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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
CONFECTIONERY.
Centuries Ago II Was a Part Of the
Art of the Apothecary.

Curiously enough, the making of con-
fectionery originated in way with the
apothecaries about 500 years ago. 1t
was then that sugar was first imported
into England, and it was then that
CONNECTIONS first became known. For
a time they appeared only in medical
form, the apothecaries using the newly
imported sugar as means of mitigat-
ing the bitterness Of their doses. In
other words, they mixed their drugs
with it, and therein lay the origin of
many of the sirups and medicated can
dies, the ancestors of our cough drops
and loZenges. The cost Of sugar was
far too high, and most people were far
too poor to permit of its being eaten
for its own sake alone and as a mere
luxury.
1t was only a couple of centuries ago
that there began to appear a new
phase of the apothecary's art. Con-
fections began to be made more or less
apart from any medicinal purpose and
because people liked them, and eventu-
ally the confectioner's business became
quite separate and distinct from that
of the apOthecary.
Although the confectioner's trade
may be said to be about 200 years old
it was only within recent times that il
became a real and extensive industry
At first sugar was heavily taxed, and
the confectioner's trade was pursued
upon very elementary principles. Fol
long time everything was done by
hand. Implements were of the very
simplest-candy kettles heated on small
brick furnaces. pestles and mortars
rolling pins and scissors, etc. The out
put was very small, and, comparative
ly speaking, sweetmeats of all sorts
were expensive and frequently unat
tractive.
All this has been changed, and now
adays the most improved machinery
and implements combine to produce
the most delicate and attractive sweets
Muscles have been superseded by en-
gines, pestleS and mortars and rolling
pins, and scissors have given place tt
revolving pans and steam pans, ant
mechanism for beating and kneadinl
and mixing, for cutting and slicing anC
grinding, for rolling and grating and
stamping, for crushing ice and freezing
cream and other processes.
While many Of the best and mos
expensive candies are still very largel!
made by hand processes, by far tn,
greater mass of SwaptmeatS ia Dr0duc
ed by achinery.-Harper's Weekly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
EIizabeth's Excellent Wash.0

Good Queen Bess liked her ale and
had to have it Wherever she went
there ale had to go also-strong ale.
Great were the trials Of her host, the
Earl Of Leicester, as expressed in a
letter from Hatfield to Lord Burleigh;
There was not one drop Of good drink
for her here. We were fain to send
to London and Kenilworth and divers
other places where ale was. Her OWL
beer was SO strong as there was nc
man able to drink it." And one quart
Of this excellent wash" of good strong
ale for breakfast, we are told, put
the queen in good spirits for the start
Of the days work.-London Chronicle
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
TIPPING AN ARTIST.
He Got His Fee, Too, Before He Gave
Up the information Wanted.


Winslow Homer was a great painter
who had the unusual good fortune to
have his merit appreciated early In
life. But no one ever presumed less
on a wide reputation. Affectation was
q weakness from which his sense OF
humor saved him.
In his biography by Mr.. w. II,
Downs is printed the story of New
York gentleman of wealth and artistic
tastes who made the journey to Scar
boro, Me-, where Homer had his studio
to make the artists acquaintance.
On his arrival he found the studio
door locked. The owner was nowhere
to be seen. He wandered about the
cliffs for awhile until he met a man
in a rough old suit of clothes, rubber
boots and a battered hat, who carried
a fishpole. He accosted the fisherman
thus:
'"Say, my man, If you can tell me
where 1 can find Winslow Homer
have a quarter for you"
where's your quarter?' said the
fisherman.
He handed it over and was astound-
ed to hear the quizzical Yankee fisher
man say, 81 am Winslow Homer"
The sequel Of this unusual introduc-
ton was that Homer took his new ac-
quaintance back to the studio, enter
tanned him and before he left sold him
a picture.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Hugo's LONG Sentence.

For the longest sentence on record
we must go to the French. In LES
Miserables'' Victor Hugo has one sen
tence that runs through a hundred
lines, and earlier in the book, in one
Of the chapters descriptive Of Water.
loo, there are over fifty lines without
a full stop. England's record rests
under official patronage, for it would
appear to be the seventh section of
the foreign enlistment act, which does
not stop until it has very nearly reach
ed it's six hundredth word.-London
Graphic.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Weaving In Shadow.

In one of the famous lace shops of
Brussels there are certain rooms de-
voted to the weaving of the finest and
most delicate lace patterns. These
rooms are entirely darkened except for
the light from one small window fall
ing directly upon the pattern. There
Is only one lacemaker in the room, and
she sits where the narrow stream Of
light falls upon the thread she is
weaving. Lace is always more deli
cately and beautifully woven, it Is
said, when the worker is in the dark
and only her pattern is in the light
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
LIGHTING WITH GAS.
And the Young Scotsman Who Wore q
Wooden Hat.

And the Young Scotsman Who Wore q
Wooden Hat.
One morning good many years age
q young Scotsman was shown into
the Office of a great engineer at Biz
mingham. The young man was wear
ing a hat of extraordinary shape, and
in his nervousness at meeting the mar
of fame he let the hat slip. It fels
with hollow thud upon the floor. The
engineer looked with establishment at
the thing. The owner picked 1t up
and apologized for the noise It had
caused. 1t was of wood, he explained.
He had made it himself, turning ik
with his fathers lathe.
The engineer thought that there
must be something in man who could
think out and make such thing as
this. He forthwith engaged him, kept
an eye upon him and gave him work
of responsibility. The engineer was
Boulton; the new man, William Muir
dock.
The man with the wooden hat juSti-
fed the judgment Of the man who en-
ployed him. After awhile he was sent
away to Cornwall, and when he re
turned it was to light up his masters
premises with gas. The mind which
first practically applied the coal gas to
the purpose of lighting lived inside
that wooden hat.-St. James Gazette.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Iona Lived Ornaments.

Ornaments last longer than anything
else that man makes. There are
brooches and necklaces in museums
more than forty centuries old. Mon
uments. perhaps. stand second, and
houses third. The life Of furniture is
shorter still. There is very little fur.
niture in England which dates be.
yond the year 1900 Pictures last long
er than furniture, and there are paint
ings still in fair condition which have
weathered six centuries Of life.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
The Name Lshigh.

On March 6, 1912, Lehigh county
was formed from part of Northampton
county. Its name came from the lie
high river, being an Indian name de
rived through the German. The origi-
nal Indian name is said to have been
Le-chau-weech-ink. or Le-chau-week-i-
meaning 1.-The place Of the fork Of the
road" The German settlers of the
region shortened this into ''Lecha,
which is still IN use among the Penn
sylvan1a Germans. "Lehigh'' is the
English version of 'Lecha-" Allen
town, the county seat, was called
Northampton until 1S3S.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
PerSuasive.

The teacher meant to convey a pro-
found lesson. You must forgive your
enemies, boys" she said, land then
your enemies will forgive you. / want
you all to try it."
The next morning Johnny Jones
came to school with very black eye.
"Why, Johnny, what's the matter?"
"Aw," replied Johnny, 1--WE been for
givin' Scrappy Green an maxim him
forgive me."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Applied Advice.

81 want to buy one Of those DO Il
Now cards."
Sorry" said the clerk, ''but we're
out of those cards. Wen have some
printed next week"
you told me that last week"
At this point the proprietor came for
ward.
print some Immediately" he order
ed, land tack up about forty OF 'ens
around here"-Louisville Courier-Jour@
nal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
A Little OXersiqht.

Minister approaching the baptismal
font)-The candidate for baptism VIII
now be presented. Mother Of Intend
ed Candidate dn Mortified undertone
TO husband)-There. l knew we would
forget something. You run home as
quick as you can and fetch the baby!
Dallas News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Canning Tomatoes.

Our sporting editor took the place of
the Home Hints editor yesterday"
Anything happen?
"a lady who wrote asking how to
can tomatoes was told to get an old can
and piece of string, then to catch her
tomato and to proceed the same as If
canning dog."-Houston Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Baby Talk.

Was there ever a baby that said
"choo-choo cars" without being taught
to say it? One would be credulous in
deed to believe it. Baby talk is ordi-
narily the mature product Of persons
ranging in ages from twenty to sew
enty. They only put it off on the ba-
bies.-Kansas City Star.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
WILLING to Try.

Mary-The butcher is here, ma'am.
What shall I order? Mrs. Morris
Parke-Dear me, / haven't thought!
What can / order? Mary (thoughtful-
ly)-I really don't know, ma'am, I'm
sure. Mrs. Morris Parke-Oh, can't
you make a suggestion? Mary Cheer.
fully)-I can try. What do you make
It of?-Puck.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Then She Got Mad,

.'I've never seen the man yet" she
declared. "who couldn't be made fool
Of by pretty woman"
'Um" he replied. "Of course you,
take it, have studied the matter from
the standpoint Of the innocent by.
stander "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
The Art of TaIkind Back

IT hardly know how to answer you,"
said she when the soft voiced widower
proposed.
81 would not let that worry me-" said
he soothingly. THAT is something a
woman learns perfectly soon after mar
Rage" Enquirer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
The Party Line.

Hubby-Why didn't you come to the
door and let me in? Wife-I couldn't,
George. Our neighbor was talking to
somebody, and I was at the phone
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
Knew What She Wanted.

"But my dear madam, there's no use
consulting me about your husband,
I'm a horse doctor"
'Thafs why came to you. Hes o.
chronic kicker."-Life.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
The Other Kind.

Pater Ito indolent son)-Why don't
you go to work? You have attained
your majority.
Son-Yes, dad. But mine isn't a.
working majority.-Boston Transcript
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23
At the Wedding.

Brides Mother-Were you nervous
during the ceremony? Bride-Well, /
lost my self possession when papa
gaze me away to Charley.-Judge.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23

If you make money your god, twill
elague you like a devil Fielding.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23

Few things are impossible to dill
gence and skill.-Sanuel johnson
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-07-23

FOR SALE:-One good milk COW, 1
good rubber tire runabout, and a lot
of good boards.
36-tf a. L. UarreOC'
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20
Storms Toll i'm Human Lives
May Reach Fifty.

Fifty or more persons are be.
lieved to have lost their lives in
the disastrous storm which
sweptover Georgia, Louisiana.
Mississippi, Texas and Tennes.
see and Alabama Thursday af.
ternoon aud Thursday night.
Many more were injured.
At Calhoun, Ca, in which re.
glon OF northwest Georgia the
loss of life apparently was heav-
lest. tho storm was accompanied
by earth shocks. Eighteen are
reported dead in this section.
Five perished in the neighbour.
hood of Atlanta and two at Co.
Iumbus.
Sixteen are known to be dead
IN Tennessee, ard it is believed
that when communication to re.
mote points of the State is re.
sumed the death list will be
much larger. Fridays reports
from Mississippi and Louisiana
did not increase Thursday nights
list of seven dead in each state
The property damage will bel
very heavy. 1t is impossible to|
make an estimate of the loss at |
this time. Telegraph wires are
down in all directions.
Friday the storm seemed to|
nave spent It's fury and all cas-.
ualtles reported were sustained
thursday afternoon or during
the night.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20

ll6 ulole 1ully QeScrlOeQ as follows
Beginning at point on said hid. No
40, ~. IL chains west of the ne. cor
ner of said hd., thence south l-2o g
30 chains to set stob: Thence soutt
SO 1-2o west, 20 chains to set stob
Thence l-2o west 30 chains to nortl
line Of said hid. Thence north SO l-2o
east 20 chains along nd. line to point
of beginning. together with right o1
way for railroad or tram. road, and fol
all other purposes over the above
described land, with the right to re.
move at any time all improvements
If any, placed thereon and with the
further right to enter upon said land
for the purpose of removing said
timber and with right to extract tur-
pentine and rosin. The right to use
and remove the timber as herein
stated shall expire at the end OF 12
years from Feb. 22nd, 1912. Acquired
of "A. McAvoy. The above described
property is to be sold for Cash, SUBJ
ject to the appraisement made in this
Bankruptcy.
An it is further ordered that William
J. Dobson Trustee of this estate shall
sell at public auction TO the highest
bidder for cash. after advertisement
four times in thirty days in the Era
Leader the paper published in the
Parish of Washington, all of the
bankrupt's interests, in so far as
as they may appear, in the property
aforedescribed, said sale to take
place at the court house door of Wash
ington parish and to be conducted by
T. J. Simmons, sheriff of said Parish.
afl taxes on said property up TO and
including the taxes of 1913, to be as
sumed by the purchaser or purchasers
and all of sale to be also assured by
the purchaser or purchasers.
And it is further ordered that all of
said property, in so far as the interest
of this estate in bankruptcy shall ap-
pear, shall be sold free OF encum-
brances and all liens, the mortgage
creditors to have their rights referred
to the proceeds of the said sale. The
above property sold subject to the
appraisement made in this bankruptcy
and acts OF sale to be passed before
l.. w. McDougall, Notary Public, for
Washington Parish, La, at the ex-
pense OF the purchaser. New orleans,
La, Janary 81, 1913.
Signed VIM. A. Bell,
Referee.
BY virture OF the above order to me
disected by the Hon. VIM. A. Bell,
Referee, in Bankruptcy in the above
entitled matter, dated Jan. 81. 1913.
l will proceed to sell on Saturday
March %, 1913, during the legal hour
of sale at the principal front door OF
the court house at Frankllnton, La.
Washington Parish, thru =. }. Sim
mons Sheriff, of said Parish and
State, the duly appointed auctioneer
herein the property described above
and being situated in Washington
Parish, La. January 10th, 1913.
This February 10th. A. D. 1918.
W. J. DOLson,
Trustee.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20
Why lie Knows Il.

Mr.. P. K. Emmons, Mineral, La,
says: II have SOLD AND USED
kOYALlNE OIL four years and con.
slider it the BEST ANTiSEpTIC ever
Used" A trial always convinces.
That's why he knows it. It will nav
You to try it. You will then use
nothing else. That's the way they ali
90. l0c, 25c. SOC. Money back plan.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20
You Can % It For 2se.

A few doses ORC guaranteed to cure
Chills and Fever. Dead shot for colds
and Grip. Fine Tonic. No poisons.
Acts on Liver and Bowels. 25c. Money
back plan.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20
Medical Examination of School
Children.

Wv VI "ONACOt 1ASpcl
tlon in Louisiana public school.
HOMER HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal o. B. Staples Sc
cured the cooperation of physi
Clans and dentists of Homer an
had all the children of the Hig
School examined for (1) defec
tive teeth, (2) defective vision
defective hearing, and (4) nasa
troubles.
Mr.. Staples says: "Since tn,
dental examination, which wa.
made a month ago, sixty percent
of the defects have been correct
ed. The medical examination
was made more recently, bu1
parents and teachers are re-
sponding."
Look at the figures!
l. 96 children out of every
100 had defective eyes.
2. AZ children out of every
100 could not hear perfectly.
8. 25 children out of every
100 were the victims of nose
troubles.
5, 81 children out of every
100 mad adenoids or other throat
troubles.
Stated differently: If the 285
children attending the Homer
High School are representative
of the school population of the
State. the following are facts
concerning our school children:
1. 100000 do not see as we'll
as they should.
2. 100000 have defective
hearing.
8. 10000 are affected with
nose troubles.
4. 10000 have diseased
thrOats.
S. There are $500, 900 decay
ed teeth in the mouths of public
school children.
And yet q bill providing for q
mild start in medical inspection
of children in the public schools
failed to make anyheadway in
last Legislature,
l imagine we shall accept final
ly the following propositions:
/. An educated mind should |
be housed in a sound healthy, |
vigorous body.
2. Diseased ..children cannot
make the proper advancement
in their school work, therefore,
the State will save money by
seeing that school children are
sound and healthy. A healthy
child can finish the school course
q year or two ahead of a diseased
child.
3. Most parents will have
their children treated when at
tention is called to defects. !
Those who will not. should be
required to do so if they are able
and if they are not able, the
public should have the treatment
administered,
4. Public School children
will never be GENERALLY inspect.
ed for physical defects until the |
law requires school officials to |
employ experts to do the work,
but in the meantime
5. Cannot enthusiastic prin.
cipals. superintendents, and
board members do something
bv following the example Of the
Homer High School?
Over in Vernon there is par. |
ish-wide effort 10 the interest of
medical inspection about which
! shall tell you later.
Yours truly,
T. H. Harris,
You Can % Il For 26c.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20
Board of Health Rights.

, ty from the right of the Stat
. Board of Health to inspect il
This right to inspect the publ
buildings of the State and it's in
: stitutions is general and in har
mony with the common duty o
the State Boards of Health, an,
in particular the Board of Health
of the State of Louisiana, as au
thorized by the acts of 1898 ant
1902, and all other laws on thu
subject NATTER
Ruffin &. Pleasant, Attorney
general, thus advised DR.. Oscar
Bowling in an opinion rendered
Saturday night in the recent pen.
itentiary controversy between
the health chief and Col. 9. Har-
rison Parker, president of tic
Board of Control.
Continuing. the opinion said:
"All of the State Institutions are
provided with physicians, but in
no case, 50 far as l am able to
find, has there been made any
exception from the general right
Of the State Board of Health to
inspect the said institutions from
the standpoint of sanitation"
The Attorney-general based
his decision chiefly upon act 1872
of 1893, as amended by act A
of 1900, act $50 of 1902 and act
1874 of 1904 which says:
THE members of the State
Board of Health and every per-
son authorized by themI may,
without fear or hindrance, enter,
examine and inspect all grounds,
erections, structures, public
buildings and places"
The opinion reviews at length
the various statutes relating to
the Board of Control and the
State Board of Health and their
powers. 1t pointed out that the
power given the Health Board
to inspect public buildings was
passed subsequent to the act EN-.
powering the Board of Control
and giving it specific duties ami
powers of management, and
hence the Legislature could not
have intended to make, Jan excep-
ton of the Penitentiary, it held.
Dr.. Dowling was much pleased
at the tenor of the opinion, for it
settles, apparently, for some
time to come, any doubts which
may exist as to the. right of the
State Board of Health to inspect
not only penal institutions, but
all public buildings whose man
agement is vested in the State
government.
The opinion was rendered in
to a request from DR..
Bowling to Mr.. Pleasant, which
read as follows:
Please advise me if Mr.. Par.
ker has the legal right to pre-
vent representatives of the State
Board of Health from making
inspections of the Penitentiary,
farms, etc.
When asked what would be
his next..step in the Penitentiary
controversy, DR.. Bowling declar-
ed he was head over heels in
other work at present and did
not have time to consider a plan
Of action in the Parker matter.
Just give me time to 20 TO it.
The affair will all work itself
out" he said.
TAKEN UP-At my place on
February 81, 1918, 13 miles east
Of Franklintcn, one white and
blue striped COW, about seven
years old. Owner can recover
samo hv nrOvinp DrOnnrtV and
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20

FOR SALE-White Leghorn
Eggs. Pure breed, any number
of sittings to be had upon appli-
cation to.
Mrs. D. E Sheridan.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20

NOTlCE-I have tor sale, any
amount OF velvet beans. Anyone
desiring to purchase beans can
apply for prices etc., to
Henry Williams,
Angie, Ia.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20

PASSENGER SCHEDULE
DA1LY-EXCEPT SUNDAY
Nortn Bound. South Bound
No. 3s'1o:2o am. No. sl-2:25 p. m.
NO. 4-7:35 p. m. No. 33.5.4Oa. m.
SUNDAY ONLY
NO. 3S'9:25 p. m. No. 35.6.55 am.
No. 36'1l:2o a. m. No.s7.4:25 p. m.
For further information, apply
to local Ticket Agent, or to
NJ. ]. Mcmahon, &. P. A.
G. B. AUBURT1N, A.G.P.A.,
sos Whitney. Central Bldg.
New.0rleans,.. La.
Long Distance Phone Main 48s.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1913-03-20

TAKEN UP-At my place on
February 21,- 1918, 13 miles east
of Franklintcn, one white and
blue striped COW, about seven
years old. Owner can recover
same by proving property and
paying for this advertisement.
]. ]. Reeves,
Sheridan, La.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-15
Strength of a Grizzly Bear.

1t is related that grizzly bear that
had one of it's fore paws so shot as to
render it useless employed the other
to draw its weight of 1000 pounds up
an incline almost precipitous, a SEEM
ingly impossible feat A Californian
asserts that while in the mountains he
observed big grizzly in the act Of
carrying dead COW home to her cubs.
From his position on the mountain
side the Californian could follow every
movement of the bear in the sparsely
timbered valley below. He contends
that the big beast carried the COW in
her fore paws for distance of three
miles, across jagged rocks several feet
in height, over fallen logs around the
rocky mountain side, where even a
mule could not get a foothold, to
narrow trail up the steep mountain
side. This bear, it appears, stopped
not moment for rest, but proceeded
straight on. The observer followed
her and about half mile from her
lair shot her. The COW, it is reported.
weighed at least 1900 pounds, while
the weight of the grizzly was about
450 pGundS-l'ur News.