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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
A LEGAL LEGEND.
The Tale of Telling Comparison In
an Oriental Court.

an Oriental Court.
When Abd-el-Hakk was poor, as he
was one day travelling across a weary
plain, he came to the house of the
Widow Zaidah. who was also poor, but
when he made known his hunger she
set before him two hard boiled eggs
ell the food there was In her house.
Later, when Abd-el-Hakk lived in
Marakesh and was very rich, Meluli
the lawyer, disliking him, persuaded
the Widow Zaidah to sue him for the
eggs, but not for the eggs alone, for
they would have become two chickens,
which in time would have so multiplied
that the whole fortune of Abd-el-Hakk
would not now pay for them. Whe,
the case came to trial the rich man was
not in court.
"Why is the defendant not here?" de
manded the judge.
MY lord" said counsel for the de
Tense, he is gone to sow boiled beans Sc
Boiled BEANS"
Boiled beans. my lord"
"Is be mad?"
HE is very wise, my lord. Surely if
hard boiled eggs can be Matched boiled
beans will grow"
The suit was promptly dismissed.
with costs to the plaintif.-PearsOn' 5
Weekly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22

over the shoulder. A bordering
of skunk trims the sleeves.
Heavy fastenings, fashion e d
from heavy cords made from
velvet constitute the only other
trimming.
The coat is lined with a beauti-
full white crepe meteor brocade
in black velvet, which shows
plainly when the fronts are
thrown open.
The most pronounced feature
of the tailored or semitailored
costumes is the combination of
two materials. Skirts of satin
and velvet appear from beneath
the tunics ard coats of serge or
wool; and skirts Of white cloth
and satin are much used under
coats of dark wool and velvet,
the white being repeated in the
collar and cuffs.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Check On HastY Marriages.

Considering the subject Of di-
vorce and the possible proven
tives and remedies for the too
evident tendencies to rush busl-
ness in the divorce courts, the
American Bar Association, re-
Gently convened, evolved some
new ideas thatEat least are inter
esting, and that might lead to
something practical. The mat
ter is presented in the latest is-
sue of the Continent as follows:
Zone of the most important
actions was in behalf of a model
marriage law designed to check
hasty and irregular marriage
ceremonies. 1t prohibits COM
mon-law marriages and provides
that at least five days shall elapse
between the application for
a marriage license and its issu
ance. In that period the official
issuing the license may investi-
gate the representations of the
applicants. This office may re-
ouire the applicants for a license
to convince a Judge of that par
ticular jurisdiction that a certifi-
cate should be issued. During
the five days the names and the
addresses of the persons deslr-
ing the license shall be posted in
a conspicuous place.
Wheu men and women and
bodies of men and women of
braius and character begin tc
think and talk and write of the
necessity which exists tor more
general safeguarding of the in,
dividual family by those reason.
able precautions which the i'm
portance of it's functions de-
mands, there is hope Of a con
structive outcome. The found
inp and the fiber of the family
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
HIS Stomach Troubles Over.

MIR Dyspeptic, would you not like
to feel that your stomach troubles
were over, that you could eat any kind
of food you desired without injury?
That may seem so unlikely to you
that you do not even hope for an end
ing of your trouble, but permit us to
assure you that it is not altogether
impossible. If others can be cured
permanently, and thousands have
been, why not you? John r. Barker.
of Battle Creek, Mich, is one of them.
He says, 81 was troubled with heart
burn, indigestion, and liver complaint
until 1 used Chamberlain's Tablets,
then my trouble was over" Sold by
PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22

A Lincoln county farmer gath.
cred four and a half bushels of
hickory nuts from one tree and
sold them at 81 a bushel. They
were of the familiar scaly bark
variety once very numerous in
Kentucky. but not so plentiful
in recent years. 1t would pay
land owners to save some Of their
hickory trees for the nuts, which
are hard to beat for eating pur-
poses and are saleable always at
remunerative prices. The de-
mand for hickory timber has re-
suited in the wiping out of vast
acres of hickory trees. The tree
is not fast of growth, but begins
bearing when rather small. The
hickory nut is too valuable a food
to be allowed to perish from the
earth.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Bees and Farm Notes.
Telegram

One of the great mistakes in
dairy farming is in having too
much land.
No farmer can afford to have
a cheap, inferior made silo on
his farm.
Commercial fertilizer, when
properly used, will increase the
yield of crops.
Young cabbage plants require
thorough protection in the hot
bed and cold frame.
Barley and oats, as we'll as
wheat. are usually improved in
quality on flax land.
There is no better way by
which the corn crop can be used
than through the silo.
Garden seeds require much
the same treatment as grass
seeds or small grains.
Alfalfa is the most wonderful
of all cultivated plauts, and the
oldest one known to histoay.
You cannot make as good sill
age from dry cornstalks as you
can from mature green corn.
1t will take good farming &c
keep up and increase soil fertil'
ity without purchasing feed
grown outside.
The egg plant is one of the
least known garden vegetables
and one that deserves being bet,
ter known.
The preparation of manure fol
a hotbed should begin st leasJ
three weeks before the hotbed is
/ to be used.
Demand for good, productive
farm property is steadily increas.
ing. Some very high prices are
paid for we'll improved farms.
When sowing seed of early
vegetable in flats in the hotbeC
it is a decided advantage to GOV
er the manure with soil.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
MInnXnec.edn ConnanX.

How one husband and wife managed
the unexpected company" annoyance
that is, the unexpected company that
the husband wanted to bring home to
dinner-is told IN the woman's Home
Companion. They agreed on Wednes-
day evening as unexpected company"
night. On that evening the wife regu-
larry prepared for two extra at dinner
in the little fat where they lived,
should they appear. The husband then
picked up q couple Of extra people on
Wednesdays and took them along
home, if he wanted to.
81 always chuckled inwardly as my
placid smile and well set table met the
approving gaze of some Wednesday
guest whom Tom had perhaps invited
at the door Of the Office less than TWEEN
~ minutes before"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Sorrows of Authorship.

Paradise Lost brought Milton Onl
a paltry E5-about SO Of our money.
Hawthorne for twenty years con
tinued to be, to use his own words
1.-THE obscurest man of letters III
America" There is not much market
for my wares" he said at another
time
ThOreau is an interesting example
4 thousand copies of his "a Week on
the Concord and Merrimac Rivers
were printed. but very few Of th2S'
were sold. and a considerable numhe'
were given away by the author. Til.
remainder were returned to him au'
were stored in his attic. He grim:
observed. II have now a library
900 volumes, the greater portion
which | myself have written."-N",
York Press.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Railway Station Library.

In the refreshment room of a SUISSE
England railway station the travclrt
may see a small rack of books. If d,
is sufficiently curious to look he viii
discover from a written label that tn
books are the property Of the vica.
of the town. who places them at thu
disposal of any passenger who like
to take a volume away. the only con
dition being that he shall return tbs
volume to its place on his return %.
post it TO the vicar.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Unidue Church Siq1.

A large sign on the Second Avenue
Baptist church in New York city bears
notices of services in seven languages,
Six foreign congregations-Slovak, Chi
nese. Magyar. Italian, Polish and
Greek-attend services at this church,
and each nationality has its own pas
tor. Besides these, five services are
held for English speaking people. On
the sign, which is said to be about the
largest church sign in the city, the
time of each service is denoted by a
clock at the left of the notice. while to
the right of the notice is the flag of
the country N whose language the no.
tee is printcl
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
10Y OF CREATING.
rut Your Heart In Your Work, No
Matter What IL May Be.


Wmle every man who makes a living
u not genius, yet the real joy Of
creating can belong to each of US in
Just as real and true way. If we put
INTO farming or banking or our school
work the sense of making something
we get the great treasure out of it.
When we fill any task with ourselves
we make something.
A girl says. Il made the room tidy"
which simply means she put something
OF herself into the disorderly room and
80 beautiied it. After she had made
1t tidy it reflected something of her
self; 1t looked some idea Of order such
as she had in her own mind. A boy
says, 81 made a good recitation in
school yesterday" and he is right, for,
although the lesson was already there.
1t had to wait for him to come along
and make it a recitation.
So it is everywhere. Making any.
thing means. no matter how simple
the task. that we bring out sometime
that did not exist before and thar
that something is to some degree liz:
the maker of it. We get out wha;
we put in. If any one wants to be
miserable the surest way is just TO d.
things without putting his whole heart
and self into them. Think of the mere
outside Of the tasks and they are not
worth doing. But once put yourself
into them and all that is changed
st. Nicholas.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Different Sort of Mystery.

II wish l knew where my husband
was" remarked lady whose spouse
was irregular in his homecomings.
you mean, presume" responded
her precise friend. that you wish you
knew where your husband ISL"
mo. | DON'T" was the retort. II
know where he is. He's up in his
room sleeping off a headache. l want
to know where be was."-London
Stray Stories.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
The Care of Silver.

Because there is not enough
silver, perhaps, to warrant the
adoption of a silver pantry or
great canteen, do not fall into
the error of keeping silver "any-
where" II there is no small
cupboard fixed in the house
which can be used for the pur-
pose, have a silver cupboard
made-a good strong cupboard
lined right through with green
baize. With larger things-cake
and bread baskets, cream jugs,
and so on-just stand them on
the shelves of such a cupboard.
Small cutlery things are better
if kept in baize rolls, which are
quite easily made. Take two
strips of haise, one wider than
the other. Join them together
in envelope fashion, and stitch
across in succession of pockets.
Slip fork or spoon into each of
the pockets, fasten the slip over
with couple of patent clips, and
the result is a thing which will
keep the silver much better than
any baize-lined baskets. 1t is
not wise as a rule to keep silver
goods in satin or velvet-lined
jewelers. cases, as frequently in
time the color or friction of the
lining affects the silver.
Silver must be attended to
regularly-not once in three
months. Keep a special china
or earthenWare bowl for wash
ing the silver in each time it is
used. Simply make a good soap
lather with boiling water, adding
a tablespoonful of broken soda
for every quart of water. If
any of the silver is satined rub
gently with pad made of old
flannel; then take out and wipe
gently with a clean soft towel
old white rags do excellently for
the purpose-and polish up with
a chamois leather.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
No Reason to Fear the Third
Party.

Senator Culberson of Texas,
one of the ablest of Democratic
leaders, says that the Demo-
cratic party has nothing to fear
from the Progressive party, the
third party as he calls it, provid-
ed the Wilson's administration
keeps the Democratic obligation
to restore government to the
people, and there is no reason to
doubt that it will earnestly strive
to do that. According to his
view the Republican party VIII
continue to live and continue to
be the opposition to its old
antagonist, the Democr a tie
party, because it has great party
traditions behind it, and to these
traditions those who have been
members of that party for a
long time will continue to cling.
The progressive party came
into existence as the result CT
Colonel Roosevelt's dangerous
ambition. It stands for no great
principles for which the Re-
publican party doesn't stand, and
this the most of those who voted
| for Col. Roosevelt will find out
and admit before another presi-
Dental campaign comes along.
The third party is founded on
false principles and revolution
airy doctrines which are destruc-
tive of sound and stable govarn,
ment. " That this is true some
of the Progressives are already
admitting.
The recent conference at Chi
cago of the progressive leaders
disclosed the fact that some o.
the more prominent of the Pro-
gressives were already suffering
from cold feet. There will be
more invalids from that trouble
soon after the next administra-
ton gets into working shape.
They will see more clearly than
they did in the heat of the re-
cent campaign that the Pro-
gressive party is simply a one
man party-a Roosevelt party
and that it has no chance of liv-
ing except as a Roosevelt or
ganization. Without him it
would quickly drop out of sight
and be practically forgotten
That is why Col. Roosevelt is
striving so earnestly to capture
the Republican organization. In
that he will not succeed. Park
City News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Gray is Highly in Favor.

Grays in all shades and tints
are highly in favor this season,
both in the province of the tailor
ed suit and the more dressy cos
tunes for afternoon and evening
wear. A touch of black often
appears; butt no less frequently
the collars and cuffs are made
up ip white, and the result is
modish and charming. Collars
of white broadcloth or satin, or
other soft wooden materials, are
impracticable for hard usage;
they soil easily. but are not diff
ficult to clean, and are unques-
tionably becoming and pretty.
Paquin has designed a three
piece suit of dark grey velvet of
the corduroy type. A little black
is woven in with the gray which
gives slight impression of shot
effect in some lights. The short,
loose coat is double breasted,
fastening to the left. A straight
collar of skunk encircles the neck
closely, and falls in short ends
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Dinner Was Costly.

Hewitt-When | took her out to din
ner she said that she hadn't any more
appetite than a canary bird. Jewett-
Didn't cost you much. then? Hewitt
You haven't any idea what differ
ence there Is in birds.-New York
Press.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
His Parr.

/. Magistrate Ito witnessl-I understand
THAT you overheard the quarrel be
tween the defendant and his wife:
Witness-Yes. sir. Magistrate-Tei
the court if you can, what he seemed
10 be doing. Witness-He seemed t.
be dom the listenin.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
In His Dreams

Hewitt-When was on the boat the
other night had lower berth, but
dreamed 1 was sleeping in the upper
berth. Jewett-Sort Of oversight your
self. eh ?--Exchange.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Pretty Bad

Wife-Tom. wish you wouldn't play
poker. | don't even like the name of
the game. Hub-Why not? Wife-It
suggests playing with fire. Boston
Transcript.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22

1t is easy to learn something about
everything, but difficult to learn every
thing about anything-Emmons.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22
Tho Old Man Was WiIlino,

Hell told your father l could not
live without you. She-And what did
he say? He-Oh, he offered to pay my
funeral expenses.-Boston Transcript
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-01-22

Beware Of the man who offers you
advice nc the expense Of a mutual
friend
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24
THE PARCEL POST.
Newberry Ahead OF Some Cities in
This Progressive Business.

Washington, Jan. 22.-DIring
the first week of the operation OF the
parcels post law Charleston led the
cities of South Carolina. handling 3,-
333 parcels, 1900 Of which were out
going.
Columbia came next. with & total Of
1884, of which 1,159 were outgoing.
The first week really consisted OF but
five full days, as one day was Sunday
and another was holiday. Other cities
and towns in South Carolina reported
the following totals:
Spartanburg, 1,454; Greenville, l.
326; Greenwood, 61O; Orangeburg,
536; Sumter, 6S9; Florence, 31l: Al
derson, 534; Aiken, 2O9; Chester, 329;
Georg stcwn, POS: Newberry, 313;
Union, 197: Laura@s, 176; Rock Hill,
Camden. 81 50
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24
mon then to hplDin' the FalinS.

men then to helpin' the Falins.
Jack-I'm not for the Falins and I'm
not for the Tollivers; I'm for the law
and the peace Of the valley.
JuEe-Jack Hale, I'm askin yo'
again to leave me and take your per
licemen with yo'.
Jack-June, | love you. l love you
better than anything on earth. want
to marry you, and the reason didn't
ask YOU is because | have been such a
failure Now, if | don't take Dave
I've made another failure. I've got to,
and if you don't hand him over peace
fully I'll have to go and get him. 1t
is a duty-a sacred duty; that's all.
June don't understand what you
mean by duty. Seems to me that duty
aint what other men write down in law
books that yo' should do. 1t amt my
duty to be nursin' a perlicemen who
has come to take some Of my Kin
away. 1t Wern't my pap's duty to take
Mr.. Bah up in his arms and bring him
hyeh and lay him in the house yo'
ordered surrounded and that yo' now
want to break up and tear down be-
cas- yo' won't take my word. There
amt no law that says l must nurse
Mr.. Bob, or that l must not, or any
law that made my pap take him in
except that law you tole me- about
the law above everything else in the
world-the law Of the fairy stone. The
law of love-it seemed to me that was
the law yo' and l was to so by-the
law of love- Yo' sort of promised 1t
to me once when you gave me this
little stone and then later when you
had it fixed onto this little chain. The
law of love-Eow Jack, thar amt no
love at the end of gun that's pointed
at poor boy that don't know no bet
ter, you can't bring larnin' and love
and sweetness into these hyeh noun
tairs by burnin' gunpoWder. Duty!
You've got a queer idea OF duty. Jack
Hale, when one minute yo' tell a girl
YOU love her, and the next break into
her house and take away her kin.
Jack-June, the law of the fairy
stone should be the law Of the land,
but those that believe it must protect
themselves from those who don't even
care for it. l told you Id sooner cut
off my right arm than do this. l stand
for the law of the land and the law
of the men. that wrote it.
June-Then Jack Hale, 1 stand for
the law of wimmen folks and the law
of the fairy stone-the law that makes
people forgive, and help and guide,
and if you search this house, If yo
pass me to go into another room look
ing for Dave, whose only fault has
been that he loved me, jes' as yo' say
yo' love me and who has only tried
to show that love in his own way, be-
cause he don't know no better-then
turn yo' back on me, Jack, and never
speak to me again.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24
Drives OH q Terror.

The chief executioner Of death in the
winter and spring months is pneu-
monia. It's advance agents are colds
and grip. In any attack by one OF
these maladies no time should be lost
in taking the best medicine obtainable
to drive it off. Countless thousands
have found this to be DR.. Kings New
Discovery. "My husband believes it
has kept him from having pneumonia
three or four times" writes Mrs.
George ". Place, Rawsonville, Vt,
and for coughs, colds and Group We
have never found its equal" Guaran-
teed for all bronchial affections. Price
% cts. and $100.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24
SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Negro Race Conference to be Held
in Columbia During National
Corn Show.

The Negro Race Conference of which
Rev. Richard Carroll is president, will
meet this year in Columbia January
28th., and continue in session four
days.
The meeting is to- be held at this
time On account Of the very low rates
on the railroads, because Of the corn
show
Among the prominent persons who
will speak at the meeting this year, are
the Hon. D. R. Coker, of Hartsville,
who will speak on How to select
good seeds for planting" Prof. j. D.
Eggleston, superintendent OF educa-
ton in the State of Virginia, and Dr.
Francis H. Rowley, Of Boston, editor
of "Our dumb animals. There are
twenty-six speakers, both white and
colored, on &he progTame.
A whole day will be spent in dis
cussing, Crime among the colored
people" The labor problem will also
be discussed. The speakers mean to
discourage the people from moving IN
to cities, and urge them to remain on
the farms.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24

TO-DAY. Don't wait any longer-start US
in6 il NOW. You II be delighted at the
results from even one or two applications;
The grey hairs gradually disappear ana
vour hair will become full of life and We
tality; soft, glossy and beautiful. ATT,
Always ask for HAYS HAIR HEALlH. LII
Il never fails-Results guaranteed alter
fair trial or your money back. ..
-Dr1 SiSn this adv. and take it to-
FREE any Of the following drug,
sis:s. and Get SIC size bottle OF IA
HAIR HEALTH and l cake Of !AR-
FINA SOAP FREE, for SOC; or 81 size
5o,,la of HAYS HAIR HEALTH and 2
cakes Of HARFINA SOAP FREE, for ol'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Our Hauahty Crests.

The feathers of the day are not suit
ed to the !ocomotion of the day.
A lady who has one Of the new
smart low automobiles, and several of
the new, long, outstanding plumes
adjoining her new small hats, finds the
task of reconciling her headgear with
her way Of getting around rather tenn
per-trying.
II she only had to lower her
naughty crest and butt into her car
like goat at a cat, 1t would be only
temporary inconvenience. Once in,
the plume is again in the way Of the
roof, and must either be injured or
it's wearer's head must be bowed as If
in grief for the whole Of the jour-
ney.
Holes could, no doubt, be made in
the top of cars for hat trimmings to
go through in fine weather These
might be regarded in the light of roof
gradens or roof feather farms, and
would surely enhance the appearance
Of covered cars.
After all, knights of old wore their
plumes above closed visors!-London
Sketch,