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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-10-24
NOTICE.

All members of the McDows'
county Q,Iored Republican o.
RaDixatiod are hereby notified L
msst in Z - city OF Kevstnne ~
Monday. N 'vember l7th. 1913
for the porpose Of electing OH
;ers and fsr the transacting Z"
tny "thersbu~io.ss as may Com
Def"re the b. sdy.
D'ne by order ~
J. r PARSON,
Presidents of tie McDuxeIi Dou
" Colored Republican Or
pan z,u'op, K-ystone. w. Va
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-10-24
ELKH0RN FERRFI

The 'B.rhs'os Orb are preparing b
s'v~ . hssqasts pwsy On ths Ha in.
sssns- Invisssioas ere out and . sx~,,
aGalr y prusnisp&-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-10-24

Rev. X z j 'hnsnn. pastor ri
the Presbyterian churches il
this city and Kimhall. il attend
ing the w. Va Synud 81 IA,
Presbyterian church held a.,
Wheeling this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-28

American cattle abroad, claiming that
they were sold cheaper in the Europ-
can markets than in American mark
cts the secretary of commerce is now
publishing the official figures, show
ing tlslt they were entirely in error
report of Secretary Redfield substan-
tiates the packers claim that Ameri-
can meats are sold cheaper in Amer
lea than they are in London, in COM
petition with meats from Argentina.
This report shows that American cat
tie sold in London sold at IL cents
lper pounds, while grass fed cattle
| from Argentina and Australia sold at
four and one-half to five cents per
pound. The low price commanded by
Argentina and Australia meats in Eng
| land together with the shortage in
our own production accounts for the
fact that our export market has prac-
tically disappeared. This same re-
port advises us that Mexico and Can
ada paid the duty on 100000 head OF
cattle sent across the border. Just
what results will attend this free meat
propaganda proposed by the demo-
lcratic tariff bill is problematical.
You ask, how does the reduction in
1 the Underwood bill on farm produce
compare with the cuts in the other
industries? 1t would be difficult to
make such comparison. Generally
speaking. should say that the cut in
the agricultural schedule is far great
er than that in any other extensive
Industry. You know the democratic
national committee two years ago sent
Iout campaign document on the high
Icost of living. This document assault
ed only the prices of farm products.
Il If pointed to the year of 1896 as a
year when prices of farm products,
from the buyers standpoint, were
ideal. The Underwood bill indicates
1.-THE desire of the administration to
strike at the prices which our farm
ers receive for their products. 1t is
to be regretted that the prosperity OF
the farmer, the most industrious OF
ali our people, should be singled out
for the greatest slaughter. He is just
coming into his own, and while the
prices of farm products are apparently
thigh, these prices are only fairly re-
munerative.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-28
Men Return to Work.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April Is.
That the long coal miners war in the
Paint and Cabin Creek districts is
ended was assured today when Off
Gals of the United Mine Workers
went through the district urging the
men to return to work Governor Hat
field, whose peace proposal resulted in
settlement. has issued ,tatement
saying that all miners must return to
work today or leave the district.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-28
BUY IT BY THE BOX
1t costs less and stays fresh until used
Look for the spear
Avoid limitations
meet Wednesday, April 9, 1913, a

meet Wednesday, April 9, 1913, a
O'Clock a. m.
Wednesday, April 9, 1913
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
All members present.
On motion the following claims
were allowed, Supervisor scheffler
voting aye, Supervisor Hosier voting
aye ard Supervisor Young voting aye,
to-wit:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-28

iotal ..'...... ........... S44o. 81
The following report Of ]. A. Rob-
erts and Thos. l.. Murray, the expert
examining committee appointed by
this board to examine the books, ac-
counts and vouchers OF the county
treasurer, county auditor and record
er at the Keokuk and Fort Madison
Offices, is approved and ordered filed,
to-wit:
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
Dramatic Climax to a Trial In a French
Court,

nce--chance-plays remen-
dous part in human history. Fate is
another name for the same thing; so is
luck. All these words are merely our
puny euphemisms for X. the unknown
quantity.
Not a day passes but the story Of a
remarkable coincidence is brought to
public notice. A stranger incident new
er occurred. however. than this one,
the account of which is in an old copy
Of the Chronique de Paris.
A youth of about nineteen was
brought to trial for having broken the
window of a bakers shop and stolen a
two pound loaf.
The Judge-Why did you steal the
loaf?
Prisoner-I was driven by hunger.
"Why did you not buy it,"
Because had no money"
But you have gold ring on your
finger. Why didn't you sell it?"
Il am a founding. When l was TAX
en- from the bank Of a ditch this ring
was suspended from my neck by a
silken cord. and kept it in the hope Of
thereby discovering at least who were
my parents. 1 cannot dispose of it."
The procurer du roi Q1ing's attorney
made violent speech against the pris-
oner, who was found guilty and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for five years.
Immediately upon this woman more
worn down by poverty than age came
forward and made the following decla-
ration:
Gentlemen OF the jury, twenty years
ago a young woman was married to a
young mat Of the same town, who aft
erward abandoned her. Poor and dis
tressed, she was obliged to leave her
child to the care of Providence. The
child has since grown up, and the wo-
man and the husband have grown old
er, the child in poverty, the woman in
misery and her husband in prosperity
They are all three now in court. The
child is the unfortunate prisoner whom
you have just pronounced guilty, the
mother is myself, and there sits the IA
ther." pointing to the kings attorney.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
From LaiI e the Bench.

Francis Pemberton Q625-9D was I'm
prisoned in the Fleet for debts con.
tracted during a period Of youthful ex
travagance While in Jail be applied
himself to the study Of law and came
to be regarded as a kind Of legal oracle
by his fellow prisoners, who hickman
ed him counselor" With the fees theg
gave him for legal advice he bought
books to continue bis studies. He then
prevailed upon his creditors to grant
his release from prison that he might
the sooner earn money 70 pay or hi!
debts. Called TO the bar in 1904, aft.
a brilliant career in the palace court al
Westminster ard subsequently IN the
house of lords, he became a puisne
judge. He was knighted in 1919 and
ultimately, on the dismissal Of ScrOggs,
was made lord chief justice in 1GSl.-
London Standard
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
A Curious Coincidence.

The story of queer coincidence W.
told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. VIII
travelling upon the continent be viSit".
"a certain mountain inn. which was
winter. he learned. occupied only 81
two men These men. prisOned in ;
waste OF su"W and ice. had for all tn
period Ho. communication with IT,
worlh l'td.,v Here was q situation ia
a novelist And the novelist accord
ingly began to let his Imagination plH;
about the possibilities of tragedy 50"
rounding the two men on their mou,.
tain height. But the story was nevc
written. for. happening to come upo'
a volume of Guy de Msupassant viii .
was new to him, he found therein. M
der the title of "L'Auberge." the VERY
story he had meant to write.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Violet Eor-fNourninq.

1t was not by accident that violet
was chosen by many -nations as the eX
elusive color for mourning and by US
also for half mourning. Painters suf-
fering from hysteria and neurasthenia
will be inclined to cover their pictures
uniformly with the color most in ac
cordance with their condition Of lassi
tude and exhaustion. Thus originate
the violet pictures Of Manet and his
school, which spring from no actually
observable aspect of nature. but from
ii subjective view due to conditions of
The nerves. When the entire surface
of walls in salons and art exhibitions
of the day appears yelled in uniform
half mourning this prediction for VIC
let is simply an expression of the nerv-
Gus debility of the painter.-NOrdau's
Degeneration"
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
AN INGENIOUS CLOCK.
Curious Automaton That Was Made
London a Century Ago.

One of the most wonderful tim,
made in London, England, a huudy
years ago and was sent by the presl
dent of the East India company as ;
gift to the emperor of China. Thl
case was made in the form of
chariot, in which was seated the fgur
of woman.
This figure was Of pure ivory ans
gold, and the right hand rested upon
tiny clock, fastened to the side of tl
chariot. Portions of the wheels viii"
kept track Of the fight of time wert
hidden in the body Of a tiny bir,
which had seemingly just alighte.
upon the woman's finger.
There was a canopy above, so ~.
ranged as to conceal a silver bell. IL.
bell was fitted with a little hammer
also of silver, which, although il Iii
not appear to have any connect,
with the clock. struck the hours reg.
larry and could be made to repeat b..
touching a diamond on the woman
bodice.
In the chariot, at the wOman's fe {
there was q golden figure of q do
and above were two birds. apparent.
flying before the chariot. This beart
full ornament was made almost entirs
ly of gold and was deliberately adOrnr
with precious stones.-St. Louis Clio
Democrat.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
OUR MOST HYBRID WORD.
SRemaosdamizine" Can Boast of Hav-
ing Five Language Parents.

ing Five Language Parents.
The most hybrid word in the English
language, according to Professor A. F.
Chamberlain of Clarke university,
writing in the Popular Science Month
~, is "remacadamizing. Professor
Clarke points out that this word is de-
rived from five languages-Latin, Gaze
lie, Hebrew, Greek and English. He
resolves it into its factors as follows:
First.-Re, Latin prefix, signifying
a repetition or doing over again.
Second.-Mac. a Gaelic word for son,
in common use as prefix for genoa
logical purposes.
Third.-Adam. the representative In
many European languages Of the He
brew name of the first man, according
to the Mosaic account Of the creation
as given in the book Of Genesis.
Fourth.-Iz Tor ize). the modern Eng
fish representative, through the French,
iser of the Greek verbal terminal izein.
Fifth.-Ing. the English suff1x Of the
participle present, verbal noun, etc.
The root of this word, "macadam,"
Illustrates In another ray the vitality
Of our English speech and It's ability
to draw new words into is vocabulary
whenever the need arises. The term
''macadam" is really the family name
Of the man. John Macadam, who in
1910 devised the now common method
Of paving roads with small broken
stones. etc. Celtic and Semitic had al
ready combined to produce macadam,
meaning "son Of ADAM" which the
English language then took up and
further nodded to suit its genius.
There are many such hybrids, but
this is probably the worst.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
BOILING AN EGG.
IL II Gives You Trouble You Might
Try John Randolph's Way.

The boiling of an egg seems a simple
matter. but many a breakfast has beer
spoiled and many temper rasped by
the cooks failing to observe the pre-
else number of minutes the process
should occupy.
That very original man. John Ran
dolph, is said to have invented a meth
cd of getting his eggs cooked exactly
to his taste that worked perfectly. As
is the case in many country homes in
the south, the kitchen was In a sep
arate building at some distance from
the house. and servants were plenty.
When the sage of Roanoke" too;
his seat at the breakfast table there
was line Of servants from the dining
room to the kitchen. Mrs. Randolph
the mother of the statesman. held ar
open watch in her hand
'1nT exclaimed Mr.. Randolph, anG
the word lin" was passed from mouth
to mouth until it reached the waitina
cook, who dropped the eggs into the
water. After the requisite number at
seconds the holder of the timepieyt
signified that the cooking was done
"Out! went forth the command il,
like manner, and the eggs were quick
~ removed.
The system required six or sever
servants to cook one egg, but RandolI 3.
was accustomed to declare that tn.
was the only way that he could get IL
cooked to suit him.-Youth's Compan
ion
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
FINE OLD BORROWERS.
Leigh Hunt Was Champion, and DR..
Johnson Levied on Books.


In book of essays. Americans and
Others" Agnes Repplier collects some
notable Instances of n certain conde-
scension in borrowers. Leigh Hunt
and William Goodwin had the trait de-
Deloped to magnificent proportions:
1T would be interesting to calculate
the amount of money which Hunts
friends and acquaintance contributed
to his support in life. Shelley gave him
at one time f1,400, an amount which
the poet could i'll spare. and when be
had no more to give wrote in misery of
spirit to Byron, begging a loan for his
friend and promising to repay it, as he
felt tolerably sure Hunt never would.
Byron, generous at first, wearied
after a time of his position in Hunts
commissariat lit was like pulling a man
out of a river, he wrote to Moore, only
to see him jump in again) and coldly
withdrew. His withdrawal occasioned
Inconvenience and has been sharply
criticised"
AS for Goodwin. when his daughter
ran off with Shelley he refused to take
NhCNA LII %1sOOO IL ~ W ShO dOt
made payable to a third person or "un-
less he could have the money without
the formality Of an acceptance"
Crabb Robinson introduced him one
evening 10 a gentleman named Rough.
The next day both Goodwin and Rough
called upon their host, each man ex-
pressing his regard for the other and
each asking Robinson if he thought the
other would be 4 likely person to lend
him ESQ.
DR.. Johnson was more scrupulouS.
He paid back SO after a lapse of
twenty years and on his
deathbed begged Sir Joshua Reynolds
to forgive him a trif1ing loan" But in
the matter of borrowed books the case
was altered. johnson cherished a
dim conviction that because he read
and Garrick did not the proper place
for Garrick's books was on his-John-
son's-boOkshelves, point which could
never be settled between the two
friends and which came near wrecking
their friendship"
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
NOT A FAMILY QUARREL.
1t Was Simply Clever Russ of OAR
ing Persian Thief.

1t Was Simply a Clever Russ of a OAR
ing Persian Thief.
A traveller remarks that the Partisan
sWindler is the subtlest and the most
indomitable one in the world. He was
one day stro,ing through n fashionable
French shop
A womal entered and proceeded to
purchase a. costly set of silver dishes.
and meanU lille a we'll dressed man lin
gered at the doorway as though wait
ing for her.
The woman, her purchase concluded,
counted number of bank notes and
advanced to the cashiers desk holding
them in ner hand. Then of a sudden
the man rushed upon her.
you wretchr' he exclaimed. Didn't
l tell you that you shouldn't have those
dishes?" And he slapped her upon the
cheek, tore the bank notes from her
hand and stalked Indignantly out Of
the shop.
The woman tainted. 1t was ten min
utes before she was brought to, and
meanwhile those in the shop, believing
that Il family Quarrel was in progress
did nothing. On her recovery the man
ager Of the place said regretfully:
I'VE are sorry, madam, for this oc
currence Your husband
My husband. That was not my hus
bandr' the woman cried. ''He is a
thief
She had never seen the man before
Exchange.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
How New York's Grill Room Prices Hit
the Blue Grass Brother.


After his brother had been IN New
York a little more than a year Ken
tuckian decided to pay him a visit,
Hoping to surprise his brother, the
Kentuckian did not apprise his brother
Of his intentions. Arriving at 0 o'clock
IN the morning. he asked to be directed
to a good eating house. The taxcab
pilot steered his course for the largest,
costliest and most fashionable hotel
grill room on Broadway.
/ Being a stranger in a strange land
and hungry, the Blue Grass brother or
dered a regular home meal. When he
got the check from the waiter It's size
staggered him He wasn't accustomed
to New York hotel prices.
After verifying the correctness Of his
bill at the cashiers desk and being In
suited by the waiter for tipping him
25 cents, the visitor started out to look
for his brother. whose Office he found
about ! o'clock
In response to his inquiry as 70 his
brothers whereabouts a clerk said:
Hes over eating at the Blank no.
tells new grill room"
go slow, friend. Only q million
aIre could Overeat at the BlauK no.
tel. I know, because 1 had breakfast
there myself this morning "-Louisyflle
Times.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Dickens Humanness.

The best part of Charles Dickens, the
great novelist. was the humanness of
nim. coming out in the tender pathos
with which he streaked the funny side
Of life. Primarily humOrist, he was,
like many another humorist, Il human
ist too Dickens came out of that low
er London life. one third grotesque, one
third pitiful, one-third heroic, which he
pictured in his writings. He had lived
the struggles of Oliver Twist, of David
Copperfield and OF Philip in Great Elk
pectatiOns" THAI was the reason why
he was able to lay hold of peoples
hearts when he described those death
less persons.-New York Mail
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
AIaska's Two Climates.

Official reports indicate that the
coast region of Alaska has much rain
and snow, but an equable temperature,
and that the winter at Sitka is no
colder than at Washington. The snow
fall at Valdez has reached sixty feet
and the rainfall at Sitka Ill inches in
q season. The Yukon basin, on the
other hand, has a continental climate,
very cold in the winter, although the
summer temperature may reach 90 de-
grees L. in the shade. The rainfall is
small The soil is permanently frozen
for several yards below the surface,
but a thin surface layer thaws out
every summer-Harper's.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Matter and Force Identical.

Until recently the atom was consid-
cred the indivisible part Of matter, but
advances in radio-activity point to the
fact that the atom is a complex sys-
TEN, consisting Of a positively charged
nucleus around which are grouped nu-
merous negatively charged particles of
infnitesimal dimensions, called cleo
irons. i great deal has yet to be
learned about the electrOn. Though re-
garded now as the unit of the material
universe, it is really nothing but cleo
tricity, though it possesses the proper
ties Of matter-mass, momentum, XII
netic energy and probably weight
Christian Herald
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
The Herons of AndaIusia.

Of all the birds be had studied. s.: III
W. Farren in a lecture. none shOwea
conjugal affection in quite the same
way as the brown backed herOns o..
Andalusia, in Spain. Whenever the hr>
band relieved his wife at the nest H.
invariably laid his neck over hers in =
momentary embrace and then took II!
his position while the other bird flew
away The herons never omitted t!s
affectionate salutation.-London Staml
ard
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
FLED FROM HIS BRIDE.
Romantic. Story Of the Marriage Of
General Sam Houston.

6eneraI Sam Houston.
In las ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
American Society During the Nine
teenth Century" is a romantic story Of
General Sam Houston, whose appear
ance was patrician and courtesy that
Of the Unborn gentleman"
81 have spoken of General Houston's
appearance. 1 now wish to refer to his
nne sense of honor. He was married
on Jan. %, 1929, to Miss Eliza Allen
and separated from her directly after
the marriage ceremony In, it is said,
the most painful circumstances. The
wedding guests had departed and Cen
eral Houston and his bride were sitting
alone by the fire when he suddenly dis
covered that she was weeping. He
asked the cause Of her tears and was
told that she never loved him and
never could, but had married him sole
ly to please her father.
"T love DIR. Douglas she added. but
I will try my best to be a dutiful wife
to you
MISS said General Houston, even
waving the fact that he had Just mar
ried her, no white woman shall be my
slave. Good nightp
at is said that he mounted his horse
and rode to Nashville. where he re-
signed at once his Office as governor
and departed for the Cherokee country,
where and elsewhere his subsequent
career is well known. Having pro-
cured a divorce from his wife, he mar
ried Margaret Moffette in the spring Of
1S4O''
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Simple Locomotion.

"1 was just thinking" said one
weary tramp to another, with a long,
long journey in front of them, about
bad roads and the wonders of science.
This earth is spinning round Eastern
a railway train behind time"
"Well, we amt fell off yet
mo, but think o. what a convenience
it would be if we could have some
place to grab on to while the territory
slid under our feet until the place we
wanted to go to came alongw
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Standards Cut Words.

The most amusing instances Of lazi-
ness in speaking are to be found In
Spain. The Spaniards have made it s.
practice to cut down every word to an
irreducible minimum of sound. Take
their word for ''sOn," which is as near
as possible ''eechO" (ch cultural, as in
'loch'D. That was originally the Latin
''filius." The French made it fills"
the Italians ''figliO" (feelyo,. The
Spaniards could not be bothered with
the ~ at the beginning or the So in
the middle. so they simply pronounced
the two vowels with. cultural noise,
which comes natural to them, in be
tween-'eechO. "-LOndOn Mail
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Never Can Happen Aqain.

The Montenegrin law which oTdd-
that any found valuable shall be place
where the loser can find it reminds o..
Of an anecdote told of GrimaldTs gran
father IN Dickens life of the famo@
clown. On one of his visits to Leair
hall market with nearly E400 in g.
and silver upon him he found that T..
shoe had become unbuckled and, t..
ing from his pocket the bag, he plu.r
1t upon a neighbOring post and the
proceeded to adjust his buckle" H.
ing afterward to pay for purch.-,
he missed his bag of gold and burr.
back to the post where he had buckle
his shoe. Although more than three
quarters of an hour had elapsed.
there 1t remained, safe and untOuchc.
on the top of a post in the open street
That was in eighteenth century Lo,
don. Could it happen now?-LonGo
Chronicle
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Beqqars, Day In Costa Riea,

In Costa RIGA the beggars are privi-
legged characters on Tuesday-that is,
they are allowed that day of the week
in which to beg from shop to shop. 1t
is the custom for business houses to
prepare for the weekly visit of the
mendicants and to hand over to them
small coins or articles of little value.
In some instances where merchandise
IS given away the beggars peddle it
about the poorer quarters ond so earn
a few cents apiece.-Argonaut.
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
The Tower of Babel.

Do you realize that 1000 years after
the most wonderful of all towers was
built by the -ancients according to the
Book Of Genesis about 2400 B. c., it's
seven stages still rise high above the
plains near the site of Babylon? Until
a few years ago it had been known as
the Mound Of the Birs Nimrud. when
Sir Henry Rawlinson discovered in one
of the stages the inscribed cylinders
which made the Identification possible
The Adair County news., 1913-01-01
Some Satisfaction.

The Hon. Mrs. Robert Hamilton in
her biography of her father, the late
Lord Wolverhampton, says that in his
home his orders were always stern and
prised than he was when they were
obeyed.
One day he detected one of his
daughters making a statement in which
she rather exaggerated the facts.
You are one Of the most inaccurate
women that was ever created" he told
her.
We'll" was the cheerful reply, II am
glad TO be a masterpiece in some de-
partment of creation"