
from Triest. These mines also were
once worked by criminals, who, owing
to the terrible qualities of the mineral,
expired after about two years service.
There are now nearly 500 miners en-
gagged in the work at Idria. They are
induced to enter the mines by high
pay. A pension is allowed when they
are disabled. and provision is made for
their widows and children.--Pearson'S
Weekly
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
KING OF FRUITS.
To Eat a DURAN You Must First Over
come Your Sense of Smell.


The east furnishes in the DURAN one
of the strangest Of fruits. 1t has been
called "the king Of fruits, as the or
ange is the queen" but there are many
who entertain no liking for it.
There is this difficulty about the du-
rian. Its consumption presents the
same obstacle to enjoyment as a ripe
cheese. To eat DURAN one must first
overcome ones sense of smell. The
odor of the DURAN suggests limburger
cheese. onion sauce, brown sherry and
other incOngruitieS- 1t has also been
compared to the smell of a limekiln in
full operation.
The Malays are excessively fond Of
the fruit, and those Europeans whose
sense Of smell is not Overdelicate con-
tend that the DURAN is like rich but
terry custard favored with almonds.
A British officer at Penang once
dined a member of parliament about
cacies an overripe DURAN was placed
upon the table. The guest, on being
pressed to partake of it. declined. with
this remark:
lit may have been very good last
season, but if you will excuse me 1
would rather not venture on it now"
The DURAN is as large as a mans
head and is covered with sharp spines.
1t grows upon large tree. somewhat
similar to the walnut. When ripe it
falls. and if it should strike any one
the chances are that it would inflict
damage. The natives, knowing the
danger of a blow from a falling DURAN,
stretch nets under the trees in pOpu-
lous places so that the fruit may be
caught as it falls.-New York Sun.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
OPENING COURT IN LONDON.
Picturesque Ceremony That Accom-
panies a Criminal Trial.

M. co,+i,,c. ,f =, ,,;,,;,,,t +,;,1 IN To-,
don is in s+Tilyjng contrasr with that Of
onI, similar scene in an American court
Too,o Tho oDo,i~. of co,,rt IN tho
,oorninc ana af,er I,,nobonr i crri-
o,,s carer,onv, ooc,r.rrDr n n lam
ino.s - pbfladolnbi, Iou-vor 7, the
London Cont" .. The bar and andi.
onco rise and fbro,~b door corra-
rDorrrno to +5o o,. 1,r ,rbic, tho ,-fs-
ifor has reacbod fsa dies en+ar the
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The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
DIDN'T NEED A TRUNK.
He Was Master of the Art Of Travel
ina Without Baqqaqe.

Sir Charles Napier was once delight
fuIlv nictured In Punch rs setting out
FOR Scindo with his soon', and very
a.. -. DoT,.oon,-o % u~,+o,
III '','~ -, -, -
eH'i-ie u l''' u" -'' TO
lana chlehF On Io'1 an" lII aI'+'.|
turned up at the houses OF MS l'ieh'S
with almost no visible baggage, err
ried nearly rs simple an outa, Yet
in some mysterious way be was always
able to appear mt dinner iu full dress
Iu his book promenade e. orlando.
De Latocnave tells how le ac...rr..s
ar tra feat.
"E lrl nay hair Iaula. lu. ... ...-a
of I,E-'s GLOVE. ..y razor. needles.
f-,..-. scissors and c..a g.. wen.
INFO % r9fr Of E.uc.r- pumps T.. abe
dillon. 7 carried two r.irs of silk stock
fers. breaches Of such rua -u. .lat
rrn- r..rI1 fold ur as small. .a uv
f=.. trr,a Cr.vats. two very fine SHIRTS.
fhr-. ne.zeE banGEercl.cEs and a. cess
coat with six pockets.
.-l~aa OF these pockets Ee.- for
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
The Salamanca.

In Andrews Anecdotes Ancient and
Modern" Q7S9I one reads. should a
glass house fire be kept up without ex-
tinctiOn for a longer term than seven
years there is no doubt but that a
salamander would be generated in the
cinders." This probably accounts for
the popular idea that SalamandeT
lives in the fire, fallacy so far re-
moved from the truth that the curious
liZardlike beast so called cannot en-
dure even the heat of the sun, but
skulks away under stones to avoid il.
1t will never lose its reputation for
fire eating, though, which fingers still
in the heating utensil that is named
after it
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Flaqrant.

senator was condemning a piece
Of political deception.
THE thing WAS as tiagrant," he said,
"as the railway case. Two men, one
of them very short. were passing
through a station toward the train
gates, when the bigger one was heard
to say:
1--we took a half ticket fur We,
George Yer so little yell pass all
right
But protested George, how about
my beard? And he twiddled his chin
beard nervOusly.
"'Oh,' rejOined the other, tell 'em
it's a MOLE Washington Star.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Book and Crook.

The rock appears to have become the
bird whose name stands for swindlers
in distinctly unfair way AZ first
''roOk" meant a dupe, then the verb
Ito rock" came to mean to cheat, and
out of this was evolved "rOOk," a
cheater-a complete tOpsy turvy proc
ess- 1t is curious that the same thing
has not happened to gull" Here also
the verb came from the substantive
meaning a dupe. and as the gull strikes
one as rather a knowing bird one
might have expected the same evOlu-
ton rs in the case of the rock. It
should be observed. however. that
gull dupe, did not refer specially
to the sea gull, the word having for
merly meant young bird of any kind
In EliZabethan English it signified a
caIlOw youngster who wished TO be
thought smart--LOndOn Chronicle.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Their Reward,

DR.. Strachan, bishop of Toronto, was
waited upon by two churchwardens,
who complained that their clergyman
wearied his congregation by repeating
the same sermon. He had preached it
twelve times. The bishop asked for
the text. Neither of the churchwardens
could remember. go back" said the
bishop sternly, "and ask your clergy
man to preach the sermon once more
and then come back and tell me the
text"
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
MAGIC FIRE WRITING.
How to Perform an Amusing and Mys-
tifying Trick.

How to Perform an Amusing and Mys-
tifying Trick.
This recipe for magic fire writing"
is given by the Pathfinder: Dissolve
saltpeter in water until the water will
take up no more. Then take the
wrong" end of a penholder and, dip
ping it in the solution, draw in thick
strokes. some name or design on a
piece Of light paper, taking care not
to break the continuity of the writing
anywhere-that is, all words must be
joined. When dry the writing will
be invisible. Fold over or roll up half
an inch of each end of such a paper
after it has been allowed to get dry
and stand it on something that will
not burn. Light a match. then blow
it out and apply the glowing tip to
some spot touched by the design you
can make an ink mark before apply
ing the saltpeter to serve as a guide),
and n tiny glowworm of fire will
travel all along the lines traced and
end by leaving the device burned out
of the paper, no other part of it being
destroyed.
BY the use Of little ingenuity all
sorts of amusing designs for this pur-
pose can be got up. For example, you
can draw in pencil or ink on the paper
a picture Of one boy throwing base
ball to another and also trace an in
visible curved line in the saltpeter
from the hand of the thrower to that
of the catcher. Then when you touch
fire to the thrower'S hand the fire will
follow the saltpeter line right to the
others hand
Those who see the thing and are not
in the secret will be much mystifed
as TO why the fire follows this line and
does not burn the rest of the paper.
Saltpeter enters into gunpOwder, and
wherever it has touched the paper it
makes it burn.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
The oanaersus ear-na.,

One can apVer resi- q g, '.'.," ~.-!,"ni
bow "hOwler Here - IL %.
The teacher had been 81 al. e -
son on elementary hygiene. sA:iai,'.2
about cleanliness and germs. -uH :"
on, and the scholars were asked to
write an essay on the subject.
Said one youth: Dust is thing that
should always be carefully got rid Of.
as it nearly always contains Germans.
which do a lot of harm."-LOndOn
Answers.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Card Marks.

1t is conjectured by some writer's on
the subject that the marks upon the
cards designating the four kinds in a
pack were originally symbolical and
Intended to signify the different class
es of society. According to this sup
position, the hearts represented the
clergy, spades the nobility. some old
packs of cards bearing a sword or
lance head instead of spade: clubs
the serfs and diamonds the burghers
or citizen classes.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
a SUGGESTION.

The retailer stopped one of his old
est customers on the street.
81 want to speak to you" he began
"Go ahead, and see if care"
you've got to care. This bill or
yours has been running a long time
now"
poor thing! How can you be so
cruel as to let it run long timer
well, what are you going to do
with it,"
I'm going to make you a sugges-
ton If that bill has been running for
as long as you say it ! give it a
rest. Let it stand for a n or two"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
A Wideawake Prisoner.

The jury has unanimously found
you guilty, prisoner at the bar" said
the judge dryly, but for some reason
unknown to me they have recommend
ed you to the mercy Of the court. In
view of your crime you must be hang
ed. but in view Of that recommended
ton to mercy you may choose the
method of hanging"
IAN right, you're honor" replied the
prisoner. "If that's the case 1 guess
FIJI be hanged in ffigy."-Harper's.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
A Ecrturate Chance.

what don't a"tch nn TO-" said
Nose WIFI. rs how - damaged TO
make thu. 5termohile Teller pay We
thutty de-, fer spillin' Vaughn
load . puu Gags. We can't spite bad
egg, kin We"
"Waal. We see said Ur"l" .trbez. III
come about this way when me
smashup come tn air col -, ''-'i 80 :h1i
pesky sa~...rs. ;hr, 'h" r-,i,:uu o.
them ther,- -g.- ,H,Hf "'r'..F ''-rr-
ceptible - H9rler'>-
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
TRAMPS OF THE SEA.
Their Work In Developing the Ocean
Carrying Trade.

Their Work In Developing the Ocean
Carrying Trade.
There are land tramps and sea
tramps, but whereas the former lives
by the labor of others, the worlds
were the latter to be swept from the
face of the ocean. While there have
practically always been tramp ships
since men have sailed the sea, il re
manned for the Yankee shippers to de-
velOp this phase Of ocean carrying to
its highest degree. Tramping on the
ocean is only another name for trad
ing, and many are the stories extant
of Yankee shippers swapping beads,
mirrors, calico, knives and other tribes
for ivory in Africa, and for cOmmodi
ties equally as valuable in other lands.
The tramp steamship came into ex-
istence during the war between the
states, and it is to this type OF vessel
that England primarily owes her su-
premacy on the sea, she having en-
cOuraged the building of tramps more
than any other nation. In times OF
peace they add to her prosperity. ant
where they enjoy a subsidy. as theY
do in some instances, they are used as
transports and other auIiliaries IL
times of war.
Next to England comes Norway as a
nation which encourages sea tramps.
and as her maritime laws are more
elastic than those of Great Britain,
many British tramps are sold to Nor
wegian owners. who make them pay
after they have Outlived their useful
ness under the British fiaS-Marine
Journal.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Bildad's Car.

well, Bildad," said Jimpsonberry,
II suppose, now that you are living out
in the country, you have car"
Yes" said Bildad. THAT is, my
neighbors and have one together"
Really said Jimpsonberry. GO
operative arrangement, eh? Not bad
idea. What make is it?'
"Oh. just plain trOlley."-Judge-
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
AIIayed His Fever.

Old Observation-Disclosures looking so
blue about, old man? De Chappie-
Reason enough. Last night 1 dramat-
icaIly told Doc De Rocks that 1 was
consumed With love for his daughter,
and the old chump prescribed quinine
for fever and said he'd send the bin
later.-BostOn Record.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
0uick Action.

"Rube, how cold did you ever see it?"
He said, "Well. sir. one time when
/ was living down in Pickaway coun-
ty, in hog killing time, we had kettle
Of boiling water setting on the stove,
and we took it out in the yard. and it
froze so doggone quick the ice was
hot."-National Monthly.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Tha POETS Boost.

William Watson says of the poet,
"He sits above the clang and dust of
time
This might indicate that he takes to
the roof when his wife begins her
spring housecleaning.- Plain
Dealer.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
A Mare MANS Opinion.

do you mean to tell me-" demand
ed Mrs. Whackhurst, that it is bad
Thing for a woman to have an aim in
iife?"
81 do" said Whackhurst, especially
IL she's going to throw bricks. She
might hit something Harper's.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Fills the Bill

"a sentence with the word ex-
posure," the teacher demanded, and
sturdy boy put up his hand.
IF you fellows don't quit your graft
ing I'll exposure" he quoted grandilo-
auently from the noted reform lecturer
he had heard.-New York Times.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
The Delay,

Willie Chumpleigh-D'ye know. Miss
Gladys, / hadn't been talking to your
father more than couple of minutes
when he called He a brainless idiot.
Miss Gladys-Indeed. wonder what
eaused the delay?-Life.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Nice Nersa.

Parson - So your husband is sick.
Maybe be has been throwing himself
too heavily into his work. Mrs. Casey
Not on yure loife! He's been throw
ing his wu-urk too hivily into him.
That's what's the trouble wild him.
He's MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Sunny Paanla

The world delights in sunny people.
The old are hungering for love more
than for bread. The air of Joy is very
cheap, and If you can help the poor
on with a garment of praise it will be
better for them than blankets.-Henry
Drummond.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
lov. That N.vsr minds, DIVES.

Mrs. Flipp-l wonder if my husband
will love me when my hair is gray?
Her Friend-Of course he will. He's
loved you through three shades of hair
lready.-Exchange
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
Curiosity

Where necessity ends curiosity be-
gins. and no sooner are we supplied
with everything the nature can de-
mand than we sit down to contrive ar
tificial appetites.-Johnson-
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
A Chance of lone.

Won Blumer roaring with rage)-
Who told you to put that paper on the
WALTZ Decorator-Your wife, sir. Won
Blumer-Pretty, isn't it?-Exchange.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04

Great things are just ahead of you,
but you must reach out for them
Horace Fletcher.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04

Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as
spectators awhile and then act our part
in it--Swift
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04

The man who tolls for principle en-
mobiles himself by the act.-Theodore
Parker
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04

A man Of integrity will never lister
to any plea against conscience.-Tome.
The Adair County news., 1912-09-04
JUST like GHOSTS
The Norwegian VardogrS and
Their Curious Warnings.
A STUDY IN PSYCHIC FORCE.

Voices and Sounds and Visions That
F5rcteu TO These Properly Attuned
&c th5 Phenomenon The Speedy Com
ira Of Relatives or Friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-31
HART HITS HARD

Exception was taken in the Tuesday
issue of the Imperial Valley Press to
the fact that my candidacy for the
state senate in this district as a Dem
ocrat has been endorsed by the Re-
publican central committee of Orange
county Admitting my personal worth,
the Press still declared that if elected
I would feel under obligations to what
IL calls machine" The commits ee
referred to above is composed of men
whom the Republicans of Orange coun-
ty have again and again honored with
office. They endorsed my candidacy
because they preferred an honest Dem
ocrat to a so-called Republican who,
while assuming the title of Republican
candidate, is a supporter of those who
have disrupted. maligned and sworn
to destroy the Republican party. The
committee required of me no pledge Or
promise and none was given The
Press declared truly that who touches
pitch is detiled, but pitch is merely
filthy, while men, such as compose
the Republican central committee Of
Orange county, are often filed with
high ideals of honesty proper appre
citation Of loyalty to the party which
has honored them in the past and for
whose principles they have sacrificed
much. To touch such as these, far from
defiling, is to be taught that political
honor does not consist in flching i
party name for purposes of deception,
does not consist in claiming to be Re
publicans in a state and non-Repub-
iicans in the nation, does not consist in
disfranchising those whose votes are IS
clearly their right are any of the
other rights of American citizens. Since
to receive it l was asked to sur
render and have surrendered no part
of my political creed as a Democrat, |
value the unanimous endorsement Of
my candidacy by the Republican cen
tral committee of Orange county as !
value an endorsement by any reputa-
BILE citizens and if elected to the state
senate l am quite sure that L Will
represent my district loyalty and that
no machine" will control my actions
not even that machine which is now
known in this state as the Progress
sivc" party but is marked on the bal
lot as the Republican party.
LOUIS PAUL HART.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-31
4 FEW QUESTIONS

A large number of voters would like
to have the following questions an
swered before election by the advo-
Gates of the third term:
If the trusts are a menace to the
country, why do you help the trusts
elect Roosevelt against Taft, who 5
fighting the trusts?
II you answer that il is because
Taft's nomination is tainted, then why
was it worse for the national commit
tee to seat ~ Taft delegates whose
title was disputed than for Roosevelt
to try to seat 16O delegates withou
any title at all?
How does it happen that every man
who is concerned about the taint on
Taft's nomination was as much against
Taft before the Chicago convention as
he is now?
Since Republicans cannot vote their
national ticket in this state and must
choose between Wilson and Roosevelt,
can they be fairly blamed for support
ing whichever one of those two they
think to be the least Objectionable?
Can a man support the presidential
ticFet of one party and the state ticket
of another and expect to be regarded
as very useful to either?
Is not a party with its head cut OF
as useless as man in the same con-
dition? 49,. =
Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-31
MARKET REPORTS
Los ANGELES PRODUCE

Los ANGELES, Oct. 31.-Another ad-
vance in the price of local ranch eggs
featured the call on the produce mar
ket. The price of candled advanced &c
a dozen to soc and case count to Acc.
Other varieties were unchanged. Ore
gon dairy cheese was firmer at 19c a
pound. No change was made in butter
prices. Almond nuts were easier at is
"a 19c pound. The poultry market was
strong.
Tomatoe receipts were heavy. The
large dealers held their prices at 60c a
box for fancy stock and 25 a S5c for
ordinary ripe tomatoes. Nearly all the
smaller dealers cut their price to 40@
SOC a lug box for fancy stock, or 20@
Soc for ordinary stock stock o. Artiehokes
Lettuce was marked higher to S1.00Q
1.25 a crate.
No fruit prices were changed. Some
arrived and were cleaned up by noon
at &C a basket. A large assignment
of pineapples arrived.
Receipts of produce in Los Angeles
yesterday We're: Eggs, as cases; butter,
y, $50 pounds; cheese, 1910 pounds; po
tatoes, S903 sacks; beans, 1855 sacks;
apples, $3.50 boxes.
Following are the quotations,
changes should be noted in flour and
feed and millstuffs:
Butter-Prices 20 the trade Sc above
eS-
traS. SIC; creamery firsts, 32sc-
Eggs-Local ranch, doz., candled, soc;
case count, Acc: seconds, 27c; pullets',
Sic; eastern, Sc a 3Sc.
Beans-No. l pink, S5.75 cwt.; No.
lima, S5.75 a 500; Lady Washington, No.
l, S510@5.25; small white. No. 1, S5.25
81 $50; blackeye, S4.25@4.50; Garvanza,
$3.50; bayous, $3.50 q 500; Mexican reds,
$3.50: lentils, S6.5o@7.00.
onions-Australian Reds. sOc box;
Northern Yellow Danvers, 90c q 90
per cwt.; Silverskin, 35@40c box,
White Wax, crate, S1.50; young onions,
20c dozen punches.
Potatoes-Local Burbanks, SO@9Oc;
cwt.; sweet potatoes, $3.50 LIS; High
land, 90cM S1.00.
Poultry-Buying prices Qive)-Broil-
ers, h.. 26c; fryers, lie; roasters, lie;
young cocks, SC; old cocks. Sc; light
hens Ice; heavy hens, 1Sc; young tur-
keys 1SM 22c; old turkeys zoe; young
ducks, lac: old ducks, 12c; geese, 12c;
SQUAD pigeons, $3.50 doz.
HoneY-Extract cted, water white, 1Oc
lb: white. sc; light amber Sc; combs,
water white, 16c; white, 15c; light am
Der, 15c; beesewaX, SOC.
Hay-New crop: Tame oats, $22@ %
per ton: alfalfa, SIC so per ton;
barley. S2O6 % per ton; wheat, $50 IS;
straw, Ss per ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-31

taken care of by nobody but himself
and nobody else has ever taken care
of him. Those who want to take care
of him want to do it in order that
they can do with him whatever suits
their fancy.
THE American workingman never
got anything that he did not, by or
ganized effort, go and take for him
self
IF you want to be certain that w E
would not pay the tariff tax if we
knew We were paying it, go and watch
the people who come back from Eu-
house. They are most indignant Amer
leans imaginable. They kick like steers
at the payment of the duty because
they are then and there consciously
and visibly paying it out of their
own pockets. We ought all of us go
outside periodically and come in again
so we could realize what is actually
happening. If, every time we bought
an article, we bought it at the price
il would be without the tariff, and then
had to go down to the Gust oms house
and pay the rest, we would soon see
that there was some way devised by
which we would not have to pay the
rest, because we would realize we were
adding artiicially to the cost of things
which are necessary to our lives"