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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
FL BOLSHEVIKISMO
AMENAZA A TODA
LA EUROPA
B&Igica sera la primera
vlctima Francia no
Quedara immune

BERLIN, Mario 26.-"El holhe-
vikismo es IN peligro que acabara
por dominar a toda la Europa. Tai
declaration hizo hoy aqui e. Condo
Won Lersner. Ell Representative aleman
que firm6 Ell tratado de Versailles.
"Belgica sera la primera victima,
-agreg6 el Condo Inglaterra e
Italia Sc hallan' amenazadas va y
Francia no quedara immune. aunque
les franceses cream que 10 son.
Para combatir al ~bolshevikismo
recesitamos una revision del tratado
de paz. Los territories cogidoS por
los aliados deben devolverse a Alema-
MIA. Las clapsulas militares de a
quel dccumento, son ridiculas. Glen
mil soldados no son suficientes para
Prussia o Baviera. ~solamente, para
preservar eli orden.
acknowledgements la demanGa pa
"a la entrega del material. debe ser
reGucida Y las cifras relatives a las
reparaciones disminuidas. Fl Minis
tro de Hacienda frances VI. klotz,
calculaba que Ia parte que correSpon-
"l- " tEc ooa nnn m do r,ar
'@i'" " NV o.,n+os
COS c"".F4ls; o - -;
ue eSarLS'.C" ~ 'S'ot" n%n,"ardo
qu'L" ne .a anJ;a on+aS
-Into ~ sr,,a 40
90 oo0 nnH NGN ia ,n.rc-s
$50 nrosor+o ON R~ras+-Titovsk
-. Ls van..IL.r :, IT,. +ra+a-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
LAS ALIADOS NO DECIDEN AUN CUALES
.MEDIDAS HABRAN DE TOMAR EN- ALEMANIA
Exigiran g~arantlas pIenas del gobierno de Ebert
antes de permitir 81 envlo de tropas al Rhur

es la de que los alemanes mismos,
titubearan para empenarse en- opera
clones mailitares contra los rojos, ba-
10 las condolences que los aliados les
impondran.
PARIS, Mario 26.-El gobierno in
giles ha contestado la nota de Fran
cia en- la que 6sta hacia la PROPOSE
ci0n de tomar medidas energicas pa
ra salvaguardar los intereses ALA
dos en- el distrito del Ruhr, NANTES
tando que no We Ia necesidad para
una intervention por parIe De las tro
pas alemanas contra los rojos, en-
vista ie1 hecho de que s. ha llegado
aparrntemente 4 IN c~onvenio entire
los cbreros del Ruhr y el gobierno di-
cho.
La proposition ~francesa. ccmuni-
cada DOT el Primer Ministro Mile
rand eStipula Ia ~ocupaci6n d Frank
fu1t ' otras ciudades alemanas de Ia
Prussia Occidental, por las tropaS
~francesas ' aIiadas. para asegurar el
retro de las tropas de Rcichswahd,
despues de Que los espartaciStas hu-
bicran Sido diSpcrsados.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
AS TROPAS De EBERT
O3TIENEN TRTUNF0S
EN- Ell RHUR
Han recuperado varias de
las villas ocupadas por
les radicales

BERLIN. Mario 2G.-Oficiaimentc
Sc anunci6 hoy en- Il maNana aqui,
Dor q gobicro. que las tropas l-alcs
hahian capturado variaS De las villas
ocuuaiaS por los cS0artg-istaS Ell Ell
distrito del Ruhr. FL Ministro de n
Guerra acusa a los Comuris,aS &c ha-
her rate 81 armistjcio n csc diStrlto,
gracando 4 las fucrzaS d~l ~gcnierno.
anres de Ia expiration del trmino con
reuidc.
La noticia referentc : Ia captura
de Vessel. por los espartacistas, que
circul6 aqui aver con insistencia, no
Sc h. confirmado o~fieialmente, aun-
que = Sc adnitc er Il Ministerio De
In Guerra. que desde hace dias Sc
ha cs.ado librando una e~ncarniZada
lucha en- los alrededoreS De cSa plaza.
que IA cstado en cstaao de sitio.
Wesel es IN importante centric in
dustria! en- Ia PruSia Oriental.
Los soIdados del gobierno han "a
restado a varies correos de los rojos
cue Uevaban alentadoras noticias del
d;strito dc Ruhr Il otras parties de A
lemania y Sc asegura que un regular
ndmero de oficialeS del ejercito ri
50 que Lenine envi6 4 este pals, estan
ahora ayuda"do q los e~Spartacistas
en- Prussia. dirigiendo ellos ell muchos
cases las operaciones militares.
FL Freiheit. organo cOmunista que
81 publica en- esta capital, a
las tropas del gobierno en- Halle, de
precipitar con sus actos Ell RENO del
terror. Segtn el citado peri6dico,
las tropas del gobierno despues de Ia
caDtura de esa plaza, cometieron inf
nidad de atropelios con los Obreros.
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Mande s s p' sns fIuestraG Gratis

Harl un1 prieba persoaai &c 81 Taio-.
No esr:e rlag4a Glue.o. p.rs;o cue Ia rrree. Is
PL.APAO TO lc cucsis nEda. Elm embargo. ruete dars
a.so mas de 10 que pgdicra representa- el orc MAS
!:no. Accepts es.a ~''prueba' gratis hey. y Sc sleSr1ra
70 clio no. ,odS SUI rld.- Escri51acs hoy u=s t.r!e'k
r0sts! . urae Ell cup5n sd,unto hoy nirHo = : suslt2
CO correo recibri uEa IDueE;:a gratis de FLArhO czi
IN lJ:o de information COMO reEalo Gel seGor StuL-t
coace-a!e.;e q ia hrrEIE. = del Ilstolo Ell Tt!tCd del
r.al Sc 10 coacet!i6 IN diploma con Heda!la de orc en-
Roma. y IN Diploma con ei Gran PrlH en- PartT, que
Gebe obrsr en- names dc ;odO. scuello, cue su:re7 ss;s
Gcssraciada c~o.dici6r.
5000 lC!rco mill de les cue lean esto puetsl o.
tene. es;s p-l-ba gratis. 70 hay duiz cue lH1 eoE-
t.s:aciones seri. c!e-taments nGrc:nsIS. 4 e. Go
eyl,.r ce.sIus!ones esc-tbs aLora u!5nc.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
Los radiCaIes aIemanes
no estan ConfOrmes
con eI Gabinete

BERLIN. Mario . Los peri"-
dicos socialistas en- sus concentrates
sobre IL formation del nuevo gabi-
nete aleman. Sc muestran grande-
mente disguStados nor Ia election he
cha por Ell gobierno de las personals a
quienes Sc c~onfiaron ~cartcras. espe-
cialmente, por haber permitido Ia cen
tinuaci6n en- lie ministerio De varios
de les anteriores Ministries. La OBI,
Mon general. seglin dicen los citados
p~eri6diccs. es cue los radicaleS socia-
Iistas no s. coUformaran 0 las comce
stones hechas hasJa ahora : ~eTiglraA
otras mas al gobierno, hasta ~obljsarJo
Z p0ner por complete Ia c0sa pub!!ca
en- sUs uanOs
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
Los tartar0S aSeSinan a
1900 armenioS

LON0RES, Mario 26.-El Arzo-
bisDo kholn. de n~acionaiidad arme-
mia. que ACADIA De llegar . eSta ca
pi.al ~prccedente &c Erwin, ha infor-
mado que hace POGO. les tarcaros CO.
metieror una horrible matanza de ar
menios, habiendo sacrificado no ne
nos de 100 personals en- e. terrific
rio del nuevo Es5aGc de Armenia. por
irsticaci6n dc los jovenes turcos del
gobierno de Azerhaijan. e. Arc
bispo Kholn viene d co~nferenciar cor
los gobiernos aliadcs en- favor de ia
ReDublica Armenia, para Ia cual pi-
de la ayuda de las nacioncS aliadas.
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Esta en- DinamarCa el Ge
neral Ludenitch

C~OPENHAGUE. Mario 26.-Ei
general Yudenitch, jefe del gobierno
de la Russia del Norte que inicio Ia
v~isorosa ofensiva contra Petrogra-
DO 4 fines del ano pasado, Y uno de
los mas aguerridos iideres anti-bolshe
vikiS, ha llegado q esta capital, des-
pues de haber visto diSeminarse So e
jercito Y consolidarSe el gobierno
cue con tanto tez6n combatiera. En-
trevistado por los correspOnsales de
II prensa, el general ruso Sc neg6
Z hablar sobre los aSuntos de su pals,
manifestando que NADIA tenia que de-
cir.
Yudenitch. tuvo, segln Sc ha sa-
Dido. n conferencia con IN miembro
de Ia antigua legacion ruSa en- esta
capital, en- Ia que Sc trat6 acerca de
Ia actual situaci6n en- "a repIblica
del Soviet. ' segin Sc asegura, el je-
fe anti-bolSheviki diScuti6 con dicho
djrIcmatico los planes para ~rescatar
a Russia de las garras Del bolshevi-
kismo. El general habIo con Ell di-
pIomatico de sus o~psraciones ~anterio-
res. aSi como dc los proyectos que te-
MIA nensado d~esarrcllar. proponien
docs a los aliados para contar o Ia
anuenc!a de estos en- TODD case.
q general Yudenitch permanecera
aoui M semana, deSpues de Ia cual
espera salir para I~nglaterra.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
NO pODIA

James Carman, de Ndyficld, hy..
ncS d,ce:-'TanTt2 medolia la es-
palda algunas veces, que a menudo
nos dice:-"Tanto me dolia la es-
hora. Tome Foley Kidney Pill, '
desde entonces mis- afeccicnes han de.
saparecido. No puedo alabar sufi-
cientemente esta medicina." Las Pill
doraS de Foley para los Rinones, d
yudan G. estos en- el trabaio de elimi-
aar del ssitema los sedimentos inu-
tiles que son la causa de todos los do
Iores. (Adv)-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27
NV AccloN coNTlNuA De Ola Y DE- MCGEE
sxpLicAc,oH DEL PLAPAo-EAo.

Fl principle Ell ylrtud teI cIal ei PLAPAO-PAO
d,yn--,r,rc SUI aesl5n. pGe4s fAcIlEceute co-2rcrteSs
oSse-T.ado Ell Gibu!o asriea ezDuc'to y ieJfnos Il ei-
pycac!6a cue & continuation experiences:
y P~TAPAO-PAD IS heeto dc III material fuert, y
flexible e. e. cual Sc acoroda = los moTiniertos
del Cuc.po TcsuitREdo scasGicnt- cgmo!o 81 que 10
Ia Su parts isterior Is sdhesl'a lpsFsciGo \ un
---f,s.n adhesive pero sIf.r,ate ,ur e%omristu). i tn
do cyI:ar Ia sl-chsdIla ~" &C re:taIarse : salIrsr
&c 81 IusaT-
-" 6, Is exrcn!G.d ensanchnsa Gel PLAPIo-
FAD. Que cs.c,ass cobEs los I-rs:c!es cssEss I n
d. syI;sr FL cue cstan MAJ.
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DEFUNCIONES

Sra. Fimotea Esparza, a la edad
de 102 amos.
Sra. Maria r. de Hernandez, a Ia
edad de 81 amos.
Santos Villarreal, a la edad de 50
amos.
Charles Leal Davila. a la edad de
% amos.
Una nina de Jose de Ia Cruz y
Juana Torres.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27

Para libros en- espanol dirijase
listed a Ia Casa Editorial Lozan0,
us y. Sta. Rosa. Ave, San Antonio
Texas.
Texas.
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Entered as Second-cias~ MATTER Eeo-uaEy
q. 1918. a. the Post Osi,ee a. san Aa;o-
nic. Texas. uade= ne A.. q March o.
I75.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27

NoTA:- Los susc-ip.o-es, a Zanzibar dc
~esidencia deh-n darnos tan.o IA n-eSa come
a. antigua direction, q fin ar 2aoIar 21o-
s:zmen:s q Gamble eH uugstEus Gb-os.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-27

No civic ltrsIa direro. Deseo Drooafle ! cleaI1
nis de cue pUede Escer dssagareceT ell cne7TniuFa-
Cuaado los mGscG-es des!L;Ados 5ecG3cieH st 'ue'-a
; cILstlc!dsd.-
Ia :es dolorc,a > ~pe.!sEcsc 7'otu5e'uzci7 de'a-
paTe:cE.
Ia horrible ssnsaci6a de "tirsr hscia ib,!o" 70
bora 90. complete para 20 ToiSs- .Rln-s ! s'naise-
C.srd1 !ecupeSe e. y.go-. = Tl.aAt4t : iSfta-e-
perd.ta.
CusnGo Sc sIsata ra.ior .n TODD scntito ' 81 ser-
blau,e % .c1c.e = sus AMIGOS aotea "a Eie.oF.G y -
10 dlcer.
rer~,La = since-.neate ne GarA lGs EEsc!Gs per haseI
ins!stido tan pe-;Inaz-1eDie e. cue sL9E1 Ecepie c.,
so.p-eaGea,e mues!Ea gEI1I.
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UsELo PARA uN poeLE FIN.

SSELO frFN SH fSSL '"
Prinero: F! prturro : mas .~=po-:ar:e oh!e;o de
Ios APAO-PAD cs 81 de naHueaec Cons,sntcEeH:e
Lp}'c.io 4 los TrusCu,os Es..!EGas el mtt.ca2eE'o
Ilnado PLArAO cl cusl IS Ge prop!eLndcs CoaiE7c-
twas Que jurtamer,e con los II 77sI!Ca:es dc "a E2i1
del Ecdlcsmeato tlcIGc = aCnGntar q c!.cG!sc:'a &c
Ia sarge. rsvIsIsndo los musCuios J reS;able-
citneolos a sI tension normal y eIlStIcita6- E2to"-
Ccs. y 10 Lssla eaiCaceS pGete espeFIFie cue - Ae:-
Liza dess9a:e.1a.
seeuncc: Sieado hechos do Todo tai cue reSU.tan
Dor 81 Eis,aos adhcs.voS. Observation-Disclosures : IL Ge
.yi.s- que "a a!rohaG!!la pgeda Dcretse. TieHeH l ser
20 10 raE,n. ua aG-!lilr Euy Imeoitante en T';caeF
aguc..z cueUraLG:a cue 10 pGeie s7 Tc;eE-d1 poE u
J7GEgrrO.
C!uLtus &c ,crsozss. ;jr-res : de cad han !rri-
ueutaao AM. "a au;c!IdGd coE3cteatc para tscs
,r,os uuc los P~LAPhU-PACS les han cc-ado 81 que
I-aGura-a.-.aas &c elias C lcs E4s g7tTes ) &c
i2fsa GGrGciOa.
UNA AccioN coNTiHuA DE Ola Y De EocHE.
lao &c Ios principles hecho. cuc Hams Ia a:ra7s"a
e. Ell ;-atataicato de los ELAEAo PADS cs 81 tempo
c1ro.-aiiyamsE;s corto cue rreu!ers pasa oS;eaeF
rsIyItaco,.
ESQ IS debiio = cue 81 tcc.t? g cort!nca-ce
rochc : DC G. en el trsrseurso &C las - hoFEs.
20 produce glnzrEa i.coEy-rieaca. nlfauTa no
l.s,!s. Ei7sIn do.o-. Sin elb@E.o. E.Eu;o E@s MI
t.:o ra G! trarsrG-so 20 81 d., dc traoa!o. = Slii
Cuca!o eti Gurmlendo. este re@ri:o E2rra'ilaSo In
acknowledgements "a irC.rieTdo rueya VIDA = iusrHr !
los uiscuIos zbdCta.Es.e. QUO neeeilt1n para oesen-
r.usr SIS :urr!a.cs Gcb!das de nan;sHer las tI7ai en-
80 tes.eo lucar. sir i. arccsidad &c IN eooorte arl-
fetal - L.,o u io.aa 10 IN bEaElsFo Q cla-ou!cF
otto d-E-lo.
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SuSpEHCk e. uSO
De ~BEkGuERoS.

s.. scio-. eus?&ndaloi Td.
ssbe PC. p.cDiG eIp"r!sn-
ga que IS una cosa -r'v!-
B.oasl. eS IN fslso ouDtil
q Una pared que es;s nj
randO 81 saild ro!cuc :lea-
de I reta-da- "a C!:cI-
I1c!6u dc a. sanEre,
E.,F 49, OK E.--
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Los pages deben Eacer<e por ade-
Iantado, en- giro postal o de Express,
carta certif;cada o .etra So6re Nue.
va York. Les precios De Il su~seri7cion
sera en- direro americana o 81 eaul-
valencia en- moreda del pals de donde
sc solici-e ell p~eTI6dico.
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EDICION SEMANARIA.

En- los Estados Unidos: Ssis n1esesp
$3.50; In aho, S1.aO
Fuera de los Estados UDldos: u
Rno, $3.50.
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nriiase toda Ia Correspondence r..
iativa al periodico al Director
SR. IGNACIO E. LOZANO,
120 \. SANTA ROSA AVE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
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NO HAY CUE PAGSR
NADIA.

1900 pc.5oaas cue pa
Ge,can de hcTnIas. : es-
cr!can 81 81. Stuart So les
euT!E.i "a Sut.c!eato can't
dad dc PTArAU SIN CO
bc--se!es i.GdR. 4 in &C
cue pcedan hscer IrS ye--
GEGera pr:ebs- No p&gR:En
Isda. shora III EUDca 20.
esta prueba &c pLAPAO.
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IA PRENSA
oL,zlo PoPulAz I~~vEgES0rzSTs-

PRECIOS DE SUBSCRIPTION:
EDICTON DIARIA.
En- la Ciudad-
a domicilio- so centavcs al mes.
Por correo, 80 ~centayos al mes.
En- Ell resto del pals; Tres meses,
sI.75: Seis meses. $3.50; JU arc. $3.50
Fuera de los Estados Jnidos: Tres
meses. $3.50; Seis meses, $500; In
ano, $1,000.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
Incredible Names,

Speaking of ''burdensOme" names.
Stray Stories tells of one Arthur Pep
per of Liverpool, England, who be-
slowed upon his Infant daughter a
name that comprised every letter in
the alphabet. running from Anna TO
Yetty ZenO.
1t seems surprising that the names
of Dickens characters, odd though
they were, should be found in real life;
for it was from life that many of
them were taken. Some, an is known,
were copied from the names of signs
over business places; but that was not
the nOvelist's only source of selection.
John Forster, his biOgrapher, found
among his papers a carefully drawn
list of names, with the sources from
which he obtained them. Some of the
names are too extravagant for any
thing but reality: Jolly Stick, Bill
MarigOld, George Muzzle, William
Why, Robert Gospel, Robin Scrubban
Sarah GOldsacks. Catherine Two, So
phia DOOmsday, Rosetta Dust and
Sally Gimblett.-YOuth's Companion.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
TAKE 1T EASY IN THEATER
Japanese Customs That Seem Odd to
Those Accustomed to the For
maIities of the West

Japan must be a happy land for
theatergOers, because in that land
seats are not paid form fact there
are no seats. The Japanese much pre-
fers to squat, feeling, no doubt, much
more at home in this comfortable at
titude. Seats, however, are usually
brought for the use of any foreigners
who may be present. There are no
hard and fast laws Of convention. The
Japanese playgOer may do as he
pleases; he may eat, drink, smoke
and criticize to his hearts content.
Conversations are carried on, and, if
they merit it, the actors are met by a
storm of criticism and chaff. When a
man enters the auditorium he removes
his boots, and if the weather is hot,
any clothing that appears to him to
be sUperfiuOus. The naive franknesS
of the actors prOmpter is rather de-
lightful, for if an actor fOrgets his
lines the prOmpter comes on the stage
and, quite openly, points out to the
actor where he is wrong. A boy is
kept for the express purpose of walk
ing on the stage and wiping the per-
spiratiOn off the actors faces; this
duty he carries out without disturbing
the even tenor Of the play.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
Shall We Discard HYphens7

In the struggle for the conservation
of energy and material we are urged
to cut out the hyphens from our books
and writings, says the Chicago Jour-
nal. Their use causes US to waste an
enormous amount Of time, ink and
physical force. Some nations build
up compound words without any hy-
phen to break them, but the English
find one necessary for a simple word
Of FIVE letters, like to-day" 1t may
be roughly estimated that each Of the
2.OOO.OOO,OO0 people who write Eng
lish write to-day" tomorrow or
tonight" three times a day. Half an
ounce of force is required to make
a hyphen. with a pen sOr pencil, so
this superfiuOus symbol entails a to-
tai waste of 1S,5OO,OOO pounds daily, or
enough to draw a passenger train
round the world.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
Beetle Cultivation.

Ants are not the only insects that
practice the cultivation of mushrooms,
although for long time it was thought
that they were the only creatures of
a lower order than man that possessed
the intelligence to follow such an agri-
cultural pursuit. BOuverie, the entO-
mOlOgist, had found that a certain
wOOd-bOring beetle, known as the bos-
tryChide, is as familiar with mushroom
cultivation as is the species of ant Of
which so much has been written. Pro-
fesSOr BOUverie discovered that the
beetles in question bore holes in wood
and half fill them with a prepared
fungus which makes an ideal mush-
room bed. The garden is carefully
spawned and in course of time the
mushrooms appear. In this way the
beetle provides itself with a food suf-
ficiently tender for its feeble jaws.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
MANAGED DRAGON BY WIRE
Opera House Manager Had Unique
Idea for the Direction Of Impor-
tant Stage property"

Our Chinese friends would be inter-
cStcd to learn Of the way foreign dew
lis" control dragons.
In one of the operas produced at the
Metropolitan Opera house in New
York the inside Of the dragon, which is
made of canvas and papier-mache, con-
Sists of two small boys, who are sup
posed to guide the beasts movements
in accordance with the music. They
are rarely equal to doing that correct
~. even after rehearsal. A recent per
Torrance is stated to have been given
without a single stage rehearsal, since
no time could be found for the prepa-
ration of the opera. 1t was, therefore.
more than ever necessary to have the
occupants of the dragons inside kept
up to their business. The stage mana
ger decided to install a telephone in
the beast. 1t connected with the opera
house switchboard. On one end was
. the stage manager, and at the other
were two receivers strapped to the
heads of the two boys, who received
from moment to moment directions as
to what they should do. The dragon
under the circumstances covered him.
self with glory.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
Hummina Birds Nest.

Burroughs, in his charming little
book, "Wake Robin" says it is an
event in ones life to find a humming
birds nest. The event happened to
me without any effort on my part.
Looking up from a seat in the grove,
l saw the ruby-thrOat drop down on
it's nest, like a shining emerald from
the clouds; it did not pause upon the
edge Of the nest. but dropped imme-
diately upon it. The nest was stu
ated upon an oak twig, and was
about the size Of a black-walnut, and
from where I sat it looked more like
an excrescence than nest. 1t was sit
uated In the fork Of two twigs, and
firmly glued at the base to the lower,
but was not fastened to the upper
twig.-Mary Treat in "Home Studies
In Nature"
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
SUPERSTlTIONS OF THE PAST
Peculiar Beliefs That Not So Very
Many Years Ago Had Almost Uni
VersaI Credence.

A reader furnishes US with a list
of old superStitiOns which were part
of our folk lore in this part Of the
country before we had to have folk
lore societies to preserve this sort of
thing:
A rooster growing at the front door
meant a visitor coming.
A twig catching a young lady's dress
meant beau.
An itching ear meant that some one
was talking about you.
To turn back after starting meant
bad luck.
Opening an umbrella in the house
meant bad luck to the house.
A measuring worm on a woman's
frock meant a new dress.
An itching left hand meant that you
would marry soon.
An itching right hand meant that
you would shake hands with a strang-
er.
Seeing the new moon over the left
shoulder meant one would soon get
money.
Probably most of US are supersti-
tiOuS about the number Is, just as peO-
pie were long time ago. Our own
superstitiOns will amuse a subsequent
generation, as those recalled by our
reader amuse us. Only subsequent
generation can safely laugh at super
stitiOns. Socrates was put to death for
laughing at some of the superstitiOns
Of the Greeks. Let us. then, laugh at
these and take the superstitiOns of our
own time as seriously as we please
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
"CENItK" Uf BRITISH EMPIRE
Unpretentious Dwelling in London
Houses the Real Rulers of Great
Commonwealth of Nations

For 200 years a severely plain and
unpretentiouS three-stOry brick dwell
ing has become widely known through
out the world as Britain's central Of
flee of the diplomatic service. mo.
10 Downing street" refers to one Of
LOndon's historic houses on the so,
called street of power" which nestles
close to the confines of Whitehall.
There have dwelt therein celebrities,
such as Walpole, Pitt, Chatham, Can
ming, Disraeli and Gladstone. In all,
no fewer than fifty ministers have
lived there.
Sir George Downing, after whom
the thOrOughfare is named, was the
son of London barrister, nephew
of Governor Winthrop of Massachu-
sets colony, and a graduate of Har-
ward, who obtained the house as a
gift from Charles II as a reward for
unusual service performed by him
while he was representing his country
in .Jlland. He had emigrated to
America at the age of fourteen and
Of twenty-One, he became an itinerant
preacher in the West Indies. Shortly
afterward he returned to England and
became a chaplain in Colonel Okey's
regiment. AS a faithful Puritan, who
later in life assured Charles II that he
saw the error of his ways due to the
principles imbibed during his stay in
New England. he shortly afterward en-
rolled under Cromwell as a scout mas
fer
After DOwning's death, when the
lease on the building Iapsed to the
crown, the property was given to the
HanOverian minister, Count BOthma,
by George II, and. when the count died
was rendered to WalpOle, who accept
ed it on condition that the house should
forever remain the residence of Brit
aims ministers.
The Adair County news., 1920-07-21
Merely a Good Story

Wars produce many stories of fic-
ton, some of which the oftener they
are told the more they are believed to
he true. The Civil war was no ex-
ceptiOn to this rule, and the story of
the apple tree is one of these fictiOns
based on a slight foundation of fact.
There was, indeed, an apple orchard
on one side of the hill occupied by the
Confederate forces. Running diagonal
~ up the hill was a wagon road, which,
at one point, ran very near one Of the
trees, so that the wheels of the We
hicleS had on that side cut off the
roots Of the tree, leaving a little en-
bankment. General Babcock, of nay
staff, reported to me that when he first
met General Lee he was sitting on this
embankment, with his feet I'm the road
below, and his back resting against
the tree. The story had no other fOun-
datiOn than that Like many other
good stories, 1t would be very good if
it was only true.-MemOirs OF
Ulysses S. Grant.