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ADAIR COUNTY NEWS
WELL DRILLER
I will drill wells in Adair an
adjoining counties. See me be
fore contracting. Latest inv
proved machinery of all kinds.
Pump Repairing Done. Give
me a Call.
.1. C YATES
HENRY W. DEPP,
DENTIST
Am permanently located in Co
lumbia.
All Clashes of Dental work done. Crow
cl&e and Inlay work a ipectalt .
All Work Oua ran teed
Office. Over Sullivan's Barber Shop
L. H. Jones
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Special attention given Diseases of all
Domestic Animals
Office at Residence, 1 mile of town, on
Jamestown road.
Phone 114 G.
Columbia, Kv.
15 Years PracHee
ConMilration Free
Dr. James Menzies
OSTCOFftTtt
Builer BTd'$ on PubPe Square.
coi.umbia:ky
PRESSING SHOP.
Cleaning, Pressing, Dying
and Altering Ladies and
Gents Garment.
Also Agents for CRACK-A JACK
BRAND CLOTHES
Blair & Barker,
Columbia, Ky.
. M. Tutt G. R. Reed
TUTT & REED
REAL ESTATE
DEALERS
Offer the following Property for
Sale:
FARM
Of 304 acres, 9 miles from Columbia,
on Green river, 1 mile from pike now
under construction. 52 acres river
bottom. Good dwelling, barn and out
buildings, 2 good orchards. Price
$5,000.
75 acres of land in sightcf Columbia,
Ky., good land, 8 acres bottom, 15 acres
timber, fenced. $50 per acre.
124 acre farm, 2J miles S. W. of Dunn
ville, in Adair, Casey, and Russell
counties, reasonable good buildings,
good orchard, good spring, well water,
70 acres cultivation, 6 acres in meadow,
20 acres corn, average 8 bbls. acre,
limestone land, SG00 to SS00 worth of
timber Price $2,800.
175 acres timber land, near Webbs X
Roads, Russell County, en Dixie High
way. Estimated to have 75,000 ft.
saw timber. Price $1,200.
88 Acres of land within i mile of'the
corporate limits of Columbia, Ky.,
good new buildings, and well watered.
Price $2,500.
2 acres of land, good 7 room dwelling
and outbuildings and blacksmith shop,
on pike near Cane Valley. Price $1400
or will trade for farm.
11 Residences and lots in and near
Columbia, prices range from $300 to
$3,500.
309 Acres of lime stone land, ten
miles west of Lebanon, Ky., 225 acres
in cultivation, balance in good timber,
for sale at once. $4,025, well waterer
ed, plenty of fruit, improvements fair
ly good.
Farm of 100 acres lime stone land,
nine miles south of Columbia, eight
room residence in first class condition
good out buildings, well watered and
timbered. Plenty of fruit,on the main
Columbia and Creelsboro road. Get
mail twice a day, good neighborhood
in 300 yards of school and church
house. Price $3,500.
85 acres of limestone land, 5 room
residence, good barn. 25 acres in very
good timber, well watered, price 82,
500. ummmumwMiMMiauwii
WOMEN REPLACh MEN
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The government is setting an example in the employment of women
wherever possible in order to release men for war work. The picture shows
women assorting the incoming mail in the Washington post office, work
which formerly was performed by men.
THE SISTER
Was there ever a game we did not share,
Brother of mine?
Or a day when I did not play you fair,
Brother of mine?
"As good as a boy." you used to say,
And I was as eager for the fray.
And as loath to cheat or to run away,
Brother of mine!
You are playing a game that is straight
and true.
Brother of mine.
And I'd gi e my soul to stand next to you,
Brother of mine.
The spirit, indeed, 13 still the same;
I should not shrink from the battle's
flame.
Yet here I stay at the woman's game,
Brother of mine.
If the last price must needs be paid,
Brother of mine.
You will go forward, unafraid.
Brother of mine?
Death can so small a part destroy.
You will have Known the fuller joy
Ah' would that I had been born a boy.
Brother of mine!
Grace Mary Golden, In London Pictorial.
Soldiers Reftect Training
In Bearing and Attitude
One of the best lessons a soldier
learns, coming eloe to those of disci
pline and orderly action, is that of
"martnes." Indeed this may be set
down as part of discipline, and for
that reason in all great training camps
the young men, newly from civil life,
are getting advice and instruction on
the point. It means that the soldier
must be careful of his personal ap
pearance, avoiding slouchiness in dress
or demeanor as he would the plague.
The moral effect of this is direct and
easily recognized, observes the Omaha
Bee. The "smart" soldier is a good
soldier and reflects in his hearing and
attitude the lessons of his training.
He is alert, resourceful and in all ways
dependable and efficient. The Ameri
can army does not stress this beyond
reason, for it is traditional to retain
as much of the individual qualities of
the men as is compatible with need for
concerted action. This policy has been
of immense value in developing self-
reliance and initiative, the chief char
acteristics of the American soldier.
Proper relaxation essential to per
sonal comfort is always permitted, and
the combination of this element with
that of disciplinary routine produces
the best fighting organization the world
has ever know u.
Bacon's Prophecies.
Most of the supposed prophecies of
centuries ago predicting flying ma
chines and such are fake3. But in "The
New Atlantis," written three hundred
years ago, Francis Bacon proved a real
prophet, says an exchange. He pro
posed an order of investigators to be
called "Solomon's House," to be dedi
cated to the study of the nature of all
things. These investigators should ex
periment in every line.
"We imitate also the flights of
birds," he says ; "we have some degree
of flying In the air; we have ships and
boats for going under water." There
you have the airplane and the subma
rine. Only Bacon conceived these as
Instruments for "the enlarging of the
bounds of human empire to the effect
ing of all things possible." He never
predicted their use for wholesale de
struction of life.
Right Way to Water Plants.
Lucien Daniel, a French botanist,,
has discovered that young hothouse
plants and slips of vegetables, as well
as flowers, thrive far better by a sys
tem of continuous watering than by
drenching the soil at stated periods.
The new method depends upon the law
of capillary attraction. Near each
plant is placed a jar containing water,
Into which is dipped one end of a strip
of linen or cotton, whose other end lies
near the plant. "With this uninterrupt
ed supply of water, drop by drop, the
plants thrived, greatly outdistancing
other plants, which were submitted toj
an Intermittent drenching.
hM POSTAL SERVICE
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I VALUE OF PLAY 1
X By DR. SAMUEL DIXON.
jf Commissioner of Health of Penn- 4j
5 sylvania. &
Most people would bay that play's
first requisite was that it should con
sist of something one doesn't have to
do. Play i& in reality, however, of all
sorts and descriptions. Those that
produce something useful besides giv
ing rest are greatly to be preferred.
There are many sorts equally stim
ulating to the mind and to the body
and productive of valuable results.
One essential to beneficial play Is
that it be wholesome and be perform
ed In a healthful environment, that is,
where we have pure moving air of the
right temperature and preferably sun
light. The body should be maintained in
such position as to permit an even cir
culation of the blood and normal res
piration. The object of the exercise
would otherwise be very much dis
counted. The air carries food to the
blood which it furnishes to the tissues,
and the blood In turn takes away the
debris and returns it to the outside
atmosphere. This will make plain to
any reader the necessity of what has
been said about the proper environ
ment In which to exercise.
Unless the blood is supplied with
what nature has provided for her nor
mal function, the digestive system will
fail and the body will be wanting In
nourishment. When this condition
takes place man becomes susceptible to
the disease germs that are ever pres
ent in the atmosphere. The greatest
safety is to he found in keeping up
the resistance.
Various types of work properly ad
justed will often substitute for what is
generally known as play. For in
stance, one's brain center may become
weary at a monotonous occupation, and
a decided change of occupation, not
withstanding it be what we usually
call work, will permit the first brain
works.
But we come back to the fact that
what most people rogard as play is an
occupation that tli-v are not required
to perform, and, it would seem from a
psychological standpoint, to give
greater rest if it he an occupation that
is particularly uselos from the stand
point of producing economic results.
Therefore there should be time set
aside in the work of the day, no mat
ter whether It be varied or not, when
the environment may be changed and
play should be taken up.
I speak of games in a broad sense.
For instance, after sitting at a task
for a given number of hours, a walk
In the open air, the body held erect
and the limbs swinging so as to pro
duce circulation, and attention given
to surroundings so that the mind may
be occupied and contented, constitutes
one of the best kinds of play, prefer
ably performed In company.
In these times It is well to remem
ber the simple sayi-g of the old days
that nil work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy.
Popular Science.
A substitute for gelatin Is
made from a seaweed found In
the Philippines.
In spite of the length of the
neck of the giraffe, there are
only seven joints in It.
Most of the asbestos used by
the world Is supplied by Canada.
Efforts are being made to
adapt the steam engine to the
airplane.
A majority of the factories In
France where women are em
ployed arrange for the washing
of caps and overalls worn by the
women.
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The Kaisu's Uream.
There's a story now current,
tl.o
strange it mav seem,
Of the great Kaistr Bi.l and his won
derful cream.
Bing tired of the Abies, he lay down
in bed,
And amongst other things, dreamed
he was Uead.
And iu a fine coffin he was Ijing in
state,
Willi a guard of brave Belgians who
lamented bis fate
He wasn't long dead tili he found to
his cost,
That his soul like his soldiers, had
surely been lost.
On leaving the earth, to heaven he
went straight,
And arriving up there, gave a knock
at the gate.
But St. Ptter looked out, and in a
voice loud and clear,
Said "Begone Kaiser Bill, we won't
have you here "
"Well" said the Kmser, that's very
uucivi",
"I suppose after all that I must go
to the uevii."
bo he turned on his heel, and off he
did go
At the top of his speed, to the re
gions below.
And when he got there he was filled
with dismay,
When waiting outside he heard old
Nick say
To his imps, "'Now look here bojs, I
give ou a warning,
I am expecting the Kaiser down in
the morning,
But don't let him in, for to me its
quite clear,
He is a dangerous man, and we can't
have him here
If once he gets in, there'ill be no end
to quarrels,
In fact I'm afraid he will corrupt our
good morals '
"Oh Satan, good friend, "' the Kaiser
then cried,
Excuse me for listening, while wait
ing outside;
"If you don't admit me sir, where
can I go?
"Oh do let me in, I am weary and
cold,"
So said the Kaiser quite anxious to
enter Nick's fold.
"Let me sit in a corner, no matter
how hot "
"No," said the devil, "most certainly
not,"
"We don't admit people for iiches or
health:
"Here are matches and sulphur, make
a hell for yourself!"
Then he kicked Wilhelm out, and van
ished in smoke,
And just at that moment the Kaiser
awoke.
He jumped out of bed in a shivering
sweat,
And said, "Well that's a dream I
shall never forget.
"That I wont go to heaven I know
very well,
"But its really too bad to be kicked
out of hell."
Who can interpret dreams?
From Camp Shelby, Miss.
Joppa.
Mr. Pascal Willis of Miami Station,
Mo., is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mr A. G. Willis
Mr. C. L. Powell and Thomas Cab
bell, who are in Camp Taylor are at
home this week.
Mrs. John Young who has been
quite sick is improving.
Mr. T. L. Upton and family left
last week for Warren county, where
they recently purchased a farm. They
are tine people and we hate to give
them up. .
Mr John Troutman is improving.
Mr. C. A Murrell, has returned
from Pennsylvania, and Ralph Willis
and Bradley Powell from Illinois.
Tom Bryant moved his family to
Glensfork Monday
Mrs. Miller, of Casey county is visit
ing her sister Mrs. Kint Montgomery.
Prof. R. O. Cabbell closed his sing
ing school at Mt. Pleasant on account
of the severe cold weather.
Miss Mary Young who teaches at
Cyclone, was at home last week on ac
count of the illness of her mother.
The annual Christmas singing will
be held at Zion on the fifth Sunday
afternoon conducted by Prof. R. O.
Cabbell, Joel Darnell and J. W. Jones.
Everybody invited to come and help
sing.
The Government Wants You.
Every young man, as well as
every young woman, who desires
to serve the Government, doing
office work, at a salary of one
thousand dollars a year, should
read the following letter and act
now:
Nashville, Tenn.. Dec. 6 '17.
Dear Sir:
You are hereby authorized to
appoint and send to us, with a
letter of introduction from you,
five worthy yountr men and
young women each of whom
will take training for an office
position with the Government,
at a salary of not less" than one
thousand dollars a year to begin
on
We will give the persons whom
you appoint the necessary train
ing here or by mail, and we will
give each of them a written
guarantee that, if we do not se
cure for him or her a position as
stenographer for the Govern
ment, at a salary of at least one
thousand dollars a year to begin
on, just as soon as he or she be
comes qualified, we will refund
every cent of the money paid to
U3 for the training. This offer
applies to young men who are
subject to draft, a3 well as tn
others.
The President of the Civil-Service
Commission. Washington,
D. C, recently wrote to this in
stitution, urging it to help the
Government to secure more of
fice assistants, both men and
women, the Government now be
ing in need of ten thousand ste
nographers and many bookkeep
ers. The Government has a rep
resentative here every Tuesday
to interview any of our students
who may desire a stenographic
position with the Government.
Not only is the Government in
need of office assistants, but
business concerns also are in
great need of them.
To any one who will indicate
an interest in this matter, we
shall be pleased to mail litera
ture giving more information.
Yours very truly,
Draughon's Practical Business
College,
Jno. F. Draughon, President.
Bible Will Help You Sell Goods.
In an article called "The Book
That Has Helped Me Most,"
which is printed in the Decem
ber American Magazine, the
writer says:
4 'But, more than that, it's
the greatest course in direct,
forceful English in the world.
If you want to learn to write a
better sales letter; if you think
that a good English style would
help you in getting out your ad
vertising, I commend you to it.
Take the great masters of force
ful English right down the line
Addison, Steele, Burke, Frank
lin, Webster, Lincoln Biblical
quotations drip from them like
dew from the trees. Franklin
taught himself to write by hard
personal application; the marks
of the Bible are everywhere ap
parent in his style. Even if I
didn't believe a word that is
written inside these covers I
would still give my boy the best
kind of a Bible education; it
would mean money in his pock
et, Freddy; he would live to
bless mve for it. As a drill in
simple, direct, powerful Anglo
Saxon, the kind of language
that we use in advertising and
in modern business, there never
has been, and never will be, a
book to equal this.' "
The sand sucking dredge "Des
mond" with a crew of thirteen
sank in a storm on Lake Michi
gan and seven persons were
drowned. The disaster occurred
off the mouth of the Calumet river.
J.M in Cellar Three Years.
Among the most interesting of
the refugees m ine territory oc
cupied by the British in Gen.
Byng's drive was a man of mil
itary age who had hidden in a
cellar for three years to escape
the Germans and had been fed
by his wife an extra ration of
food allowed her because she
had a baby. This man is thirty
five years old, and in the ordi
nary course would have been ar
rested and sent to a prison camp
as soon as the Germans entered
the town. He did not want to
leave his wife and baby and so
hid in a secret place in the cel
lar, thereby making himself lia
ble to the death penalty if de
tected. German officers came to
live in his house, and daily he
heard them tramping about
above him. In accordance with
the custom, this house and all
others were searched every little
while to see if anything was con
cealed, but the Germans never
discovered his hiding place.
Eac 1 day while the officers were
away his wife smuggled his lit
tle store of food and water to
him.
When the British entered the
town the wife, after making
sure that they were indeed Brit
ish, went home andjbrought out
her husband, who had his first
glimpse of the outside world
since August, 1914. The Ger
mans were to have searched the
house again thedaythe r British
captured the town,
This refugee seemed to be in
fair health, notwithstanding his
confinement, but his nerves were
badly shattered, and he wept
continually todayas this story
was being related. He wa3
clinging to a bag.containing sev
eral hundredafrancs, which he
had carried with him into
cave.
the
Red Cross Work Groys.
The Red? Cross! hasjarranged
to buy materialJifor surgical
dressings, hospitaljgarments.and
knitted articles, tobe sold at
substantially .co3t prices to the
chapters throughout the country
to be nudempjby thej'wDmen of
America- Thecost will be S3,
357,200. To meet conditions arising
from Italian reverses the Red
Cross dispatched immediately
from Pari3 suppliesjincluding 2,
000 mattresses, 8,000 blankets
and 10,000 pairslof socks.
The children of Belgium,
thousands of whomare orphans,
are objects of special care. Food
and clothing alone have been
purchased by the Red Cross for
the Bergians at a cost of $173,
000. Many of the children in
free Belgium are exposed to
shell fire, and in order to save
them asylums aregbeing organiz
ed in France and Switzerland,
where they can be taken to safe
ty. Increase Rates onLoans.
Washington, Dec. 10. The
Federal Farm Loan Board today
announced an increase in inter
est rates to farmers from 5 to oh
per cent.
Henry Palzer, who shot and
killed his son, Al Palzer, heavy
weight pugilist, several months
ago, was sentenced to five years
in the State penitentiary at his
trial at Fergus Falls, Minn.
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