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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
FROM TEXAS.

Although / have not travelled any
l have learned some things here
by observation and environment.
Texas covers an area of 265,0O0
square miles. Its greatest
width from north to south is S25
miles and from east to west TAO
miles. The great area OF the State.
it's geographical location and Its
physical features must all be con-
sidered In the study of conditions
affecting climate. From the sea lev
ell at the coast for distance of 100
miles there is agradual rise in ell
ovation. Then comes succession OF
hills of plateaus and mountain rang
es until an elevation of 1000 feet
is attained in the Panhandle. To
the southwest are mountains vary
ing in elevation from 1000 to $500
feet. There are vast timbered tracts,
treeless plains, valleys and plateaus,
all of which tend to produce condi-
tions affecting temperature and rain
fall From Texas Almanac. Texas
ranks fifth in population having
nearly 1000 900 inhabitants. There
are about ESQ large counties, rang
ing in population from 935 for Hans
ford county to 135,478 by Dallas
county The assessed valuation by
counties runs about as follows from
$1,422,409 for Hansford county to
$121,157,985 for Harris county AS
to the banking business for illus
tration Hansford county has one
bank with $4,000 capital and $37,7
457 deposits, and Harris county has
22 banks with $9,942,143 capital an
$34,O6O,759 deposits. These items
may interest few readers Of the
NEWS who desire to know how they
are getting along in business by
comparison to other parts of their
country.
This is now Dec. 10 and no sign
Of any snow yet, while up north they
have been showed under. In Colo
RADIO few were lost In the snow
storm. requiring relief parties, snow
shoes. provisions, etc. But as the
saying goes, while 1t is showing UP
there 1t is raining down here.
@. p, SALYER.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
INK POSSESSES OLD CLOCK
Ever Since II Struck Thirteen on
Friday Its Owner Has Had
Bad Luck.

Amite City, La-George Zollenburg
after another Intellectual attempt to
have the jinX taken out of his grand
fathers clock. The ancient timepiece
is to blame for a long train of mis-
fortunes that started Friday, June 10,
1913 The following details have been
supplied by Mr. Zollenburg:
The clock was brought to this coun-
try by Mr.. Zollenburg from the father
land The old time min had never
missed tick or let second slip by
unrecorded until noon on that fatal
Friday. While waiting for dinner FOL
lenburg was surprised and alarmed
TO hear the old heirloom strike thir-
teen times for noon.
You'd better take that to some
clock member in Hammond" said the
watch fixer, and he put his hand be-
hind him as though the old timepiece
were hot.
ZolleG55urg took the clock to Ham
mond, not wishing to have it repaired
under false pretenses, told the jewel.
lers there about its having struck
thirteen. Neither of the Hammond
clocksmiths would have touched the
hoodoo with a. fishing pole.
Since then Zollenburg has taken the
clock to every expert near here, only
to have the job declined. That Is not
all. Here are few of the things
that have happened since, for which
he blames the clock:
His rich mother-in-law departed this
life back in Germany without leaving
him red pfennig.
His valued hen (the one that walks
with a limp deserted her nest after
setting patiently for two and half
weeks on thirteen-there 1t is again
thoroughbred Cochin china eggs.
His hired girl eloped with his best
stable hand.
Twelve kittens fell in a well near
his home and were drowned.
His brindle COW Bessie gave birth
to triplets, all of which we're black
as coal dust and males.
An attempt will be made to give
the clock to distant relative in Ger
many whom Zollenburg does not like.
Every one in this neighborhood knows
the story and would not allow the hoo
doc hour mill to come near his home,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
OUR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
HOW TO TELL A GOOD
ROAD FROM A BAD ROAD.

To the Children: In getting facts
to write your essays for the prize
contest on the repair and mainten-
ance of earth roads, use your eyes.
Look at bad piece of road and a
good piece of road when both are
dry. Study, particularly, the ruts
and holes and uneven places in the
road to see whether they make 1t
easier or harder for the wheels of
a loaded wagon to go along. Study
the kind of footing that the two
roads give the horses.
Now, study the same stretches of
road after a good rainstorm. You
will see that one road holds small
puddles, or pools of water that
keep the road soft and so allow it
to be cut up by the wheels of the
wagons and the hoofs of the hors-
es. How do road builders keep wat
er from gathering on the travelled
way of a road? Should the road
slope to the side ditches?How much
higher should the center on crown
of the road be than the outside
edges of the road? Why do good
bitches at the side of the road
help make the center of the road
better for hauling? What happens
when bitches get full of rubbish or
weeds? When a ditch along road
holds water or collects it into pools,
how does this injure the road?
Using a Drag ON Earth Roads.
Have you ever seen a homemade
road drag? 1t is made by splitting
in two a log six or eight inches in
thickness and about six or eight feet
long. The two halves of the log are
set three feet apart with their
smooth faces forward and upright
They are fastened together with
braces A pair of horses are hitched
to a chain fastened to the front
half of the log. Should these logs be
drawn straight down the road or
should it be dragged at slant so
that little OF the loose earth will
slide toward the center of the road.
Should the dragging be started next
to the ditch, or at THE center OF
the road Should you drag the whole
road in one way, or drag each half
of it in an opposite direction. Should
the dragging be done when the road
is dry, or after it has rained A
good strong pair of horses with a
well-built drag can drag about three
or four miles of road in day. Whta
would it cost a farmer to drag four
miles of road? How would he be re-
paid for the cost ~of his labor?
Remember, children, you are not
to answer these questions as If you
were answering an examination pa
per. You are to think about the
answers and ask people for infor-
nation and watch people actually
working on roads, and then write a
that will be Just the
same as if you were writing a let
Ter to friend, telling him, or her
now they made the earth road near
you better, and kept it from get
ing full of holes, ruts, and pud-
lies.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
POLO AN old GAME
Sport Popular in Persia Under
Name Of "chaugan."
Women Played In Early Times, 40
cordIno to an Old Painting Now In
British Observation-Disclosures
in 600 3. c.

New York.-When polo was first
played in England In 1869 it was
styled hockey on horseback" Yet
hockey itself was one of the numer-
GUS games with stick and ball de-
rived from the common ancestor, polo.
They called 1t "chaugan" in the days
when the sport was popular with the
Persians. AS far back as the sixth
century B, 9. this sport of the Per-
sian sristocracy was In fiourishing
condition. The ancient Persian poets
sang Its praises even as do the sport
ing writers tbday. The game was
played by Persian women, too. In the
British museum there is an old paint
Ing of several Persian ladies playing
a game of polo. The painting shows
that the Persians bandaged the legs
of their mounts exactly as the polo
ponies are bandaged today.
The Mohammedans, when they con-
quered Persia, learned the game of
'chaugan," and liked 1t so much that
they took 1t up for one of their own
sports
The game travelled from Persia to
Tartary, and then to India via Afghan
istan. Japan and China, too, had
games bearing a close resemblance
to It. In fact, throughout the entire
east polo was the principal game. 1t
derived its present name from the
"pulu" Of the Tibetan tongue, mean
ing willow ball.
Among the NATIVES of India the game
was "kunjai,' and was introduced into
England. after having been brought to
Calcutta by English army officers. The
Ninth lancers played the first polo
match in England in 1871. There was
on great interest taken in the sport
by the English public until many i'm
provements we're made in the rules.
From eight men on team the num-
Der of players was gradually reduced
to four.
The style of play changed also. At
first the ball was thrown into the cen
ter of the field and all the players
spurred their horses to the center of
the field after 1t. This was changed
so that the teams lined up as they do
now. The sport then became popular
in England. and, in 1880, the Hurting
ham club. now the representative polo
club in England, was formed.
Polo was introduced into the United
States In 1876. 1t was first played
at Dickler's riding academy. Two
polo clubs were organized, the West
chester Polo club and the Brighton
Polo club. In 1879, in the first match
In the United States, held at Prospect
park. Brooklyn, the Westminster team
defeated the Brighton team. The IA
nous Meadow Brook club was started
In 1881. a
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
Describe EFFECTS OF
STRANGE new LIQUID
Persons Who Haxh Tested 1t Say
Rheumatic Pains Vanish, APP
petite Grows and Indiges-
ton Disappears as If
by Magic.

To the many local people who have
followed the recent startling reports
of strange cures that have been
brought about by the use of the
new Root Juice medicine, which has
created SO much excitement in At
lanta and other places, the follow
ing descriptions of its remarkable
effect will be found most interesting
/ Mr.. Albert Timlick, of Cantrall,
H., says regarding his experience:
My condition was such that
could not keep down a glass of wat
er. / mad suffered for two years and
tried many kinds OF medicines with
out benefit. i was almost dead one
evening, when sent for a bottle of
Root Juice and felt better as soon
as had taken three or four doses.
il kept on using II and now l can
keep anything on my stomach. Root
Juice has done wonders for me,
Mr.. ID, +. Kerr, OF Bellfontaine,
o., tells the following story of his
experience: 81 was the victim OF
severe stomach and kidney trouble
and grew weak, thin and nervous
from the long and continuous suf-
painful. Most of the time | could
not digest my food. | would get up
in the morning with headache aud
so weak | could scarcely dress my
self | frequently had bilious spells.
coated tongue, bad taste In my
mouth and smothering sensation, My
kidneys would act often but very
scant and painful"
Il spent many dollars for medi-
cines and treatment but could not
even get relief. When this new mdei
cine, Root Juice, became known
here, was one of the first to get
II. Before long noticed an improve
ment. | am on my fourth bottle now
and feel much better in every way.
My appetite is good, | sleep well,
eat what want and digest my
food. The soreness has gone from
my stomach and my kidneys no long
er give me any trouble am free
from headaches, am gaining in
strength and have gained in weight.
Others who have used 1t for rheu-
matism say that its effect is mar
yelous and that after taking II a
short time the pain and osreness
vanish. The stiffness goes and the
swelling soon disappears, the joints
and limbs become timber and strong
and the general health improves.
At any good, up-to-date drug store
all persons interested can obtain
full information regarding the juice
treatment. Large three quarter-pint
bottles cost only one dollar.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
$465,116.76
Total,
State of Kentucky,

County of Floyd, Set.
We, Walter S. Harkins and Geo.
p. Archer. President and Cashier
of the above named Bank, do SOL
EMMY swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
WALTER S. HARKINS, President
GEO. p. ARCHER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of November, 1913.
My Commission Expires Feby, s,
1914. 10. M. DAVIDSON,
Notary Public.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
Prayers at kalighat.
he Calcutta Engiishman.

From the Calcutta Engiishman.
The following prayer was read by the
president Of the Kalighat Peoples Asso-
citation on the 24th instant In the Kalighat
Temple to invoke the blessing Of Goddess
Kali on the British Empire:
May the Spn Of Glory shine a. divinely.
as brilliantly. as beautifully. ~ ever and
for ever and ever on this the thrice
blessed empire. The empire on which
the sun never sets: the empire which
stretches from one end of the world to the
other. whose head In Great Britain, whose
right hand Is Canada, whose left hand IL
India, whose feet are Australia and
South Africa, whose other limbs are In
every land and on all waters!
May Goddess Kali Of the Temple of
Kalighat preserve for ever and ever the
mighty King Emperor and his august
consort, who sit high On the sacred throne
Of this the mishtiest empire. mightiest Of
all that ever were. that ever viii be!
May Goddess Kali Of the Temple Of
Kalighat shower her choicest blessings
on those by whose strong arms and mer-
ciful hands the work Of this great empire
Is smoothly being done!
May Goddess Kali Of the Great Temple
of Kalighat bless US all who people this
blissful empire and enjoy the Joys that
abound within It!
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
PROPHECY OF DANIEL
INTERPRETED BY ADVENTIST

| "The course of human history for the
, past $500 years has been exactly In &C.
cordance with the prophetic outline given
in the second chapter of Daniel In the
days Of Nebuchadnezzar. Mighty men
have at times attempted to carry out
plans which coufiicted with this outline,
but none have succeeded. All the Wis
dom and shrewdness Of Napoleon. al of
his ingenuity and knowledge OF military
tactics. all the strength OF his mighty
army was not suficient to break the
power OF q few simple words Of Scrip
ture." said E. F. AIbertsworth. president
Of the Washington Society Of Seventh.
Day Adventist Young People. in . lee
ture Friday night,before that body at the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Twelfth
Friday night for the next six weeks he
is giving . series Of lectures ON the
prophecies
In taking up his subject, "The History
of the World Foretold." Mr.. Albertsworth
said:
Tn the second chapter Of Daniel we
have the history Of this world foretold by
God in q dream given to the Babylonian
King. A magnificent image of gigantic
form, composed Of four different metals.
was presented: the head Of gpld, breast
dHu afuic VI BlVeI, Bi0e8 OF UfdS1s leBS
Of iron, and feet part Of iron and part
of clay.
Daniel explains that the metals repre-
sent four universal kingdoms which were
to arise one after another. The. fourth
was to be succeeded by fifth-God's
kingdom-represented by the stone smit-
Ing the image on the feet and dashing It
to atomA This has beer. fulfilled to the
letter; for, looking over the history since
that time. We nnd that just four king
doms have arisen consecutively, which
have ruled the world in their day. viz.
Babylon. Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome.
As the feet Of the image tesminated IN
ten toes, so the fourth kingdom-the en-
pire OF Rome-terminated m tan divisions
These divisions still continue. forming
the modern nations Of Western Europe,
such as England. France. Spain. &c.
Mighty men like Charlemagne. Charles
Y. Louis XVI. and Napoleon Attempted
to unite these divisions Into one mighty
kingdom. but they could not succeed in
this, because God had said they would
not cleave one to another, even a. iron
u not mixed with clay.
This image stands all complete, walt
fng to be smittsn with the stbne. The
very nsxt event in this line ee prohpscy
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
CHRISTIAN lENDEAvoR.

Five thousand delegates attending the
International Christian Endeavor Con.
veution at Los Angeles took an oath In
the convention auditorium. never 70 lend
their support and never to give theiI
vote for . candidate who would not de-
clare outspokeniy for ne destruction Of
the liquor trafiic.
The oath followed IN appeal Of the Rev.
Daniel A. Polling. OF Columbus, Ohio
national secretary Of the Christian En-
deavor, who styled his appeal az the
voice OF q new nation. which would arise
and destroy the. liquor trafiic.
Veterans Of the Union army and the
Confederate army were among those who
stood beneath q large American nag on
the platform and took the oath. They
sealed their oath by singing my Coun-
try IT'S OF Thee"
The Rev. w. A. Jones. president Of the
Pennsyivania Christian Endeavor. said
he looked forward to the time when
Pennsylvania would rise and lend its
unanimous support to q temperance meas
ure which would stop the manufacture.
sale. and importation Of liquor.
I'VE declare for national prohibition In
1870 a. the eighteenth amendment to the
Constittion of the United States." said
Rev. Mr.. Polling in his appeal "And
because Of past bitter defeats where good
laws have been entrusted to unfriendly
and uncommitted administrations, we de-
clare for the election OF candidates and
administrations outspokenly committed
to the enforcement OF existing temper
ance laws and to the complete destruction
Of the liquor trafiic.
1--WE never have known our enemy.
Our educational program will begin with
alcohol itself. It Ii q narcotic poison that
leaves in its train diseased bodies. brok-
en- minds, and damned souls. The liquor
trafic is the master corrupter Of politics.
The corrupted vots Of every state Is In
the hollow Of the liquor hand.
1--WE are profoundly convinced that the
hour has arrived when, without prejudice
to. or interference with. the fundamental
principles and politics Of any particular
all tempNrance organtza-
tions of the country should unite In q
nationwide program OF
education and determination. This IL
a war Of determination"
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27

third: but among rural churches n dis
tinguished from those in the larger vii
liages. the falling Oh In attendance has
been decidedly greater than that In both
counties country churches are less liber-
ally supported than they were twenty
years ago. and ministers salaries. when
measured In purchasing power. have
shown Q marked decrease. a
Though the. Protestant population IN
both counties II nearly pure native stock.
almost onesthird Of the ministers are
foreisn-born or Of foreign-born parent.
age. All the figures show . declining
institution. There 10 deeper question
that the authors do net touch upon, ~
no statistical method can reach IT.
namely, the relative actual influence Of
the church upon those who viii attend
its Sunday services and contribute to its
support.
One point brought out by the authors
u most significant: The more numerous
the churches, the greater the loss In at
tendance" In small communities hav-
ing only one church the iosssen atten-
dance was markedly Len than In like
communities having two or more church.
es. Probably the Protestant country
church viii continue to be . declining
institution 10 long a. . large part Of its
energies are shsorbsd in eouapsting with
ITSELF
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27

the elder Matthews, established himself
in business.
To q Massachusetts man. G. d. Dows,
may be ascribed the honor Of inventing
and operating the first marble soda foun-
tain in the United States. In 1858. while
employed as clerk in his brothers .
store. s13 Central Street, Lowell, Mass,
Mr.. Dows became tired of using the
hand ice planer and cutter and set his
brain at work to reduce the labor by me-
chanical means. At the beginning of the
next summer. 1859. he erected on the
counter in the drug store a marble box
which had along its front one draft tube
or arm and eight sirup cocks The
latter were connected with sirup cans
which stood upright within the box. and
each Of these original sirup Jars had q
/ capacity Of one gallon.
Decides to Go to Boston.
Mr.. Dows' marble box. which was typi-
cally American, with its spread eagles
perched on the sirup cocks. contained q
soda, sirup, and shaved ice apparatus. II
was revolutionary. not only in method.
but in the use of materials, and in the
employment Of marble and air spaces the
Lowell Yankee-by-adoption ''builded bet
ter than he knew"
Mr.. Dows' fountain made such q local
ASPeto1oh ocCl0cu 10 move 10
Boston and find a larger sphere of en-
deavor. so, in 1860, he hired a store ct
Washington and Lagrange streets, in
Boston. and started as a druggist But
the main feature of the store was "Dows'
Ice Cream Soda Apparatus" This was
used for three seasons before 1t was pat
ented. but orders began to come in and
Dows went into the manufacture Of foun-
tains. which he sold for SIS net cash.
They were made Of white Italian marble,
the sirup cans were of common tin, and
the draft arms and sirup cocks were of
silver-plated brass
In 1852 Mr.. Dows made another epoch
making improvement In soda-water ap-
paratus. the double-stream draft arm and
cock. which allowed the use Of q large
and small stream from the same arm.
This invention consisted simply of
spoonlike arrangement inside the draft
tube very near the outlet, land allowed
the soda to be drawn with 800 per cent
more gas in it, Mr.. Dows claimed thai
soda drawn from this arm would efYer-
vesce for half an hour. while that drawn
in the old way from the bottle would be
fiat in few minutes. This new draft
tube was patented, and the inventor sold
hundreds OF them at so each. the spoon
being attached to old draft-arm cocks al
40 each. express bills TO be paid by
parties sending"
The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
The Nurse, the Community,
land Public Health Protection

such great advance. They reminded each
other Of the fact that the greater pro-
portion Of people who are sick are sick
at home. and urged that the technique
for visiting nursing and the standards of
efficiency. which had been promoted by
few. should be adopted by all. VISIT
ing nursing service In many instances
had been established in q casual way.
They wanted it recognised as . COM
munity necessity.
Other forms Of public health work were
represented. and reference was made to
almost every phase Of public health and
the promotion Of right living. Nurses
were at the convention who are engaged
In prenatal work. before life itself is
brought forth: others are at work for
the reduction of infant mortality, for
instruction in sex hygiene. with its touch
ing appeal to repair the omissions OF
the past and finally to help potential
parents to do better for themselves and
the oncoming generations. Nurses came
to the convention to testify to their
responsibility to help in the prevention
Of premature employment Of children.
and in the protection of men and women
who work, that dangers may be removed
from them, and that they may not risk
health or life while earning their daily
inspection Of school children. and in fol-
low-up work, fntrusted with the mission
Of completing the treatment that pa
tients receive In hospitals. were there.
Nurses discussed their interest in mental
hygiene measures, in the abuses Of the
midwifery practice, in blindness that may
be prevented. in school feeding. in the
segregation OF detectives, in the facts
OF physical deterrence that bring chill
dren before the courts. in general move
ments for welfare in the homes, shops.
factories and schools.
Society needs the new nurse. needs
her inspired. needs her well trained, with
such training as was not conceived of be-
fore. excepting, perhaps, in the master
mind of Florence Nightingale. The sig
niicant fact about this convention
was that the nurses felt that their call
is not only to the care OF the sick, but
to seek out the deep-lying and basic
causes of illness anA misery, and to use
their training SO to protect and prevent
that there may be in the future less
sickness to nurse and to cure.