The Adair County News, 1900-05-23

Mr Hannahs Bluff Senator Hannah in outlining the probable action of the Republican National Convention declares that it will take a bold stand on the new is issues - sues issues and that it will overwhelming overwhelmingly - ly overwhelmingly supported by the vote cast for the Republican ticket in November This popular support of the Repub Republican - lican Republican ticket js somewhat doubtful It Senator Hannahs party takes that bold stand on certain issues which would be consistent with its acts Such stand would necessitate the Repub Republican - lican Republican partys pronouncement against the American Constitution violated by the Republican passage of the Por Porto - to Porto Rican tariff bill It would force the adoption of a resolution openly promi promising - sing promising protection to the trusts assessed to a total of 830000000 for Republican campaign uses It would compel the repudiation of the Declaration of In Independence - dependence Independence declared by the Republi Republican - can Republican party as inapplicable to the situa situation - tion situation in the Phillippines It would make inevitable a public announce announcement - ment announcement of the definite abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine It would lead to a confession of the Republican de determination - termination determination to annex Cuba in viola violation - tion violation of our pledge for Cuban national independence Senator Hanna is mistaken in believ believing - ing believing that the American people would support such a platform He is mista ken in asserting that his party will take a bold stand on these issuesa stand in keeping with its real inten tions What it will do will be tododge all these issues and try to fool the people into reelecting Mr McKinley Then will come the line of action in Indicated - dicated Indicated abovea mappedout course which the Republican party dare not avow to the people but upon which it I determined all the sameSt Louis Republic Dr Robins Castle Dr John L Robins a resident of theI Olive Hill has a home known as the Castle He lives on a point overlook overlookIng - ing overlookIng the town and has a winter house houseC containing 9 rooms all of which are furnished also a summer house within twenty feet of the winter house with ten rooms also furnished so the mov moving - ing moving from one house to the other is but small task as there is no furniture to be moved He has a summer kitch kitchen - en kitchen and dining room in the rear of his residence furnished He has a typical mountain cabin in a line with his oth other - er other houses that he had built out of logs that were in a bridge cross Tygart sev seventy - enty seventy years and he has a pair of elk horns that were taken from the last elk killed in Carter county They measure twelve feet from tip to tip and were once over a gate in front of a tavern called the Elk Horn Inn The elk was killed by G W Hendersons father You will see in his home a grandfathers clock eight feet high which is 125 years old asmall spinning wheel that was made in 1812 a cannon cannonball - ball cannonball that was molded at a foundry in Bath county for the war of 1812 a tin lantern eighty years old a gun the barrel two and onehalf feet long flint flintlock - lock flintlock presented to him by E H Demp Dempsey - sey Dempsey a single barrel pistol flint lock seventyfive years old a bombshell found by Jas Paynter weight thirty five pounds when unloaded a bedstead the Rev Quack Tyree had all his mar married - ried married life and was given to him by his father when he began housekeeping The stead is 115 or 120 years old A skillet and lid 100 years old a toma 1 hawk given tohim by Hike Armstrong weight three pounds a bed quilt or counterpane 110 years old woven and worked by his wifes greatgrandmoth er The doctor lies many other relics in his log cabin Graysou Bugle Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange see whole system when entering it through bes the mucous surfaces Such articles should never be used except on pre scriptions from reputable esa as the damage they will d6 is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from ttjenj Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by J J Cheney Co sis Toledo 0 contains no mercury and is taken internally acting directly u P on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine It is taken internally and made In To ledo Ohio by F J Cheney Co 4 eetimontals free Sold by druid flee 75c per bottle Flails family Fill are the hest c A > n

ELD ZT WILLIAMS LETTER E s From the Pyramids to JoppaII April 0 1900 t Editor of the News a I was writing up the pyramids k when Imailedmy last letter andn will complete the work in this one One thing I observed in regard e to the pyramids and that is youa are deceived about the distance h you are away from them and they e eaU - aU eaU look to be sharp on top buty they grow on you as you approach a them Cheops the largest one h of 18acres and is covers an area acres r now 460 feet high and 80 feet square on top and tapers in regu iI lar order from the bottom While i ion - on ion top of this pyramid you are in h height - eight height of a wonderful history of Bi Bible in - ble Bible antiquityaud some unuttera unutterable e - ble unutterable impressions steal over one as t the - he the views from this summit of an tl cient greatness and power Then tj sweeps thQ broad majestic Nile e that the ancients worshiped as a fJ God and why not Did it not f year by year spread its fructifying CI arms and fill her valleys with CI abundance their garners becom becoming c - ing becoming the source of supply for the world a As one stands entranced vis visions Sj - ions visions of ages pass before the minds 11 eye kingdoms flourish and pass away cities flourish and decay S obelisks towns palaces temples s sand - and sand tombs alike crumble into dustSJ SJ mighty kings rulers and great p men whose praises and fame have I sounded with loudest blasts butSl the echoes have died away anda they are forgotten In sight is n old Memphis the city of the Pha d roes old Cairo and Heliopolis Sl or the city of the Sun called On D Din - in Din the Book of Gen 4145 All these can be seen from this sum summit f - mit summit As we dwell upon this vision fl of the ages a baud of Ishmaelites a come in sight with their long train t of camels bearing the produce r and products of other lands They bring a lad along with them an Issealite Time rolls on and the J young Isrealite becomes the firstr ruler of the land and is known as is an interpreter of dreams It comes c into his knowledge the approach t of a famm and cribs are built and t corn is stored away Then there c comes some men down ten in allV from Caanau to buy corn They are received by Joseph and he C makes himself known to them t and very soon Jacob is made glad d and meets the king and the laud 11 of Goshen is settled up and things 1 go well for a while They are i made slaves persecution follows I and years of hardship A child is found in the rushes He is reared i in the of God for up providence a t leader Isreal marches out with a t thigh - high thigh land Pharo essaying to fol follow 1 - low follow is drowned him and his ar army - my army in the Red Sea The scenes t of this history are largely in sight E from this summitE After we left the pyramids we c visited the Sphinx which is only J a short distance away Only a portion of it is exposed but it isc immense It has the face ofa man and the body of a lion It was originally 66 feet high face is 18 ft 8 inches wide 128 feetI long mouth 7 feet Wo then went on donkeys to the pyramids of Sakara but as they are all so much alike when you have seen one you have seen all Some sev seven - en seven or eight are seensome In ru ruins - ins ruins We then viewed the cata catacombs - combs catacombs of Sakara three in all The first is Tih which is very in interesting - teresting interesting contains hieroglyphics all over the walls and some mum mummies - mies mummies have been taken out and put in museums at Cairo The second one is called The Tombs of the Sacred Bulls There are twenty four tombs or sarcophagus in cave at like opening and they are cut out of fine granite large enough to pu t a sacred bull in The granite caskets are still here but the bulls arbg 0 n eperhaps resurrected These people thought more of their bulls than we do of Presidents The third one wo visited was dis discovered - covered discovered in 1893 and from it have been taken some interesting mum miesLeaving Leaving the catacombs we pass passed - ed passed through old Memphis but lit tie is left there to mark the place of the once famous city The statue of Barneses the First and d

Second are both there but will soon be removed to some of the them - m them seums museumsWe We got back to the R R sta station - tion station about sun down the same day and were glad to give up our don donkeys - keys donkeys for we had ridden some 25l miles on saddles not suited to Americans The horn is the long longest - est longest part of the saddle They keep 1 fellow spread out too much in his hips I have not fully recov recovered - ered recovered from the soreness produced yet Of course climbing the pyr pyramids a - amids pyramids helped some None of us have been anxious for a donkey ride since The next day April 4th we vis visited = - ited visited the Museum of Gizeh which a west of Cairo proper It is per s haps one of the most interesting tIn n the world as well as the most c extensive We mummies saw un r tilwe tired out of seeing One of the moat remarkable Ino things no noticed c - ticed noticed was the well preserved tiaskt ets of wood that had been taken from the catacombs They look m fresh and most of the lately dis discovered - covered discovered ones have the photo of the corpse painted on the lid of the t caskett We visited the Island of Rhoda I and the old Coptic church the same day and the place where Moses was found in the little ark The next day we left Cairo for Suez and the Red Sea We took sail boat that day and visited the springs of Moses the first watert place after he crossed the Red Seaa There are about seven of them some very large others more like well The water is salty and not suitable to drink The next day we spent on the other side of sea where they come through the is mountain into the valley WeR went about 20 miles down and found a place suitable and satis satisfactorily - factorily satisfactorily returning at G oclock in fine gale and enjoying one ofO the most delightful rides of my lifeI The next day we came to Port Said by rail along the Suez canal This canal connects the Mediter Mediterranean t - ranean Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and ands - s ands about 90 miles in length This canal is of great importance to the a mercantile world From London to Bombey it saves a distance of over 5000 miles Over 4000 vessels pass through annually The income from it is over 4000 000 annually From Port Said we took an Egyptian steamer Sun Sunday - day Sunday night at 7 oclock for Joppa and arrived there about 10 a m next day to find Joppa a bad land landing - ing landing The sea was very rough and we waited until 8 p m before the little boat ventured out and then it was dangerous but we got out all safe But the boatmen and tough fellows t They agreed to bring us a shore for 2 franks each and before we landed they wanted ten each and demanded the mon money - ey money but we did not bluff and push pushed - ed pushed oh and got off with 2I franks or 5c each Joppa is a hard place Here we saw Simon the tanners house where Peter had his vision on the housetop Also the house where Dorcus was raised from the deadAt At this place there are some fine orange groves We came to Jeruselem the next day Tuesday April 10 just one month from the time we started from New York We are keeping very well and cheerful to be BO far from home We are now over 7000 miles from old Montpelier but I trust the good Lord will per permit - mit permit us to get back all right again My next will be from Jerusalem We start from here on our camp ing tour of 18 days next Tuesday and end at Beyront the 4th of May and then our journey will be home ward AT Wealth Of Beauty Is often hidden by unsightly Pimples Eczema Teeter Erysipelas Salt te Rheum etC Bucklens Arnica Salve will glorify the face bj curing all Skin Eruption also Cuts Bruises Burns Boils Felons Ulcers and worst forms of Piles Only 25 cts a box Cure Guaranteed Sold by T E Paull Druggist PaullI I I Will Lee a negro who attempted a criminal assault on Mrs H H Dlefen boob at Sandstone W Va was taken efrom Jail at Hinton and hanged by a mob 1 y 1

POSTOFFICE DIRECTORY J M Russell Postmaster Office hours weekdays 700 a m to 930 pm COURT DIRECTORY 1 CIRCUIT COURT Three sessions n yearThird Monday In January third Monday In May and third Monday In September JudgeW nes Commonwealth s Attorney IJ H W Aaron SheriffJ W Hurt t Clerk Jno B Coffey 0 COUNTY CooBt First Monday in each month j Judge J W Butlern County Attorney Jas Go melt Jr ClerkTo R Stultst JailerS H Mitchell t AssessorG A Bradshaw t Surveyor R T McCaffreo C 1 School SuptW D JoncsD CoronerLeonard Fletcher 51 OITY COURT Regular court second Monday in l 1 ach month 0 idgeJ W Atkins orney Gordon Montgomery S b CHURCH DIRECTORY b h PRESBYTERIAN L BUKKSVIUE STBBET Rev T F WattonC pastor Services second and fourth Sundays S n each month Sundayschool at 9 a m every t Sabbath Prayer meeting every Wednesday G night METHODIST Y BCBKSVXUB BTBEET Rev J 1 Kilgore a pastor Services first Sunday in each montha Sundayschool every Sabbath at 9 a m Prayer meeting Thursday nightil nightBAPTIST V BAPTIST GBEENSBCBO STBEET Rev Er W Barnett castor Services third Sunday in each month ic 3audayBchol every Sabbath at 9 IL m Prayer e meeting Tuesday nighte aeotiagTuesdaynightOHBISTIAN a CHRISTIANp CAJCPBBLXSVIILB PILE Eder L Williams in each a Pastor Services second Sunday month Sundayschool every Sabbath at 9 am Prayer meeting Wednesday nightD LODGES t LODGESMASONIC t MASONIC 0 COLUMBIA LODGE No 86 F and A orRegu lar meeting in their hall over bank on Frl T day night on or before the full moon in eacha month G A KEMP WM 1 T R STOLTS Secj 1t COLUMBIA CHAPTER R A M No7 meets first Monday night in each month 11 J O RUSSELL II p 0 T R Stults Secretaryc a cvs = os Car con I Conoyer Hotel r i JOHN N CONOVER Proprietor a 1 Columbia Kentucky c IOC HIS Hotel is one of the best in thisC 1 section of the State It is a largef cw brick containing twentyeight 11 ooms all elegantly furnished GoodI ample rooms and the table is sup t1 plied with the best provisions the coun country - try country affords Rates very reasonable Hancock Hotel a BURKSVILLE STREET 1 Columbia Ky JUNIUS HANCOCK Prop 0 t I6rThe above Hotel has been re retted - tted retted repainted and is now ready forj the comfortable accommodation of guests Table supplied with the best the market affords Rates reasonable I good sample room Feed stable at hed PflMMFBPTIlT HOTEL JAMESTOWN KY HOLT VAUGHAN Proprietors 0 rpHB above named hotel was recently opened Land has had a fine run from the start Mrs Bolt looks after the culinary department and sees that tho table is supplied at all times with the very best the market affords The proprietors are attentive and very polite to nV3 guests Good sample rooms and the building f onvenlent to the business houses Pirst dais livery attached to the hotel Terms very teasonable Lebanon Steam Laundry LEBANON KY a 0 n rHOROUGHLY equipped modern f laundry plant conducted by exper experIenced - ienced experIenced workmen and doing as high grade work as can be turned out any anyplace - place anyplace in the country Patronize a home institution Work of Adair Russell Taplor and Green solicited W It JON NSTON GO Pro REED MILLER Agents Columbia Kentucky To prevent La Grippe take a dose or two of Dr Miles Restorative Ncnrme daily Dont tAke a peckof any old kind of pills to cure a pint of dIsease when a dose of Morley s Little Liver PiUs for Bilious eplB will cure you white you sleep Sugarcoated One a dose Sold by W1M Bell J piixy > t < 11 L t x

Mere We Are Again i We have just returned from market and our store is full of bargains for cash buyers We handle dry goods Notions Clothing Hats Shoes Groceries Hard p yare Farm Harness Queensware In fact or I everything kept in a general store In or order - der order to show what we can do for you will quote you a few prices at random Ladies Kid Gloves 50c per per Ladies and Misses Cloth Gloves lOc per pair Menss Cloth Gloves 5c per pair Ribbon 8 inches wide 2c yd Calico 4 and 5c per yd Pearl Buttons 5c per dozen Ladies Mens and Childrens Hose 5c per pair Ladies Corsets 25c Ladies Vests 5c Mens all Linen Cuffs 15c por pair Mens and Ladies Belts 10c Mens and Ladies Belts 10c ii Mens Brogan shoes whole stock 85c i Y 85cT Ladies Button shoes 50c 1 Misses Slippers 85c x Boys Hats 5c s Mens Fur Hats 50c Box Paper 5c Mens Black Lustre Coats 50c Boys 8 piece suit 150 Boys Black Lustre coats 25c Other bargains too numerous to mention Give us a call and you will not regret it fiughes Goffeg fiunter Jilitt Lathe and Scroll Sawc AM NOW PREPARED to do any kind of fancy scroll 1AM turned work My shop will be at the Columbia Rol Roller - ler Roller mill If you want to build a house or repair a porch call on me and get my prices for Columns Banisters Brackets Newel Posts Hand Rails for Stairways Fvery fancy piece of work needed about a house I build verandas at the lowest figures and furnish the latest designs Call and see me J G MORRISON f For Thirtu Daus I Ij oJ flje you Hunting foi + BKRGMINS I If so bring your CASH with you if you want bargains in Shirtings readymade shirts domestics and Hosiery I am going to close out Shoesd Hardware Tinware and Queensware regardless of cost I will sell you Hames Chains Collars Plow Points and j Plow handles at cost to close out I am not talking simply to draw peoples attention but am telling you facts + FERTILIZERS + All grades the best made and I willnot be undersold on Fertilizers Be sure and come and and see me before you buy and I will save you money on these lines of goods and can give as good terms to reliable parties as any one else on large quanties Give me a call C s R WARINNER t fliuli Glass Tailorino PAUL fl WftGGENER Represents HE AMERICAN WOOLEN MILLS CO the manufacturers of the goods from the raw material to the finished article Suits to measure from 6 and upward You can save money by buying from I me and get exactly what you want The retailer and jobber are left out See my samples and prices I pan furnish a mackintosh to suit any individual on earth It coal you nothing to examine them Yon avoid trust prices I you want l suit a 11a tof painWi vest or Mackintosh drop iraea card and I will ioall onyo 1 4y R i V i > > t d 1

JJo YQpQJimfJJ1t D + Blacksmiths of AND W o odiw o r 3s er Columbia Ky I amprepared to do all kinds of work In my line and if you need re repairing - pairing repairing done on your Wagons Buggies Farm Implements remember me bugbYtires tires rims spokes and all kinds ol bolts My prices are right and satis faction guaranteed Give me a call Newly Furnished American Plan 1M Per Day 9lic loafers 3otcf MEALS 25c 523 W Market SI LOUISVILLE KY NIC BOSLER Jlgr Wilmore Hotel W M WILMORE Prop Qradyville Kentucky It THERE Is no better place to stop than at the aboved named hotel Good sample rooms and a firstda y table Rates very reasonable Fee Fctstable stable attached GORDON MONTGOMERY t QJlm T4 t1Lw COLUMBIA KY Will practice in Adair and adjoininr counties Collections a specialty fTOffice up stairs over Paulls drug drugstore - store drugstore DR M 0 SALLEE DENiU L Careful attention given to me chanical and prosthetic dentistry and dental surgery OFjflCE Over Hughes Coffey CoffeyHunter COLUMBIA lily FRANK M BAL ENGER WITH WITHy - ltobi So a Norton < Go y WITHy WHOLESALE Dm Goods Notions Etc LOUISVILLE KY Now is Be Time to REPAIR HOUSES HOUSESo Do not allow your house to injure for the lack of Guttering or a Leaking Roof JtVI make Roofing and Guttering a specialty I am prepared to do any kind of repairwork in my line I use good material and do my work a bedrock prices Call on me meL - L meL V HALL Columbia Tinner fletna Life Insurance Go DF HKF2TF = ORD CONN CHARTERED 1820 s80000h1d 0 meat ment Life Policy for the same or a 1 ss rate than other firstclass companis will write you a 20 Payment Lic Policy thereby guaranteeing to say you 5 full premiums and 5 years in tin On the basis of equal cost the iETN GUARANTEES more insurance greater extensions greater cash au 1Joan values and greater paidup val ues at the end of equal periods of time than any other company Policies absolutely incontestable af after - ter after one year Nonforfeitablo after two years on limited pay policies Z The LOWEST RATES of any first class company For further Information call on or address W JO JONES Agent Columbia Ky AgentI RESTAURANT TAQSJlBLl Proprietor t rR1 RANO KIT r < Thisstand is located near the dt pot a td meals are iurnfehad at ali tK Ire at 36 cents per mealr The be eatables the coaitry affercte Bic c gait IIW8f roostls Mr imiee J i it k zSL > ic i + i cF 1 1