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THE ADAIR JOUNTY NEWS
IOUISVILLE MARKETS
Latest Quotations on Live Stock
HOGS
Choice 210 up 8.75
Mediums, 165 to 210 7.65
Bigs 6.50
Roughs 7.00
GRAIN.
Wheat 105
Corn 80
CATTLE
Shipping steer $7.008.50
Beef steers 5.506.50
Sat heifers and cows 4256.00
Cutters aOo4.00
Canners 2.003.00
Bulls 3.254.00
Feeders 4.255.75
Stackers 3.755.50
Choice niilch cows 35.00-45.00
Common to fair cows . . . 15.00-35.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS
est lambs 5.00 6.00
Culls 3.005.00
?atsheep 3.00-4.00
Local Market.
To-day.
Bggs 12
Hens 12
Chickens 12
Socks 4
Turkeys 11
Geese 7
Ducks 8
Wool spring clipping 21
Hides (green) 10
Feathers 45
Ginseng 5 50
Beeswax 25
fellow Root 3 25
JfayApple(per lb) 2
Should Keep Name in Papers.
No business man in any town should
allow a newspaper published in his
town to go without his name men
tioned somewhere in its columns.
This applies to all kinds of business,
general stores, dry goods stores, gro
ceries, furniture dealers, professional
men and in fact, all classes of bus
iness men. This does not mean that
you shall have a whole or over a quar
ter of a page ad in every issue, but
that your name and business should
be mentioned if you do not use more
than a two-line space. A stranger
coming to town and picking up a
newspaper should be able to tell just
what business is represented in a town
by looking at the business mentioned
in the paper. This is the best possi
ble town advertising. The man who
does not advertise his business does an
injustice to himself and his town. lie
is a man who expects the paper to do
most of the boasting of his town.
The life of any town depends upon
the live, wide-awake and liberal bus
iness men in it. Eustis Lake, Fla.,
Region.
Startled the Monarch.
On the first consignment of
seidlitz powers in the capital of
Delhi, the monarch becae deep
ly interested in the accounts of
the refreshing draught. A box
was brought to the king in full
court, and the interpreter ex
plained to his majesty how it
should be used.
Into a goblet he put the con
tents of 12 blue papers, and, hav
ing added water, the king drank
it off. This was the alkili, and
the royal countenance expressed
no signs of satisfaction. It was
then explained that in the com
bination of the two powders lay
the luxury, and the 12 white
powders were quickly dissolved
and as eagerly swallowed by his
majesty.
With a wild shriek that will be
remembered while Delhi is num
bered the kingdoms, the mon
arch rose, staggered, exploded,
and, in his full agonies, screamed
"Hold me down!', then rushing
from the throne, fell prostrate on
the floor.
There he lay during the long
continued effervescence of the
compound, spurting, and be
lieving himself in the agonies of
death a meloncholy and humil
iating proof that kings are
mortals.
The County Candidate.
People, behold the candidate.
He cometh forth like a flower in
the early morning, sweet, re
freshing and entertaining; he
retires at the end of the cam
paign, tired, dusty, quiet and
busted.
In the early part of his cam
paign, his friends fill him up
with water, hope and the gener
al atmosphere. Thus early- in
the campaign, he swelleth up
like a toad, he walketh abroad in
the land like he owned the earth,
and as though all things were
his'n.
He smiles upon all men and
woman kind, and sloppeth over
with good humor and pleasant
jokes. He kisseth the children
and scatters microbes among the
innocent babies of the country.
Privately speaking he cheweth
cloves when he meeteth a preach
er, and as he converseth with
him in pious tones, he standeth
to the leeward and curbeth his
breath with a strong bite, talks
of the fallacy of infant baptism
to one, advocates immersion to
another, and approves close com
munion to all.
He slappeth a man on the back
in love and friendship, shakes
the hand of the pretty woman
and begs the support of both.
He goeth home late at night to
his weary wife and with beery
breath, he hiketh forth without
breakfast saying: "One of my
strong supports is down in town
and I must needs se him before
he getteth away."
He is gone but a short time,
but long enough to have his leg
pulled and the dead-beat made
happy. He giveth liberally to
the church, he contributedlto the
man whose house is burned, he
bestoweth alms, he signeth a
note for a friend, he sendeth a
small keg hither andfa large keg
thither, he yielded upjthis sub
stance with apparent alacrity, he
sitteth in the amen corner at
church, grunts with the breth
ren, and sings 'AmazingSGrace, '
as dolefully as if he was at
tending a funeral in the Mississ
ippi swamps. In one neighbor
hood he is a Methodist; in anoth
er a Baptist, in another aSChris
tian; in another a Catholic; in
another a sinner. He walketh
through the corn and tobacco
fields, sitteth on the fence, he
talketh of the corn, wheat and
tobacco, he sitteth on a log in
the woods, and speaks of the
wonderful growth of the forests
and the richness of the land.
He tells secrets to nearly ev
ery body he meets and talks of
his opponents and tells the
voters of the short comings of
his opponents, but impresses
upon the importance of keeping
it a secret.
This goes on from the day he
announces himself a candidate
until the closa of the election.
After the election, with a
downcast countenance, he goeth
back of the barn away out in the
field, where nobody can see him,
and there he kicketh himself and
teareth his hair, and throweth
his hat up against the -wall, and
calleth himself bad names, jumps
and kicks and goes on until he
wearies himself, offers up a
prayer and asks the Lord to for
give him for the many lies he
has told during the campaign,
and promises never again to run
for office.
He then goeth back to the
house, kisses his wife and chil
dren and begins life anew. Ex.
Our Railways and Others.
The United States has 52.000
more miles railwayithan all Eu
rope. This excessllwould reach
twice about the world.N
Our railroads carry a little less
freight than those of Europe, but
roll up more than twice as many
ton-miles. In 1912 the ton-mile
record in America was 267,288,
000,000; of all Europe 117,347,
000,000. American railroadsIreceive 20
per cent, more freight revenue
than European, the ton-mile rate
being much lower. Passenger
revenue is 20 per cent, less; the
total slightly greater.
The railway propertyJIof the
world as a whole is not very pro
fitable. Much of it is builtfor
political or military reason. The
United States, Germany, Canada,
Japan and British India have the
most profitable railways. In It
aly the net revenue is" only 1.77
per cent, of the capital; in Den
mark 1.33. The average for the
world Is less than 4 per cent.
The costilest railways are the
British capitalized at about $275,
000 a mile. The cheapest in Eu
rope are those of JiRussiaabout
$80,000, and Hungary, about
$69,000; those o f the United
Si-ates are about $79,000-or 60,
043 a mile according to Prof. Ad
ams, who deducts railway'stock
and bonds owned byjroads from
total captalization.
American railways killed? in
1912 270 passengers, 2,553 train
hands and 5,541 others, European
railways killed 554 passengers,
following figures in some cases
much less recent, or more Lthan
twice as many per mile; 2,607
employees and 4,465 pothers.
Tramps and trespassers bring
our total per mile rather higher.
Russia, with similar tramp con
ditions, has much the highest
European death-list.
WantedA True Friend.
I am the horse that brings the
groceries to your door through
out the year.
In the hottest days ofgsummer
I bring you cooling ice.
In the coldest days ofwinter I
bring you welcome coalji and
wood.
I am doing all I can to'make
your home life comfortable.
Often I have to pull through
roads that are deep with slime or
rough with the frozen clods.
Again and again I am left to
stand on the street after my
days work is done and IJamJhun
gry, until my driver isready to
take me to the stable.
Do you wonder that I long for
the blue grass region of Ken
tucky, where the meadowlark's
a singing up against the sky so
blue?
Don't you want to be a better
to me? George F. Paul.
Best Medicine for folds.
When a druggist recommends a rem
edy for colds, throat and lung troubles
you can feel sure that he knows what
he is talking about. C. Lowry, drug
gist, of Marion, Ohio, writes of Dr.
King's New Discovery: "I know Dr.
King's New Discovery is the best
throat and lung medicine I sell. It
cured my wife of a severe bronchial
cold after all other remedies failed."
It will do the same for you if you are
suffering with a cold or any bronchial,
throat or lung cough. Keep a bottle
on hand all the time for everyone in
the family to use. It is a home doc
tor. Price 50c and 81.00. Sold and
guaranteed by Paull Drug Co. Ad.
AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL
urnaby's Handwriting Was So Bad It
Could Not Be Read.
It was stated at the time of Colonel
Buniaby's death that he had left be
hind him the manuscript of a novel for
which there was considerable competi
tion among the publishers.
This Is 4Ulte true. The manuscript,
a bulky parcel, was handed to me
with discretionary power either to pub
lish it myself or to use It in connection
with the proposed biography.
Here a singular and, as it finally
proved, a fatal obstacle presented it
self. Familiar for many years with
Burnaby's handwriting, I could not
after diligent endeavor make out more
than a sentence here and there on the
crowded page of manuscript
Burnaby's writing was, possibly with
the exception of Dean Stanley's, the
worst I ever saw. It looked as if be
fore sitting down to write a letter he
had pulled a twig out of the hedge,
mixed a little blacking and then gone
ahead.
He wrote the whole of his "Bide to
Khiva" and his "Bide on Horseback
Through Asia Minor" with his own
hand. But before they reached the
printer they were fairly written out by
a copyist
The hapless man used to make out
as much as he could, then leave blanks
for filling up which he had to seek the
assistance of the author. Sometimes
there were more blanks in a page than
words.
Despairing of making anything of
the manuscript of the novel. It was
submitted to a publisher, who turned
upon it his most skillful decipherist
Neither head nor tail could be made
of the manuscript and the intention
of publishing the novel was conse
quently abandoned. Sir H. W. Lucy
in Cornhill Magazine.
CEMETERY OF SUICIDES.
The Dreary Plot In Which Monte Carlo
Buries Its Victims.
Matilda Betham-Edwards in her book
"In the Heart of the Vosges" advises
all visitors to Monte Carlo to go to the
suicides' cemetery before those other
places for which Monte Carlo Is fa
mous. She describes the small inclo
sure, walled in and having a gate of
open ironwork, always locked.
"Here, in close proximity to garden
rubbish," she says, "broken bottles
and other refuse rest the suicides of
Monte Carle, buried by the parish
gravedlgger, without funeral and with
out any kind of religious ceremony.
Each grave is marked by an up
right bit of wood, somewhat larger
than that by which gardeners mark
their seeds, and on which Is painted a
number, nothing more. Apart from
Ihese are stakes driven into the ground
which mark as yet unappropriated
ipots. The Indescribable dreariness of
the scene is heightened by two monu
mental stones garlanded with wreaths
and surrounded by flowers. The first
records the memory of a young arti
san and was raised by his fellow
workmen; the second commemorates
brotherly and sisterly affection. Both
suicides were driven to self murder by
play.
"The remainder are mere numbers.
There are poor gamesters as well as
rich, and it Is only or chiefly the poor
ones who are put into the ground here.
The bodies of rich folks' relatives, if
Identified, are Immediately removed.
Many suicides are burled at Nice and
Mentone, but the larger proportion fur
ther off still."
Paris Postage Stamp Exchange.
"A curb market in Paris" was writ
ten on a picture postcard received
from that city by a Wall street broker.
It showed an open space thronged with
men, women and boys, many of whom
held books and portfolios. A letter by
the same mail explained that this was
the "postage stamp exchange," where
dealers and collectors assembled once
every month "to do business and to
regulate prices." "Here one may find
schoolboys, great lawyers, society wo
men, shrewd traders, writers, mer
chants and men of all professions ex
changing, buying and showing stamps,
and. although there is no organization,
all seem to follow unwritten laws, and
the gathering Is as Interesting to look
upon as tfcat stock market In your city
irhich has no roof over its head."
New York Tribune.
Hindu Weddings and Burials.
The expenses of a Hindu wedding
come upon the bride's father, and they
are so great that a family sometimes is
ruined or impoverished for many years
by the marriage of a daughter. The
next most costly affair to the Hindu
is the burial services. Should the
head of the family escape bankruptcy
when his daughter is married the eld
est son is almost sure to be ruined
tvhen he buries his father.
Bound to Please Her.
Tve tried for ten years to please
U"Ifp." Rfllfl thp mnrriofl mrm "onfl '
my
I've
"Impossible!" ejaculated his frie:
Tn T rlnn't- ttilnb- ft- ta " coM
friend.
the
married man. "I'm going to shoot
Eelf."-Satire.
my-
Sure It Was Safe.
"You say that your airship Is abso
lutely safe." said the investigator.
Now, how can you make that state
ment?" "We haven't been able to get it to
leave the ground," replied the in
ventor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Defined.
"I say, what's call money?"
"I guess It's the kind you pay' tele
phone bills with." Baltimore , American.
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