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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26
a Mathematical Prodigy.

The Warrensburg (Mo.) Democrat
says: a great deal has been said and
written about the great mathematical
prodigy. "Roub" Fields, who lives at
Fayetteville, in this county, and the
more that is known of him the greater
wonder he becomes. He does not pos
sess the simplest rudiments of a book
educatiOn-does not know a letter or
figure from sight-and yet he can solve
the most intricate problem in an in
slant, or can perform n calculation in
less than a minute that would require
the work of IN hour by the ordinary
modes. For instance: We gave him
the day OF the month and year of our
birth, and he told, in less than half n
minute, our age in seconds, minutes,
days and years. Give him the day of
the month and the year of any event,
however remote, and he will instantly
give the day of the oceek.
We spent two hours with him last
Saturday, and Notwithstanding we have
often talked with him and seen him dis
play rs wonderful gifts, yet we always
find something new in him.
We placed column of figures upon
& paper, equal in length to the columns
Of an ordinary sized ledger, and called
them off 70 him in rapid succession,
and when the last number was called
he gave the sum without a moments
hesitation. He did not see the paper,
and would not have known a character
on it if lie had. One hour later he re-
peated those numbers in the exact OF.
der in which we called them to him.
We then began at the bottom, and
would call two or three numbers cor
rectly, and then one incorrectly, and |
he would correct us By giving the prop
or number.
More mysterious than this to us, is
the fact of his ability to give correctly |
the time of the day Or night, whenever
called upon, without any reference |
whatever to q timepiece.
In this town the timepieees arc all
regulated by railroad, or st. Louis
time. If you ask "Reub" the time,
he viii say: 81 am 15i minutes past
one; if you have railroad time you
have SO and so, p" giving the exact dlr
ferenc between s,m time and railroad
time.
Another remarkable fact is, that he
gives the exact time of his locality.
If he is in Washington City he gives
Washington City time; if in San Fran
cisco, the time there. He cannot pos
'ibly.do these things by any method of
the passing time, for he will
give lifetime as accurately when walked
rom sleep at night as if it were day
light and the sun shining.
There seems to be nothing too great
II numbers for his mind to grasp, and
yet. nothing too small. He can tell
what the interest of one cent would be
or three seconds ut the rate of ten per
'ent. per annum, as readily and easily
Is we could tell the interest on one
lollar for one year at the same rate
Ter cent.
He is indeed the wonder of wonders.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26
Stick to EOur Bush.

/ A rich man, in answer TO the qucs
ton how he became so successful, re.
cited the following story:
| will tell you how it was. One
day when was lad, party of boys
and girls were going to pick blackber.
rics. wanted to go with them, but
was afraid father would not let me.
When l told him what was going on,
ne at once gave me permission to 90
with them, and could hardly contain
myself. | rushed into the kitchen,
got a big basket, and asked mother for
n luncheon. had the basket on my
arm and was just going out at the gate
WHOM my father called mo pack. lie
took my hand, and said in a very gen.
tie voice:
Joseph, what are you going to DO %
"TO pick berries" | replied.
"Then Joseph, l want to tell YOU
one thing. 1t is this: when you find
a pretty good bush. do not leave it TO
seek n better one. The other bows
and girls will run about, picking lit
tie here and a little there, wasting a
good deal of time and getting but few
blackberIies."
Invent, and had a capital time. But
it was just as my father said. No
sooner had one found a good bush
than he called all the rest, and they
left their several places, and all ran
eagerly off to their newly-found treas
urc. Not content more than n minute
Or two in one place, they rambled over
the whole pasture, got very tired, and
at night had very few berries. My
fathers words kept running in my
ears, and | "stuck to my bush
When had done with one, | found
and finished that then took
another. When night came I had a
basket full of berries, more than all
the others put together, and was not
half so tired as they were. | went
home happy. But when l entered, |
found my father had been taken ILL
lie looked at my basket full of ripe
blackberries and said:
DWELL done, Joseph. Was l no.
right when | told you to always stick
to your bush?"
lie died few days after, and I had
10 make my way in the world as best
Gould. But my fathers words sank
leep into my mind, and | never forgot
he experience Of the blackberry party. |
9 stuck TO my bush"
When had Il fair place and was
LONG tolerably well, did not leave it |
md spend weeks and months, seeking |
me thought might be a little better. |
When other young men said: Come
With us, and we will make fortune in
few weeks" | shook my head, and
stuck to my bush"
Presently my employers offered to
axe me into business with them. |
tayed with the old house until the
principals died, and then | had every
hing | wanted. The habit of stick
ng to my business led the people TO
rust me, and gave NE character.
owe all have and am to this mot
o: "Stick to your bnsh. "[-Exam-
ner and CrOnicle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

BEDBUGs are said to be most readi-
ly destroyed by nux vomica in the
form of the tincture, combined with
liquid ammonia, which mixture is to
be freely applied to the joints and
cracks of the bedstead. 1t is equally
efficacious against cockrOaches, water
bugs, and other vermin, and if APP
piled to the harness of horses, the ami
mails will no longer be annoyed by
flies. ...- ...
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26
English synonyms.

The eopiousness of the English
tongue, as well as the difficulty of ac-
quiring the ability of using its immense
vocabulary correctly, is we'll exhibited
in the following array of synonymous
words; which if not new, is yet a cap
ital illustration of the nice distinctions
which characterize so many of our vo-
cables. 1t is no wonder that we slip
occasionally, even the wariest of us:
\ little girl was looking at the pic
turc ola number of ships, when she
exclaimed, "See, what flock of ships"
We corrected her by saying that
flock of ships is called a feet, and a
fleet of sheep Is called flock.
And here we may add, for the ben
eft of the foreigner who is mastering
the intricacies of our language in re-
spect to nouns of multitudes, that a
flock of girls is called a bevy; that a
bevy Of wolves is called pack, and a
pack of thieves is called a gang, and
gang Of angels is called host, and a
host of pOrpOises is called a shoal, and
a shOal ofbufaloes is called herd, and
herd Of children is called a troop, and
4 troop ofpartridges is called a covey,
and a cOvey of beauties is called a
galaxy, and galaxy of rufians is
called horde, and horde of rubbish
Is called heap, and heap of oxen is
called drove, and a drove of black
guards is called mob, and mob of
whales is called a school, and q school
ofworshippers is called congregation,
and a congregation of engineers is called
n corps, and a corps of robbers is called
4 band, and band of locusts is called
a swarm, and swarm of people is
called a crowd, and crowd of gentle
folks is called the elite, and the elite of
the city's thieves and rascals are called |
the roughs, and the miscellaneous
crowd of the city folks is called the !
community, or the public, according
rs they are spoken of by the religious
Or the secular public.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

MARIA" said the piOus husband.
''them wicked Smiths are allowing
their children to play in The gard On
Sunday. Tomorrow I'll sick the dog
on their chickens. The judgmess Of
heaven must be visited on em in some
way"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

\ Virginia editor, whose paper has
llst suspended, says that he entered
the field Of journalism under the i'm
preston that there we're millions IN
it." "And so there are" he continued,
''bnt they remain in IL yet"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

The use of the editorial .tss" pre-
walls in the South, as viii be seen by
the following remark in the Paris
(Tenn.) Intelligencer; eff we escape
the hog cholera this season, there wiz
be a large surplus ofPork next winter"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

There is a grave-digger's strike in
Liverpool, which threatens to extend
to other parts of the United Kingdom,
and as a means of bringing the strikers
to terms, the Board of Health gravely
asks persons not to die for several
weeks NOrristOwn Herald
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

A man in town yesterday with no
hair and bullet-hOle in the calf of his
left leg, says he Is satisfied that there
is gold in the Black Hills. He also
says he is satisfied that there are In
dams in the Black Hills.-[Chicago
Times. ....
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

PROFANITY in Texas is against the
law, 500 worth each time. They
think of enforcing the law for month
and paying the national debt.-[M Y
Graphic. a- 1-,-.-r,. ..-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

FRANK TRACY, of Lawrence, Mass,
looks and speaks so very much Ike q
woman that he has been arrested fifty
one times in various cities ON charges
of masquerading In mans apparel.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

GRANT has made twenty-five changes
in his cabinet in the seven years and
four months that he has been Presi
dent-a fact unparalleled in the his
tory Of the Government. He has re-
moved POstmaster-General Jewell, and
appointed j. w. Tyner, of Indiana, to
the position. Commissioner Pratt has
also been invited to walk out. The
only reason known is, of the supposed
sympathy these officials expressed for
BristOw. 1t is to be observed that
Grant has made more changes in his
cabinet than any President the country
ever had. There will be quite an i'm
portant change, however, so soon as
Tilden and Hendricks arrive at the
White House. s.. -
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

a little boy coming home from
church, where he had seen a person
performing on an organ, said to his
mother: "Oh, nanny, I wish you
had been to church to-day 10 see the
fun; a man was pumping music out
of an old cupboaTtlI"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

JUDGE CHARLES GoEPP, of the Ma
rine Court New York, has resigned
his position as member of the Repub-
lican German committee and in an
open letter came out in favor of Tilden,
Hendricks, and reform. Judge GOePP
is an original Republican and is a man
of great influence in New York.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

IT Is said they live longest who
have moderate ambitions. The man
who quits work and commences to
white in front of a grocery store at
the age of thirty is likely to white
and be blessing to his family for IF
ty years.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

A NEWLY made Judge at Seguinr
Texas, lately imprisoned the entire
Bar of the town, except the District
Attorney, for contempt, although his
court was not in session.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

The largest lake in the worldisLake
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being four hundred and thirty miles
long and one thousand feet deep.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

THE latest rebel effort to destroy
the Yankee nation is the shipment of
eleven tons of eucumbers North from
Florida.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

HAYES letter does not hurt the feel-
ings of a single member of the whisky
ring. Every member of that ring, in
Jail and out, is an active supporter Of
Hayes this day.-[st. Louis Republit
can.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

GRANT has given Babeock the heads
Of Bristow. Jewell, Dyer and Yaryan.
His revenge is now complete-no
honest man escaped.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

ADVICE to fshmongers in warm
weather-"Deal gently with the her.
ring"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

NEXT toa diary the most difficult
thing to keep is a lead pencil.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

The whipping post is used in the
Texas Penitentiary.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26

The whipping-post is used in the
Texas Penitentiary.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-07-26
Depend On Your Own Efforts.

He is indeed the wonder of wonders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-20

CARL ScHURz has just written a
letter to New York, an extract from
which was published in the Now
York Tribune He speaks in tho
highest terms of Gov. Hayes letter
of acceptance, and-well, read just
what he says and how positively he
says it:
"There is a striking contrast be-
tween the hard-soft money mixture
in the Democratic platform and cam
didates, aud the strong, fearless as
sertion of moral duty in the financial
paragraph of Gov. Hay yea letter of
acceptance. The views be expresses
about the civil service form the most
comprehensive, NEST clearly defined,
and,inIevery respect most.satisfactory
civil service reform programme L
ever saw uttered in few words;
and that programme is accompanied
by the pledge of an honest man that
If he is elected, it shall be faithfully
carried out in it's completeness, and
that no personal ambition shall inter-
fere with the work. Never had civil
service reformers better opportuni-
ty to fight with real chance of sue
cess-I moan the success of the cause
and not only the success of a candi-
date or a party. L shall support
Gov. Hayes heartily and actively,
and | have never felt more clearly
conscious OF doing the right thing for
the best interests of the country"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-20
Horace White Speaks.

In the Greedy campaign the most
powerful newspaper opponent the
Republican party had in the west,
was the Chicago Tribune, at that time
under the editorial management of
Horace White. The venerable
Greedy had no more enthusiastic sup
porter than the gentleman named
Some two years ago Mr.. White re-
tired from his position as editor of the
Tribune, since which time he has not
taken very active part in politics.
In the Tribune of July 18th we find a
letter from Mr.. Whites pen in which
he expresses admiration for that
portion of Mr.. Hayes letter OF accept
ance which refers to civil service re-
form. We quote SO much of Mr..
Whites letter, and commend it to the
careful attention of those who had
fondly hoped he would support
Tilden:
l do not see how any advocate of
Civil-Service reform can fail to be
satisfied, and more than satisfied
with Gov. Hayes letter. The de-
claration with which he emphasizes
his purpose in this regard, that he
will not, under any circumstances, be
candidate for reelection, is more
than anybody has asked for, or had
right to expect. With such une
quivocal declarations, backed by an
untarnished reputation, it appears to
me that the friends and supporters of
Gen. Bristow have gained all they
contended for, and that they should
now give to Gov. Hayes their most
cordial and effective support. For,
supposing that Gov. Tilden is equally
the friend of Civil Service reform, it
will be practically impossible for
him, if elected, to carry it into effect.
The demands of his party will over
ride and break down his strongest
resolutions. He will be forced to
yield to the clamor of his partisans,-
else he will be left without auy sup
port in Congress, or any organized
support in the country. With Gov.
Hayes the case will be different, since
his party is already in power. Grant
that there are great many persons
in office now who ought to be re-
moved. The permanent tenure of
the officer, "while his personal char
acter remains untarnished and the
performance of his duties satisfac-
tory" will speedily improve the char
acter of the incumbents generally and
the performance of their duties ; but,
in any case where this result is not
reached civil-service reform requires
their removal with as much certainty
as it demands the retention of the
faithful and deserving.
If Gov Hayes shall be elected, and
shall carry out this reform, or, rather,
this establishment of the principles
and practice of the founders of the
Government, he will have saved the
country from the most serious danger
now menscing its existence, and in
scribe his own name in the list of its
greatest benefactors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-20
History of the TWo-Thirds Rules.

A writer in q Now York paper
says: In 1886 Martin Van Buren
was nominated for the Presidency.
He was General Jackson's choice,
and although the nullifers of
that day wero opposed to him, yet
there was no doubt of his nominal
tion. The only question was, who
should receive the nomination for
Vice President Colonel Richard NJ.
Johnson was the favoritc of the hard
listed Democratic masses. A report
written by him in opposition to dis
continuing the running of the United
States mails On Sunday had made
him popular in the North and West,
but Mr.. Van Buren, and his friends
desired to be reinforced by strong
name for tho South. They preferred
William G. Rives, of Virginia. In
order to defeat Johnson in the NOM
ination the two-thirds rule was intro
duced by Mr.. Van Buren, and his
friends. 1t did not prevent john
sons nomination, but be failed to OBJ
tain the requisite number of electoral
votes to secure his election. He was
afterward selected by the United
States Senate as Vice President. La
the struggle at Baltimore, in 1874,
the two-thirds rule was introduced
by II. NJ. Saunders, of North Caro-
lima, in order to prevent Mr.. Van
Buren's denomination as President
The writer Of this article was COOP
Grating with Saunders to defeat Mr..
Van Buren,. On one occasion he re-
members distinctly that he met
Saunders in the rotunda of the Capt.
toll at Washington. This was about
the time tho Democratic Convention
was to meet at Baltimore. The
writer remarked to Saunders that he
was satisfied that a majority of the
delegates were for Van Buren, and
he could not see how he could be de-
prived Of the nomination. Saunders
replied, There's not majority sim
cerely in his favor. Enough of them
will vote for this resolution" He
then exhibited tho two.thirds rule,
and he added, "Wc will give Van his
own medicine" Aftcrward it is we'll
known, Saunders and Robert j.
Walker fought successfully this rule
through the convention against Mr..
Van Buren's friends. The result
was Folks nomination. Since that
time the rule has formed part of
the traditions of the Democracy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-20


THE honesty of the great Demo
.,~~.;- --4~.nor is clearly shown is his
very modest remark, when his nomin-
alton was announced to him, that it
was not the work of politicians In
convention, but a clever expression of
the people in favor OF reform. He
well knew, as did his hearers and
thousands of others, that it was but
the result of systematic and persistent
efforts on the part of himself and his
supporters at Albany, running
through period of more than year,
as we'll as a considerable expenditure
of money. Not newspaper in the
country which was known 70 favor
the Democracy but has been furnish
cd with material urging his nomina-
ton, for the publication of which they
were to be paid small consideration
on sending the bill to Albany. Truly
the will OF the people is very pliable
when it can be directed by such
Scheming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-20
Gov. Dix on "Tllden and Reform. .


Ex. Governor Dix, of New York,
was unable to attend the Cooper In
stitute ratification meeting on We'd
nesday of last week. In reply TO an
invitation to be present be addressed
the following letter, expressing his
viows of tho sham reform ticket
/ received your telegraphio dis
patch on Saturday, and very much
regret that it is not in my power to
attend the ratification meeting at the
Cooper Institute, on Wednesday, the
18th inst. | consider the election OF
Hayes and Wheeler essential to the
honor, tho prosperity and the tran
guilty of the country.
The nomination of Tilden and Hen.
bricks on the Democratic ticket, and
the declaration of principles accom~
panying it, If such an equivocation
deserves the name, were designed to
secure the support of two classes of
thinkers, whose opinions on the IL
nancial question are diametrically
opposed to each other. Thus the
canvass in their favor is resolved into
mere contest for office, and is an in
suit to the intelligence and disinter-
estedness of the peopie. But it is
not this alone. The combination is
disingenuous and dishonest, and if it
were successful, it could not possibly
lead to any practical or useful result.
Its first effect would be to divide Con
gress, if majority in either house
were to be obtained, into Western in
flationists and Eastern resumption
lists, without the possibility of
an agreement on any measure of re-
lief for the present disastrous and
disreputable condition iof the cur.
rency. On the other hand, the Re
publican party is united in favor Of
az early resumption of specie pay
ments, and the only hope of accom-
plishing the object and redeeming
the plighted faith of the government
is through our success. The four
months before US will sfford Tins to
canvass this question intelligentIy
and thoroughly, and what is of equal
Importance, they will enable US to
demonstrate, by an analysis of his
public acts, that the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency, instead of
being a reformer as lie and his fol-
lowers assert, is himself in as urgent
need of reform as the party which
has put hin in nomination. More-
over, it will enable US to demonstrate
by indisputable facts that the gov
ernment, for the office of which he
has been nominated, would not now
exist if his example during the rebel
lion had been followed by his coun-
trymen. Truly Yours,
john A. DIX.