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The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
POOR MANAGEMENT.

The Nebraska College of Agriculture
last year sent cut inquiries to 2.Ops
farmers who are engaged in the grow
ing OF wheat and found that witt but
few exceptions they burned their
straw. The station officials say that
in effect these farmers, as well as
thousands Of others who follow the
same practice in Missouri. Kansas and
Oklahoma. are guilty Of arson and are
directly impairin;; the productivity and
physical quality of their soils. The
station discOurages this practice ana
urges the use OF the straw as rough
age for winner feeding. as fertilizer.
as q preventive of soil blowing. TO i'm
prove the drainage. to loosen heavy
and adhesive soils and for bedding.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
THE SAME OLD SEASONS.
They Are Just About as They Were
Couple of Centuries Ago.


The belief of many people that the
seasons are undergoing some kind Of
change has led Professor Ignazio CALI
to examine the weather records Of the
entire eighteenth century.
The investigations of Professor CALI
show fifty-one winters that lasted well
into spring, thirty-one warm winters,
thirteen unusually early winters,
twelve mild winters followed u cold
springs, eleven mild winters followed
by mild springs. eleven cold autumns.
eight very warm springs. eight sum
mers with frosts and FIVE very warm
autumns. There was one instance of
six consecutive warm seasons. More
than three-quarters of the periods of
unusual weather occurred between the
spring. Many times during the eight
zenith century the same apparent anon
allies required at the same seasons in
several successive years. In every case
the seasons regained their normal char
acteristics.
There have always been persons who
imagined that the seasons were becom.
ing warmer or colder than before.
There is. however. small foundation
for such beliefs. The world has In
deed experienced many cold summers
and many warm winters. but such sea-
sons are not the rule. but the excep-
tiOn.-Youth's Companion.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
SEED CORN TESTS.

Recent tests which the students Of
the agricultural course Of the high
school in the writer's home town have
made Of a large supply Of seed corn
saved last fall have brought out two
interesting facts-frst that ears that
were picked and hung up in September
before any heavy frost occurred show
a practically perfect termination test,
while ears that were picked after the
first heavy freeze not only show a
larger number of dead kernels. but in
many instances the terminating power
Of those that grow is weak. If the
average farmer would act on the infor-
nation contained in these tests-pick
his corn before there is any frost and
use care in keeping it dry during the
winter-there would be practically no
such thing as a seed corn problem.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
NOT AFRAID OF C0FFINS.
Among the Chinese They Are Gladly
Accepted as Presents.

Some one who knows Chinese peo-
pie very well once told tale to show
that they do not permit themselves the
luxury of nerves. She said she had
gone one day, before the Boxer riots,
to visit an old lady who lived out in
the country far beyond WeihsieQ
When the American woman arrived
the old lady was out, but presently she
came in and announced that she had
just been out watching the men dig
her grave, but as it began to rain she
had told them to wait for a pleaSanter
day" She did not die for years after
that but she had the comforting as
slIrance that her grave was ready for
her without any unseemly haste when
ever she cared to occupy it.
The same American had the expe
riencc of sleeping in room with a
very large coffin when she was visiting
a Chinese friend, and the next morning
the old grandfather Of the family call.
ed her attention to its excellences and
explained that his son had made him a
present of it. isn't the wood finer he
asked admiringly. 1T cost a lot Of
money" Old people accept such pres
ents as marks of filial love. and not al
all as a hint for them to occupy the
cof1in.-New York Post
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
IMPORTANT TO DAIRYMEN.

1t looks very much as if the day was
not far distant when all dairymer
furnishing milk to cities Of any consid
cradle size would be compelled TO test
their COWS yearly for the detection Of
tuberculosis. The supreme court of the
United States has affirmed the deci
sion of a lower court granting munich
palities the right Of insisting on this
test. and this gives the necessary foUn-
dation. The wise dairyman who looks
TO the future of his business will not
only take the steps necessary to eradi-
cate the disease. but will look caref ully
to the conditions under which his COWS
are kept so as to reduce TO a mimi UNI
the likelihood of the development OF
the disease. And he viii be justified 10
advertising his milk as from tubercu-
lin tested COWS
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
No 0DeadheadT Trim.

One of the most famous of American
shipping lines in the palny days of our
marine was the Cope line. which ran
between Philadelphia and Liverpool,
says the author of Memoirs OF Charles
II. Cramp" By this line John RSss
dolph Of Roanoke determined to 81 u
Russia when he had been appointed
minister to that country by President
Jackson. Entering the Office of the
company in Philadelphia, he said to a
clerk in his usual grandiloQuent man.
nSr:
"Sir, wish to see Thom.,s 2. Cope"
he was shown to Mr.. Cope's Office.
81 am John Randolph Of Roanoke"
he said. "I wish to take passage TO
Liverpool in one of your ships"
If he expected TO he rendered pass
he was grievously disappointed.
81 am Thomas Cope" replied the
head of the line. IF thee goes aboard
the ship and selects thy stateroom and
will pay $3.50 thee may CO."
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
SPLENDORS or SPACE.
Matchless Beauty of the Milky Way as
Seen In a Telescope.


Seen In Telescope.
The Milky way, or galaxy, is an ap-
parent ring extending entirely around
the universe of stars visible in the
largest telescope. 1t is composed OF
suns in literal millions. They are so
remote that, as seen from the earth,
they appear to be close to each other.
while really they are separated by
millions and billions of miles. To the
eye the belt of soft light looks like a
continuous band Of cloth of pearl, but
telescopes have the effect of bringing
objects nearer. This separates the
filmy cloud into many millions of gilt
tering but minute points on the black
background Of space. At a distance
forest trees seem to be close together,
but as they are approached they sep
arate and stand alone.
1t is next to impossible to describe
the matchless beauty of the Milky
way as seen in a telescope of great
power. Carpet a large room with
black velvet. Hang many electric
lights in the ceiling. Throw down and
scatter. all over the black floor bushel
Of minute diamonds. rubies. pearls.
saphires. opals, amethysts and other
gems. Then turn on the light.
You would have a faint imitation of
the supernal glories Of the galactic
hosts. For the appalling depths Of
space look black in our great tele-
scopes. In places these suns look by
perspective as though they were ar
ranged in piles. heaps and banks or
built up into colossal windows, or
twisted into spirals. or dashed into
wisps and cosmic spray. In some
places the concentration is so great
and dense that only the most power
full telescopes on earth can magnify
enough to bring out details. A few
clusters exist that have not so far
been resolved into these needle points.
And the height Of human happiness
Is to watch these vast congerieS Of
distant suns in a huge telescope
George Wharton James in National
Magazine
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Priceless Tears.

Before General Luke Wright became
governor general of the Philippines he
practiced law in Memphis. 1t so befeli
on one occasion that he was engaged
to defend man for murder. while his
son was the state prosecutor.
II his final argument while pleading
with the jurors to free his client Gen.
eral Wright wept copiously. AS he fin.
lshed his speech and sat down. wipine
his still streaming eyes, the younger
Wright rose to close the case for the
commonwealth.
Gentlemen of the jury" he began.
Il am overcome with admiration for
ny father. He has powers which
even |. his son. did not suspect he pos
sesSed. You behold him shedding tears
for his client, who. am Informed, has
paid him only a small fee. Gentle,
men Of the jury, | never before knew
my father could weep in court for less
han &5.02n"-Saturday Evening Post
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Relax In the Water.

Lew Sarett explains the difficulty
which the nonSwimmer has in remain
ing afoat in The Knack of Learning
to SWIM" in Outing. as follows:
THE nonSWimmer. fearing the wa
ter. very naturally lenses his muscles
as he struggles to keep his head above
the water until be is as hard as a rock.
and, like Il rock. be sinks. whereas the
swimmer. having no fear. relaXes his
muscles and hence becomes buOyant.
The explanation is Il simple physical
one. Tense. taut muscles increase the
specific gravity of the body and make
it sink il water; loose. relaxed muscles
given tn ordinary supply of air 10 the
lungs will make the body float"
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
SOME ALFALFA EXPERIMENTS.

In view Of the widespread as well an
increasing interest in the subject of
alfalfa growing it is worth giving
summary in this department of bulle
TN No. 1856, which has been lately Is
sued by the Nebraska experiment sta,
uon and tells of the experience of
farmers in different parts of the state
In getting a start with this valuable
legume. Twelve farmers co-operated
In the work. carrying 1T on according
to suggestions and directions of the
station directors. In this cooperative
experimental work it was the aim to
Try out and compare the effect of three
treatments in securing a stand of al.
falfa and on subsequent growth
first, liquid nitrogen cultures sent out
by the United States department Of
agriculture; second. soil from well
established alfalfa fields, and, third,
farm manure. Owing to the prevalence
Of drought and grasshoppers during
the years 1910 and 1911 there was q
failure on the part Of some Of the CO.
operators to get a stand, but the re-
suits secured by those who did get a
stand brought out the following con-
illusions: That the use of farm manurs
In proper amounts and properly ap.
piled is to be strongly recommended,
that where difficulty is experienced in
getting a stand the soil should be in
oculated and that incubation with
coil from a well established alfalfa
field or sweet clover patch gave uni
formly better results than were secur-
ed by the use of liquid cultures.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
An Ants Sewing Circle.

A party Of German naturalists re-
Gently returned from Ceylon have re.
ported the existence of a species of ant
that has been observed in the act of
sewing two leaves together for the pur-
pose of forming a nest. This report
confirms the observations of the Eng
fish naturalist Ridley, made in 1890
They saw a row of the insects pulling
the edges of leaves together, then 9th.
ers trimming and Citing the edges. and
finally the completion of the work by
still other ants which fastened the
edges with d silky thread yielded by
larvae of the same species the workers
carried in their mandibles. 1t is said
that the sewing ants pass the thread
giving larvae like shuttles through
holes in the edges of the Ieaves.-Bos.
ton Post
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
FROZEN WITH HEAT.
A Remarkable Process Known as the
CaforIc Paradox.

A Remarkable Process Known as the
Caior1e Paradox.
Freezing is usually associated with
cold, but water can be frozen on a red
hot plate. This pretty experiment has
rightly been called the caloric paradox.
If a drop Of water is placed on red
hot or white hot metal plate it does
not suddenly fash into steam under
the influence of the great heat. 1t does
not even boil. 1t simply evaporates
quietly and slowly as it rolls about the
plate. Now, suppose that the drop on
the plate is a volatile liquid like sui
phurous acid. 1t will evaporate, and
this evaporation will produce cold. Let
O drop Of water fall in the sulphurouS
acid drop and it will be frozen in spite
If the heat.
NJ. Boutigny thus froze water on a
white hot platinum capsule. Faraday
carried this remarkable experiment
sven further. Pouring some ether and
solidified carbonic acid gas on a red
hot platinum capsule, he formed q
spheroidal mass which evaporated very
slowly. He then brought some mer-
curry into contact with IT, and this waa
instantly frozen. Now, mercury re-
quires a temperature Of 40 degrees be-
low zero to solidify it, and here it wes
frozen on redhOt platinum.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
THE PASTOR sPRlNTED.
He Made a Good Run In Record Time
With Plenty of Reason.


One of the traditional stories of the
town of Fairfield, Conn.,, recounts a
wild dash from the pulpit made by
a worthy and beloved pastor of the
Episcopal flock, Dr. Labaree.
1t was on Sunday more than a hun
dred years ago. The service had been
read, the prayers said. the hymns sung,
and the parson began his sermon. AS
he proceeded his gestures became very
energetic. He brought his right hand
down with great force. Then he turned
pale. cleared the pulpit stairs at q
bound. dashed out of the church door
and ran toward the pond a short dis
lance away.
The congregation followed in bewfl-
dered pursuit and saw their venerable
pastor with flying robe rush into the
water until 1t came to his neck. Then,
turning round, he faced his astonished
audience and said:
Dearly beloved brethren, l am not
crazy, as no doubt many Of you think,
but yesterday at the drug store bough.
a bottle Of nitric acid and carelessly
left it in my pocket today.
MY last gesture broke the bottle. ]
knew the suffering the acid would cause
when it penetrated my clothing and
rushed for the water to save myself
pain"
He drew several pieces Of glass from
his pocket in witness Of the tale. Then
he dismissed the company and hurried
home
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
A PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT.

No more needed or practical exper
ment could be conducted by the class
in agriculture in many sections than
that OF making a test Of alfalfa grow
ing. Directions best suited to the CD
matte and soil conditions of any local
itS would be gladly furnished by the
directors Of the state agricultural col
lege. Rightly conducted, such an ex
pertinent would furnish just the dats
that dozens of farmers in the territory
tributary to the school would be only
too glad to get The experiment would
unquestionably prove both practical
and interesting
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
a Little In Advance.

A Washington man and his wife.
whose domestic complications are fire.
quent, but not serious. had one evening
called upon married couple. On their
way home the lady said:
Now. in the case of the Parkers, /
should say it was an ideal marriage.
Really, | believe they both think abso-
lutely alike"
Charming people. charming peopler'
said hubby. But about the thinking.
Gladys. if you will notice, she general
~ thinks rst"-Lippincott's
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
For the Bows Sake,

A Roseville man stopped smoking for
the sake of his yong son. IT | smoke
shall set him Dad example," he ar
gued and gave up tobacco with many
signs of regret. For three years he mas
night he found a box of little cigars In
the boys coat pocket. well smoked
brier pipe in the youngsters tool box
down cellar and a pack of cigarettes in
the woodshed.- News.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
In Private.

AS he started out with the bushel of
ashes he walked into clothes line that
he didn't see.
When he had picked himself out of
the ash pile and recovered his hat he
stood in the back yard and relieved his
feelings.
Henry" called his wife
"Well?" he snapped.
Don't stand out there to do it. Come
straight into the house and tell me
that it's all my fault."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

At Rothamsted. England, is located
an experiment station on which expert
ments in crop production have Sssa
conducted consecutively for a. period
Of sixty years. Among other interest
ing facts brought out is that wheat
that has been grown every year of this.
period on the same tract now yields,
but one-fourth as many bushels per
acre as an adjoining tract on which,
there has been followed a four coursas
crop rotation
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
The Oval Moon.

According to a discovery made by
Professor Castadilobo of Portugal. the
moon is not round. but oval. Cinemat-
,graph pictures. taken during an
eclipse of the sun. show a difference OF
three miles between the greatest and
east breadth.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
look Its Place.

How did they happen to meetT
He ran over that poodle Of which
she was so fond"
Did he replace it?''
Looks that way He and she are
now engaged" - Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Doubted Him.

Anyhow. you must admit he is
a well bred man. Did you notice his
knowledge Of Aristotle? Hell did:
and if you want my candid opinion.
don't believe he's ever been there
Minneapolis Journal.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Two Gifts.

They both had sections of the paper.
Here's a Kew York man gives his
wife diamond necklace said she.
Nothing like that ever happens to me- :"
WELL said he. heres a Chicago
man gives his wife black eye. Moth
ing like that ever happens to you,
either. my dear."-LouisvilIe Courier
Journal
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Undesirable Neiohbors

There's a foreign couple living In
the fat next to us. and they are simply
torment to my wife"
"Why SOP
'"They quarrel incessantly, and she
amt understand a word Of it."-Lou-
sville Courier-Journal
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
His Experience

I'm order to succeed in any line of
business" said the great merchant,
who was given to the habit Of moral
ling. lone must begin at the bottom. -
81 tried that" replied the young man
with the fringed trousers. land now
I'm on my uppers. Exchange.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

The housewife may at times find il
worth remembering that a pinch OF
soda added to milk that is close to the
souring point will keep it from cur
ding on being heated.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

Everything that is transplanted ia
the garden these days should be safe
guarded from attacks Of cutworms by
wrapping the stem a couple Of inches
above the ground with paper. II the
worms are especially bad one should
prepare poisoned bran or clover. Sc1-
cording to directions recently gi7sn IN
these notes. and scatter it along the
plant rows in the evening. so that the
worms will get hold of it during the
night. .-.g--...,...
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

All animals appreciate and are the
healthier for having a dry place il,
which to rest and sleep. and this Is
particularly true of the milk COW anGi
of the brood SOW and her litter OF lit
tie pigs. Many of the ills from whicE
the animals named suffer as well as
a good deal of loss might be prevented.
particular.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

The writer planted some string beans
this spring when be planted Tadish, let
tuce and peas. The plants are now IL
their fourth leaf, but he has had to
cover them half dozen times to pre-
vent their getting nipped with the
frost, and he has concluded that plan4
ing beans in early April is a good deal
like Matching chicks in February ia
that both are a bit out of season
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

1t would seem as if the balmy fall
and winter had been about Offset by
the chilly days of April and May and
that there should be some warm, grow
ing weather coming to US.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

A very convincing reason for swat
ting the fly now is that under average.
conditions il will become the grand
father or grandmother Of 100000 600
by tho time the middle Of Septembe-
rolls around. The writer hasn't veri
fed these figures by actual count, but
gives them on what seems 70 be gooc
authority
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

In the rase of both horses and cattle
(and folks might be added to the lista
there is no scrub that is more Of &.
scrub or more conspicuous than thor
oughbred scrub. This means that il
takes something more than a pedigree
on paper to make either a man or az,
animal worth his salt
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

In waging a dandelion determination
campaign there is little use in digging
up the plants at the poisoning period
unless the blossoms are removed ana
destroyed, for if they are left many o.
them will mature seed and scatter il.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
a GRAVY Act.

Owner of Car Why did you leave
Jour last place: Chauffeur-The guy
I worked for went crazy-started shin
Cling his house when his ear needed
Jew tires-Puck.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
His Instrument.

THAT executor is very energetic in
carrying out the various provisions of
the testatOr."
''He does seem to be working with
Baltimore American.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
Reckless Dissipation.

His Mother - Hiram, amt you
'shamed o. yourself settin' up till half
past 8 playin' solitaire? Whar you get
your taste for gamblin' don't know
Life.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
authority,

1t may be a hOmely notion, but the
writer somehow has the thought THAI
with all of the many varied floral creG-
tons resulting from the ingenuity o.
plant breeders there has been nothing
perfected that SURPRISES in exquisite
colOring and beauty or in rich yet deli
cate fragrance a spray Of wild craJ
apple blossoms.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

Encourage the boy by letting him
have some of the money he gets for the
sale of stuff from the garden which he
has helped care for. The Scripture
saying that ''the laborer is worthy cE
his hire applies to boys as well as
men.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06
The OYSTER.

Huxley said that an oyster is as COM
plicated as watch. All we know
about it is that it's awful to swallow
one that is out of order.-New Orleans
Picayune
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

1t is well for both gardene- an
farmer to remember that cultivation t.
primarily for the purpose Of stirring
the soil to insure proper circulation "a
air and moisture and secondariIy 70
the destruction of weeds. The one
process serves both purposes it is true D..
but it is sheer folly to stop cultivation.
Just because there are no weeds
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

There is no kind of garden flower
that is harder or easier to raise thar.
the violet. 1t has few pests and
thrives under the same general condi-
lions as does the wild violet. A root
or two will give a very large return IL.
satisfaction for the trouble taken to,
care for them.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

Shipments Of raw cotton from the
United States to France alone last year
were worth S67,0O0,000.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

Never depend upon your genius II
ron have none. industry win supply
The deficiency -Ruskin
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

Corn silage and bright, clean hay
make a good ration for dairy cows
and good yields of milk have been re-
ported where no other food was given
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

One lie must be matched with an.
other or 1t will soon rain through
owen.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

No man can do nothing. and no ms o
.an DO everything German Proyerh
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-15
HAD 1T PROPERLY NAMED
English Sailor May Have Forgotten
Polltsness, but he Had Appro-
prlateIy Designated Dish.

A certain London clergyman who
had been travelling in Greece found
himself compelled to stay the night
at a monastery at Mount Athos. The
welcome was warm, but the food exc
cradle, In particular the soup, which
the guest could hardly force himself
to swallow. Being a classical scholar,
his knowledge Of ancient Greek help
ed him to some understanding Of the
monks, who spoke the widely differ.
ent modern tongue. and he was -
tonished to hear that the unpalata-
BILE soup was an English dish.
English" cried one OF the monks.
adding that an English sailor had been
there not long before and recognised
II.
What did he call IT." asked the
clergyman.
The monk had to think for . mo-
ment before he could recollect the
strange English name Of that soup.
All he had II. II was "beesly mucki"