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The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
GLASS IS PECULIAR.
IL Has q Number of Curious and Con-
Trajectory Qualities.

Il Has Number of Curious and Con.
Trajectory Qualities.
Glass Is one of the most interesting
as well as one of the most peculiar
things In the world 1t has curious and
contradictory qualities. and many as
tonishing phenomena are connected
with it. Brittle and breakable as it is
yet it exceeds almost all other bodies
in elasticity.
IL two glass balls are made to strike
each other at a given force the recOil
by virtue of their elasticity, will be
nearly equal to their original impetus
Connected with it's brittleness ere SONS
very singular facts.
Take hollow sphere with o. hole and
stop the hole with the fing,r, so as to
prevent the external and internal air
from communicating, and the sphere
Will fly to pieces by the mlre heat OF
the hand. Vessels made of glass that
have been suddenly cooled possess the
curious property of being able to re
sist hard blows given to them from
without. but will be instantly shivered
by small particle of flint dropped into
their cavities. This property seems tC
depend upon the comparative thickness
Of the bottom; the thicker the bottom
Is the more certainty of breakage by
this experiment Some Of these vessels
1t is stated, have resisted the stroke of
q mallet given with sufficient force tC
drive nail into wood, and heavy bod
les, such as iron, bits Of wood. Jasper
stone, etc, have been cast into them
from height of two or three feet with
out any effect, yet fragment of flint
not larger than pea dropped from 81
height of three inches has made them
Hy
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
fiOOkWOFm in Kentucky.

This little parasite has been
found to prevail to an alarming
degree among the people of the
mountain sections Of the State.
1t is said to bring on Incidence
and Indifference in the persons
afflicted. If Incidence and indif-
ference are sure signs of hook
worm, then the farmers in many
sections Of our State are gener-
ally infected and the South is bad
off. 1t used to be called by var
ious names-lazyness, malaria,
etc. certain scientists now
inform US that this microscopic
parasites is at the bottom of our
inertia. 1t is good to know
it, for they also tell US the trou-
BILE can be remedied. There
is no need now for the man to
sit on the rail fence crying be-
cause a splinter is sticking into
him and he too hook-wormed to
move. The State should proceed
to get rid of the miserable little
pest that is sapping our manhood
away. We have a great agricul-
tural State, good men, fine climate
and should lead the world in
field aid live stock production.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Royal Business Men.

Not a few Of the rulers Of the
world are prosperous business
men. The most conspicuous eX-
ample is the Kaiser, who in
cludes among his interests por-
celain factory. The general con-
duct of it is based upon rules and
regulations laid down by the en-
peror. Indeed. it is said, the
emperor is not above engaging
employees himself, adjusting
their wages, and even designing
certain of the wares turned out.
The emperor is a model employ
er, anxious as to the comfort Of
his men, who have been pro-
vided with cottages and pensions
and given a share in the profits,
which are reported to approx
innate $4,000 a year.
It is a matter of common
knowledge that the prince of
ppe-Detmold is a dealer in but
ter and eggs. while he has as a
side line a busy brick factory
that adds materially to his in
come.
The King of Nuremberg is
the proprietor of two hotels with
in his domains which are report
ed to be worth something like
s45. 900 annually to him.
The emperor of Austria-Hun-
gary, like the kaiser, operates a
china factory. This establish
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
SCRATCHED ROCKS"
They Mark the Course of Glaciers
Adown Our Continent.

Throughout the northern United
States. from the Atlantic ocean to the
far northwest and as far south as Ken
lucky. huge powders are found scat
tered at hapnaZard. The rocks and
lodges are smoothed and marked with
scratches varying from faint lines to
broad grooves two feet deep. Some OF
these powders, weighing many tons
are so balanced on ledge that slight
touch will rock them. The Indians used
them as alarm bells"
The grooves or scratches on these
rocks are as a rule parallel and extend
north and south. South of the above
mentioned area neither powders mol
scratched rocks can be found.
How came the powders in their po-
sition? What scratched the rocks?
Agassiz. familiar with the glaciers OF
the Alps, probably gave the true an.
swer. He showed that a similar state
Of things is produced today by the gla.
ciers of Switzerland. These streams OF
fee creep slowly down from the lofty
SUBMITS of the Alps through the val.
ieyS to the plains. They bear on their
surface huge rocks fallen from sur.
rounding cliffs The stones frozen in
the bottom of the glacier, pressed down
by the enormous weight Of ice above
them. scratch and groove the rocks be-
meath. as the tool of a carpenter gOuges
out piece of wood.
What was the condition of America
when similar effects were produced
Instead of local glaciers scattered in
the valleys. the whole surface now COW
cred With powders must have been
hidden by an immense sheet of ice.
Judging from the marks on the rocks.
the sheet moved from the north toward
the south. carrying with it masses OF
rOck.-Harper's Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

An Anxiooe Experience of the Rock
Bound Coast of Korea.

Bound Coast OF Korea.
The perils of the small boat at sea
are told by JACK London in an article
on Small Boat Sailing in the Yacht,
ing Monthly:
"About the liveliest eight days Of my
life were spent in a small boat on the
west coast Of Korea" he writes. 81
was in an open boat, a sampan, on a
rocky coast where there were no light
houses and where the tides ran from
thirty to sixty. feet. My crew were
Japanese fishermen. We did not speak
each others language. Yet there was
nothing monotonous about that trip.
Never shall forget one particular cold,
bitter dawn. when in the thick of driv-
our small anchor.
1.-THE japanese crawled under a com.
munal rice mat and went to sleep. ]
joined them, and for several hours we
dozed ftfully. Then a sea deluged US
with icy water and we found several
inches of snow on top Of the mat.
1T soon became a case of swamping
at our anchor. Seas were splashing on
board in growing volume, and we bailed
constantly. And still my fisherman
crew eyed the surf battered shore and
did nothing
"At last. after many narrow escapes
from complete swapping. the fisher
men got into action. All hands tailed
on to the anchor and hove it up.
For'ard. as the boats head paid off, we
set a patch of sail about the size of a
-four sack. And we headed straight for
the rocky shore. ] unlaced my shoes.
unbuttoned my greatcoat and coat and
was ready to make quick partial strip
a minute or so before we struck. But
we didn't strike, and as we rushed in
saw the beauty of the situation. Be
fore US opened a narrow channel,
frilled at its mouth with breaking seas.
Yet long before. when l had scanned
the shore closely. there had been no
such channel. l had forgotten the thir-
ty foot tide. And it was for this time
that the japanese had so precariously
waited"
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
ExrectancY Of Iiin.

Ali insurance is calculated upon the
probable length of time a person has
to live. This is called the average eX,
pectancy. Many elaborate tables have
been made M by the insurance com
panicS, some based upon one set OF
data. some upon another. and cOnse
quently they vary slightly. The Brit
iSh life annuity tables. 4 fair caicula
ton, show that man of fifty has a
natural expectancy Of living 21.2 years
a woman Of the same age 23.5 years;
at sixty his expectancy is 14.S years
hers is Il years: at seventy his is %
years. hers 100 years.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
ELIZA WAS GENEROUS.
Her Munificent Offer For an Original
Five Act Tragedy.

Five Act Tragedy.
People are likely to look back com
miseratingly upon the past in these
days of modern progress. When we
hear what the most prolific of present
day novelists receives a word ana
what the weekly royalties Of any well
known playwrights are we say that
the literary profession has come into
its own. Some bark back to the con
only f5 for the first copyright OF
Paradise Lost" an epic in twelve
books containing a total of 1856
lines, but that was over two centuries
ago. Poe received SO for ''The
Raven" That may be dismissed with
the statement that poetry never paid
The modern way of making money
by literature is even more recent than
Is generally thought. Alexander Hill
Of Cincinnati, one Of the best known
bookmen and collectors of the middle
west, has letter In his collection of
autographs that proves this point.
Two generations ago Eliza Logan
was a leading actress in America
Read her letter. o budding genius or
the typewriter, and be glad that when
you are paid it is space rates for the
local paper:
fremont House, Boston. May II. 1854.
E. Dusseault, Jr., Charlestown, Mass
Sir-I wish an original five act tragedy
the feature to be q heroine, myself the
personator Of It; the scene not to be laid
in this country; the plot to be DIPLOMA!
with the author-for which, II like it /
will pay s.. Respectfully,
ELIZA LOGAN
-POc+or1 DOSt
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
to run a motor-car agency.

A headline says that Boston
Ladies' Tailors Hold Up Easter
Gowns. Why confne the &C
cusation to Boston and to tailors ?
If is said that Queen Mary
spends $4,000 annually for dress.
She doesn't stand ace high with
some of our American queens.
A good many .peopleIsare dis
satisfied with the new nickles.
Perhaps they expected them to
buy more than the old ones did.
The Airedale is said to be sup
planting the bulldog, shut it will
be long before he gets into comic
picture with tramp.
The oldest undertaken in the
world has just completed his one
hundredth birthday. His ambi-
ton is to bury the last man on
earth.
If Friedmann's turtle serum
will cure tuberculosis, a serum
made romsdiamondbackst erripin
ought to make a man live for
ever.
A Paris artist is coming over
to paint New York society pe0-
pie. But not the way some Of
the New York society people
paint.
AsChicago student earned his
tuition by selling horse lradish.
Now. if he could only qualify as
the strong" man on the athlet-
ic team.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Success Crowns Search.

An unrelenting search, conduc-
ted for more than eight years,
leading from Joliet, ILL.,, to Chi
cago and thence access several
states, was ended at Detroit,
Mich, by Mrs. Laura Slavin, who
tenaciously limited finances and
total blindness. She charges
her husband, who is practicing
physician, with desertion.
The woman told the police
captain she was stricken blind
eight years ago. Two months
later her husband left her, leav.
ing in her care two children,
aged, two and seven. Forced to
obtain employment following an
operation to restore her eyesight,
she nevertheless cast around for
means to locate her husband.
She followed him from one city
to another, but always too late.
until she finally overlook him in
Detroit.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Boston Post.
American Leaf Colors,

1t has been observed that the leaves
Of American trees. such as naples
scarlet oaks and so forth, which at
home exhibit splendid colors in the
autumn, fall below their reputation in
this regard when transplanted in Eng
land or on the continent OF Europe
AN English observer. who has beer
studying the causes of the autumn
tints of trees. thinks the superiority
Of our woodlands arises from the soft
and mild vet glowing climatic cOndi
tons prevailing here in the fall. Eng
land, it is added. is rarely blessed with
an Indian summer When the climatic
conditions permit the leaves to retain
considerable vitality in the autumn
the cOlOred pigment is normally de,
veloped; hence the glorious forests OF
the United States. - Chicago Record.
Herald
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
She Didn't Do II.

The family jar waxed fiercer.
you talk about my being to blam,
for our marrying!" shrilly exclaimed
Mrs. Vick-SenD. John Henry. did |
hunt you out and then make love 10
you?'
Mo- be snorted. But you could
have given me the CLASSY eye and sent
me about my business, and you didn't
do It, madam-you didn't do itr-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Constipation Cured.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills will re-
lieve constipation promptly and get
your bowels in healthycondition again.
John Supsic, of Sanbury, Pa, says;
''They are the best pills 1 ever used,
and 1 advise everyone to use them for
constipation, indigestion II d liver
complaint. VIII help you. Price 25c.
Recommended by Paul Drug Co. Ad.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
She Saw.

"Why is Mrs WOmbat wearing such
dowdy clothes lately? She spends hall
her husbands income on dress But
why is she wearing such mean looking
clothes just nowY
Her husbands mother is visiting
her just now. See?"
The other woman saw.-Pittsburgh
Post.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
What The Weekly Enquirer Is
subscriptions may be
new or renewal

1t is issued every Thursday. Subscription price
81 per year. and it is one of the best home met
ropoIitan weeklies of to-day 1t has all the facii-
ties Of the great DAILY ENQUIRER for obtain
ing the Worlds events, and for that reason can
give you all the leading news. It carries great
amount of valuable farm matter. erispt editorials
and reliable up-to-date market reports. Its nu-
merous departments make it a necessity to every
home, farm or business man.
This grand offer is limited and we advise you to
take advantage by subscribing for the above com
bination right now. Call Or mail orders to,
THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
This Is EngIish-Do You Get 1t?

Little Johnny came running in to his
father and said:
ooh, father. 1 have just gained SOW
ereign and threepence."
Flows that? said his father.
"Well,' said Johnny, 81 have just
bought a guinea pig for ninepence."
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

ment, situated near the Austrian
capital, employs more than
1000 skilled workman. The
King Of Saxony, foo, has bus
mess interests of this character,
though on a smaller scale.
Perhaps the most unconven-
tional Of the royal business men
is the king of Servia, who mad
dition to several shops sdoing
general trade, Is said to promote
the sale af patent medicine and
to run a motor-car agency.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Capital PLnishn1sNt.

Mamma, did you love TO flirt wnep
you were young?"
81 am afraid | did, DEAR
"And were you ever punished for it,
mammal
''Cruelly, dear. l married your IA,
ther"-Paris Rire.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Very Thorough.

Clarice- Well. aunt. how do you like
your new doctor? Aunt-Oh, immense
Iy. Hes so thorough. He never comes
to see me without finding some little
thing the matter with me.-Judge.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14
Reckless.

Howell-Did you ever do any deed of
daring? Powell-Yes; | once said what
thought when guessing a woman's
age.-New York Press.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

A Chicago professor announces
that the humane race will soon
be toothless. At least that's one
way of getting back at the beef
trust.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

The hours we pass with happy pros
poets in view are more pleasing than
those crowned with fruition.-Gold-
smith.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

Did you ever notice how some
women will fidget about when
they run across a newspaper out
of which something has been
clipped.
The Adair County news., 1913-05-14

We have a good young Jack which
will be permitted to serve a few
mares.
Murray Bros.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
DEAFNESS Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitutions
al remedies. Deafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inf1amed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, deaf
ness is the result. and unless the in
Examination can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous
surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollare
for any case of Deafness caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free
FL. CHENEY. & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. y
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
pation.-adv
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
Big Greek

Farmers are busy cultivating corn
these warm days.
Pastures are getting very short but
stock are doing well.
Corn is growing nicely and this is
a fine time to kin weeds.
Geo. Dali of the north side of Ellis
is building fine resident.
Mrs. Altman of Ellis visited her
ranch on the Smoky last Saturday
Charlie Davis the Ellis marshall is
confined to his bed with Typhoid
fever
VIM. Dite had the misfortune to
lose his watch in Ellis on Decoration
morning.
VIM. Nelson of Riverside took a
trip to Wa-Keeney last Saturday on
business.
Report says the Wild West show
which was pulled off in Ellis last
Saturday was bum affair.
Mr.. Kuhn of Victoria, Kansas has
built granary, house and barn on
his farm on section 23-13-21.
John Herringer came home last
Saturday night from Clay county,
Kansas where he has been visiting
friends and relatives for couple OF
weeks
We hear that McAulf Presid-
ept of the Kansas State Farmers
Union will speak in Hays City Fri
day June 6, at Ellis that night, and
Ogallah, Saturday June 7th.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
SHE KEEPS RECORD STRAIGHT
English Playwright Explains His Idea
of Difference Between Dishonest
Male and Female Cashier.

Cosmo Hamilton, the English
playwright and novelist, was attack
ing woman at studio tea in Wash
ington square.
woman is barbarous," he said.
"She clothes herself in the skins of
cruelty slaughtered beasts and in the
feathers of cruelty slaughtered birds.
She decorates herself with bits of
bright stone dug out of the earth.
She paints her face red and white.
She marries for money rather than
for love- All this is barbaric."
FrBut," objected a woman, E'but,
Hamilton, you must admit that
woman is honest. When did you
ever hear of woman stenographer
OF cashier running off with her en-
ployer's money %
SNever," Mr.. Hamilton answered
promptly. "When a woman stenog-
rapher or cashier runs off with her
employers money, she always keeps
the record straight by taking her en-
ployer along with her"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
INFORMATION WANTED.

In a certain case tried in Missouri
where the charge was the theft of
. watch, the evidence was most con-
f1icting, and, as the jury retired, the
judge observed that he would be
glad to assist in the adjustment of
any difficulties that might present
themselves to the mind of the jury.
All but one of the jurors had filed
out of the box. There was on the
face of one who remained an express
sion betokening the EXTREMIST per-
plexity.
Observing this hesitancy, his
honor said:
31s there any question you'd like
to ask me ?"
At this the twelfth jurors face
frightened.
eyes, your honor" was his eager
response. 'I'd be awful glad if
you'd tell me whether the prisoner
really stole the watch."- Green Bag.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
Voda

good soaker would be appreciated
by all
Dick Owens made flying trip to
Littlechilds's Sunday.
Albert Owens is helping W. T.
Littlechild put up his alfalfa.
Louis Ivan spent several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Pryce Owens
Raplh Kristof ground a load of
corn at Dick Owens Wednesday.
Mesdanes j. Stradal and J. H. Ze-
man were Voda shoppers Monday.
Pryce Owens is helping Miles s.
Brown stack their alfalfa this week.
Philip Krhut and John Rush are
putting up alfalfa for Cyril Krhut,
this week.
Miss Vivian Owens spent Wednes-
day and Thursday with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Pryce Owens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sellers and fam
lily and Mrs. McGowen were Sunday
visitors at A. G. Schwanbeck'
Mrs. Cikanek and daughter. Mrs.
SmeSny, of Wilson are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Hladek
of Collyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Zeman and fam
lily and Mrs. E. L. Knapp spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Russell visiting
and fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartsfield, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Conner and family and
Mr.. Bradley Brown spent Sunday
with Mrs. Lizzie Krhut and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kristof enter
tanned at dinner Sunday the follow
ing guests. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Kirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beardwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Cox, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Owens, Mr.. and Mrs. Pryce Owens,
and Messres> Jas. Feeney and J. Kris
tot.
Collyer and Voda ball teams cross
ed bats at the Voda diamond Sun
day, resulting in a score of 4 to s in
favor of Collyer. The Voda team
was glad to see Collyer get the game
as Voda played y games and won IL
of them. Hurrah for the farmer
boys.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
HOW GREELEY VOICED SLEEP
naIIy Brought sIumber to Distin-
guished New York Editor.

One story recently told me by an
old friend of Horace Greeley had to
do with the time when Greeley had
written certain unpopular editorials
on Richmond, and, threatened with
mob violence at his office, had gone
up to "Chappaqua" for a few days
rest He was troubled with insom-
mia because of the night work he had
done on his morning paper, but con
to Richmond" continued ringing in
his ears, so that he could not find
sleep even on his farm. The doctors
massaged him and drugged him, but
for four days and nights he never
closed his eyes in sleep. The good
folks of the village began to worry,
when Greeley himself hit upon a
cure. Up the hill from his house
was a waterfall some twenty-four
feet in height, and Greeley decided
if he could take shower bath under
the fall that he would be all right
He did SO and slept like babe, but
his folks were so afraid that he would
sleep too long after his sleepless
past that they kept waking him ev-
cry hour, and he went back to his
slumber after protests that were as
emphatic as his editorials-Joe
Mitchell Chapple, in National Mag
azine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-06-07
Take Plenty of Time to Eat.

There is saying that ssrapid eat
ing is slow suicide. y If you have
formed the habit of eating too rapid
ly you are most likely suffering from
indigestion or constipation, which
will result eventually in serious i'll
ness unless corrected. Digestion be-
gins in the mouth. Food should be
thoroughly masticated and insahva-
ted. Then when you have fullness
of the stomach or feel dull and stupid
after eating, take one of Chamber
lain's Tablets. Many severe cases OF
stomach trouble and constipation
have been cured by the use of these
tablets. They are easy to take and
most agreeable in effect. Sold by al
dealers.-adv.