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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-10-16
A Quaint City.

In the old Dutch city of Amsterdam,
all fashionable houses border on a ca
nal. The streets are named from the
canals that pass through them. The
houses are built upright, but lean to-
ward one another, as though very po-
lite or Systematically drunk. Their
tops often nearly touch over the mar
row streets. This is said to shelter
them from the storm. In gable is a
large hook for hosting every conceiv-
able thing into the house; clothes,
which are always sent to the country
for washing, fruits, butter, coal, turf.
Little mirrors jut out from many win
dOws, so that callers may be seen as
they approach the door. Owing to the
canals, the city is very quiet. L. is
hard to believe that nearly three humid
red thousand people are gathered in
the houses which stand along the ca
nails.
The streets are paved with stone. as
in the country, but there is scarcely
any roar of carts or wagons. Boats dc
duty in their stead. Some of these
are propelled by steam; few flop their
chocOlate-cOlored sails, but the most
are pushed through the water by mean:
of long poles. These boats bear al
manner of freight. Many boats fur
nish the home for the bOatman and hi
family. They are not simply work
shops. There is a kind of homely no
nance in the boatman's life. BY tn,
side Of the canals there is generally {
carriage-road and two fOOt-paths. A
line of trees on either side of the path
furnishes a pleasant shade in summer
The aristocrats are careful to walk il
the paths next to the canal as 1t is
mark of good breeding.
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The Eighth Wonder.

In the Louisville Exposition there is
a clock on exhibition that is justly emit
tied to be called the Eighth Wonder.
1t was built by Stephen ID. Fngle, a
matchmaker, ut HazletOn, Pa. He Is
about forty-fve years of age, and was
about twenty years in perfecting tie
clock. Engle never saw the Strasburg
clock. In fact he has never Travelled
more than two hundred miles from
home at any time. This clock stands
eleven feet high. At its base it ia
about four feet wide and at the top
about two. 1t is about three feet deep
at the base, gradually less toward the
top. Its cOlors are brown and gold
The Strasburg clock is thirty feet high,
yet its mechanism is not so intricate nor
has it as many figures as the Hazletoa
clock. The Strasburg clocks figures
are about three feet high and the
American clock about nine inches.
Three minutes before the hour pipe
organ inside the clock playsan anthem.
1t has five tunes. Bells are then rung,
and when the hour is struck, double
doors in an alcove open and figure of
Jesus appears. Double doors to the
left then open, and the apostles appear
slowly, one by one in procession. AS
they appear and pass Jesus they turn
toward him. Jesus bows the apostles
turn again and proceed through the
double doors in an alcove in the right.
As Peter approaches, Satan looks out
of a window above and tempts him.
Five times the devil appears, and when
Peter passes, denying Christ, the cock
flaps its wings and crows. When Ju-
das appears, Satan comes down from
his window and follows Judas out in
the procession, and then oes back up
to his place to watch Judas, appearing
on both sides. As the procession has
passed, Judas and the three Marys dis
appear. and the doors are closed. The
scene can be repeated seven times in an
hour if necessary, and the natural mo-
ton of the clock produces it four times
an hour, whereas the Strasburg pro-
cession is made but once a day, at
twelve o'clock. Below the plaza is the
main dial, about thirteen inches in di-
ameter. To its right is a figure of
Time with an hour-glass. Above this
is window, at which appear figures
representing youth, manhood and old
age. To the left of the dial is skele-
ton representing death. When the
hOur-hand approaches the first quarter
Time reverses the hour-glass and
strikes one on bell with his scythe,
when another bell inside responds
then childhood appears Immediately.
When the hour-hand approaches to the
second quarter, or half hour, there are
heard the strokes of two bells. Then
Youth appears, and tfss srsSH Pixys-~
hymn. After this Time strikes two
and reverses his hour-glass, when two
bells respond inside. One minute af-
ter this chime of bells is heard when
a folding door opens in the upper
porch, aud one at the right of the court,
when the Savior comes walking out.
Then the apostles appear in procession.
The clock also tells of the moons
changes, the tide, the seasons, day, and
day of the month and year and the
signs of the zodiac; and on top a sol
dier is constantly on guard, walking
backward and forward. As the hours
advance, Manhood. Old Age and Death
take part in the panorama.
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0sf<a $500 lkrss


The tears of a hypocritical candi-
date are from the lackremorse glands.
The man who stoops from age has
been endorsed ON the back by time.
William Tell once asked a pretty
Swiss maiden for a kiss. "Yes, kiss;
but never Tell"
Victor Hugo's definition of Paradise:
The parents always young and the
children always little"
A DUN waiter will often attend to a
mans wants quicker than one with a
lively tongue and big ears.
The man who is mot afraid Of war
and fever is afraid to take out paper of
tobacco in the presence of a crowd.
Edison told n Chicago Times re-
porter that he is engaged in applying
electric power to air ships, and that
he believes the thing will work.
Ex-Governor Ames, of Mississippi,
son-in-law of Gen. Butler, has had his
fill of politics, and has gone into the
butter and cheeze business in New
York.
The yellow fever now raging in the
South has had a disastrous effect upon
the fall trade. New York merchants
report the cOuntermanding of many
large orders.
A fat woman, of Corinth, Miss,
drank ash-bark tea to make her lean,
and she skipped to the better land just
two hours ahead of a lean woman who
was eating gum arabic to make her
fat.
A well known dramatist can say
rude things. Some one said to him
last week: "You want a new hat.
Eyes, that's quite true, but why say
it i? l never told you you needed new
head"
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I.land station Itemx
ISLAND STATION, Sept. 81, 1878.

ISLAND STATION, Sept. 81, 1878.
Editor Herald:
A fine rain yesterday prepared the soil
for sowing wheat, which will now be the
work Of the farmers in this section.
The citizens Of our town are as enter
prising as when times were more fsvOra>
BILE. Ben ShackleIt 4 Bro. blscksmiIhs.
w. McKeown, cabinet maker and Mr.
Turner, wagon maker, are all at their
posts, so are Hudson & Humphrey, our
enterprising merchants, who have just
laid in their fall stock OF goods. Many
Ofour good citizens exult over Mckenzie 9
nomination, while some talk of Hon.
Wilbur F. Condict, of Ohio county, as
the man whose sterling qualities render
him most fit for the responsible duty OF
legislating Tor the people, in our next
Congress.
And there seems to be no doubt that
Hon. Samuel Turner of Mclean county,
lie the man upon whose shoulders the
gubernatural honors and responsibiliIie:
will fall at the November election. In
deed it would be hard to make better
turn. For with the exception of forty
wears in which he was a Wing, two year,
a Republican and six months a Coos
Templar, he has been a stauncb Democra
all the time. Then hurrsh for Turner fol
Governor. MEMO.
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louisville, KY, Oct. IA, 1873.
DIED.
n

Near Fordsville, Ohio county, KY,
September %, 1873, Miss MARY ANN
COBB, second daughter of G. w. X.
Cobb, justice of the peace Of Ohio
county. She was born about two miles
east of FOrdsville, on what is known
as the Warner Cobb farm, on the 11th
day Of November, 1860. We have
known Miss Mary from her childhood
and ON our return from performing the
sad duty Of an undertaken in passing
her home, our heart has often been
cheered by her merry laugh or cheer
full song. We have met her at the
Sunday School, the church and in the
chambers of death; wherever she
moved she east sunshine of happiness
around her, and her delight was to
make Others happy. Not only was
she cheerful, but she was kind-hearted
and generous, and We have no instance
where she ever spoke evil or disrespect-
full Vt .anv one. Her death WA Hnax-
pected, and her funeral was very large.
On the evening of the 9th, her re-
mains were taken to the graveyard at
DIR. John Norman, at Fordsville.
where the coffin was opened that all
might see the remains for the last time
Few could believe that that silver
mounted case contained all that was left
of her who a short time ago was bloom
ing with health and vigor. The corpse
was dressed in white (emblemalical of
her pure souD her dark hair falling in
ringlets across her round forehead, her
lips slightly apart, showing fine set
Of pearly teeth, and her complexion
having but little of the shade of death.
The remains were inferred by the side
of her mother and sister, ADA.
Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb,
Take this new treasure to thy trust
And give these sacred relics room
To slumber in tn, silent dust
FORBES.
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Facts for Greenbackers.
Eaton Democratic)

The Democratic House repealed the
resumption act, but the Republican
Senate refused to concur.
The Democratic House passed a bill
restoring silver to a perfect equality
with gold as money metal, but the Re-
publican Senate refused to concur.
The Democratic House passed bill
making greenbacks full legal tender
equal with gold and silver, for the pay
ment of all debts. public and private,
but the Republican Senate refused to
concur.
The Republican party in their State
platform declare that the financial
question mas been settled, but this the
Democratic party deny, and declare
that the financial and labor questions
are the only issues in this campaign.
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An Arctic story.

In the spring of the year 1910, n
whaling vessel sailed from the Port of
London, upon voyage to the Polar
Seas. Nothing material is said to have
occurred until their arrival in those
solitary regions, when it became the
duty of the crew to keep a perpetual
lookout upon the horizon in search of
fish. While thus occupied, it was fam
cied by one of the seamen that sail
was discernable, as far to the north
ward as the eye could reach. As the
course of the whaler was toward the
supposed vessel, mast became grad
ually distinguishable amid the noun
tain of ice which appeared in that
quarter to bound the sea. 1t was now
summer, and the afternoon unusually
calm, while the whaler gradually
neared the object in view, the suppo-
sition being that it was a vessel en-
gagged in operating upon the blubber
in a bay which wolld open to the view
upon approaching nearer to the ice
Upon arriving. however, at the spot
it became clear that the vessel was a
wreck imbedded in the ice, and could
only be approached by a boat. This
having been lowered, the captain and
several of tine seamen landed upon the
ice and proceeded to the vessel, which
proved to be brig. The sails were
furled, very little appeared upon the
deck, and all the arrangements were
those of a vessel laid up for long pc
riOd of time.
Descending to the cabin, the first OBJ
ject that was seen was a large New
Foundland dog coiled upon a mat, and
apparently asleep. Upon touching the
animal it was found to be dead, and
the body frozen to the hardness of
stone. Entering the cabin, was next
seen a young lady seated at a table f;
her eyes were open, and gazing with
mild aud steadfast expression upon the
new corners to that solitary spot. She
was dead; and in that apparently re-
signed and religious attitude had been
frozen to death. Beside her was a
young man, who, it appeared, was the
brother of the lady and commander of
the brig. He, too, was dead, but sit
ting at the table, and before him lay
sheet of paper, upon which were writ
ten the following words: sour cook
has endeavored sIncU yesterday morn
ing to light fire, but in vain; all is
now Over.'
At the other side of the cabin stood
the cook, with flint and steel in his
hand, frozen to a statue, in the vain
endeavOr to procure that fire which
alone could save him and his COM
panions from the cold arms of death.
The superstitious terrors of the seamen
now hurried the captain away from
the wreck, the log-bOok alone being
brought away; and, from this, it ap-
peared that the ill-fated vessel was a
brig, which had belonged to the port
of London, and had sailed for the Arc
tic region more than fourteen years
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dissatisfied still.
BY MAMIE.

We are plodding along life's rugged
road, still unsatisfied and still longing
for something more consoling. IL mat
tiers not in what position of life we are
placed, we are still dissatisfied and
long to change our position to one
more pleasant. We toll along, hoping
and clinging to the sweet thought Of
reaching, ere long, point in our lives
which will be perfectly pleasant and
enjoyable. But, alas, for human hopes I
They fade as the stars fade from the
beautiful armament, and leave us still
discontented. Oh, who is perfectly
cOntented! Who are they that can
gaze down the long aisles of the past
and say, II am contented?" Who are
they that can behold the present and
say, 81 am contented 2" Who are they
that can peer into the long vista of the
future and say, II am contented ?"
oh, let me, for one moment, behold
the placid. serene and calm face of one
who is perfectly cOntented. Let me,
for one moment, enjoy their cheering
presence. But, alas they are not.
They that are perfectly happy are en-
jOying the sweet presence of our blessed
Redeemer. They dwell in the bright
mansions above, and never will we
poor, weary, restless beings realize
perfect happiness until we are gathered
into the blissful fold of God, where we
will have the sweet privilege of enjoy
ing his peaceable presence forever
more.
Press onward, then, though foes may froWn,
While Mercy's gate is open,
Accept the cross and win the crown,
Loves everlasting token.
FOrdsyille. XIV. Oct. IA 1873
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Into our sanctum with martial tread
He came. rs the editor imp" he said,
While the sun through dust and smoke
looked down
On the fevered streets of Hartford
town.
1--WE are IN, strange man, your wishes
pray tell,
Answer quickly and true, for its
hOtter'n-well-
"Know then, if thou art a man and a
scribe,
To your daily sheet 1 have come to
subscribe"
Down on the table this stranger threw
Twenty cents Of our realm, bright and
new!
Down the stairs went his clanking feet,
Till lost in the din of the noisy street.
All day long We looked in vain
For just such stranger to come again.
Heaven bless the man with the martial
tread
And the seedy hat, we inwardly said.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT.

CIRCUIT COURT.
Hon James Stuart, Judge, Greensboro.
A. L. Morton, Clerk, HAcford.
n Nurrell Master Commissioner, Hartford.
q ". Phillips. sheriff, Hartford. deputies
.; ~ Hanger, Hartford, $ = Taylor Beaver
Dam, . II Cooper, Fordsvilte,s Fulke-son'
CerAivo.
court begins second Mondays In May and
N,vember, and continues three weeks each
term.
Hon J A Murray, Judge, cloVerport.
Hon Joseph uavcraft, Attorney, Greensboro.
Ell SuIlence Jailer, Hartford.
Conrt begins on fourth Mondays in March
ana septs mber; continues two weeks each term
COUNTY COURT.
Ben. Newtan, Judge, Hartford.
Cant. Sam. X. Cox, Clerk, Hartford.
Up. SAnderfsr, Attorney, Hartford
Court begins on the hrst Monday In every
0H' QUARTERLY COURT.
n.rp,Ou the srd Mondays in January, April
July and October.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
BeeIus on the 6rst MOndsysin January and
October.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
a,u;,,esd Jones, Assessor, Hartford.
CD W. "A. Porter, Surveyor, Cromwell.
IT,, A. Boswell, Coroner. Sulphur Springs.
RP. Rowe, school Commissioned. Hartford
MAGISTRATES COURTS.
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Silver Dollars.
MEAD Co. RecOrd.l

The trade dollar has of pure silver
$751;, 900, the Mexican dollar $40,
the new legal tender 86S. the Ameri-
can halves and quarters S04, dimes and
half dimes 794. 1t takes two half dol
lars and dime to weigh one Mexican
or trade dollar, and yet, now that these
have gotten largely into circulation at
par, because they are not a legal ten
der, money shavers will only receive
them at 80 cents, to make that much
from people compelled to use them.
We say to all who can do so. to hold
on to them. We believe they will
pass as they did in former times, at par.
The refusals by merchants and traders
to take the Mexican ana trade dollars,
has thrown a discredit on the legal
tender dollar, which of course is worth
a dollar, made so by the law of the
land, but, people do not understand
the difference and refuse all silver dol
lars The legal tender dollar is money
like greenback dollar. The Mexican
or trade dollar. are pieces of silver,
and although really of more value, as
such, than our own money dollar, will
not pass at par because, as said above,
brokers and bankers take the oppOrtu-
nifty after putting them in circulation
at par, to shave the holders at the rate
of ten cents; and after they again buy
them all up, may again manage to cir
culate them at par, then again force
the holders to sell them at a discount.
Better sell them to silversmiths than
let the brokers play this game. r.
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If anybody INDUCES in the idea thai

If anybody INDUCES in the idea that
the Democratic party is in danger of
disruption, they might as well Danish
it. 1t is founded on principles Of eter-
nal truth, and can not die. That the
Republican party is in the thross of
dissolution is so selfevident that the
leaders already confess it, and give up
the fight. 1t is that party which has
offended the people, not the Democrat
10, as 1t has not been in power and is
not responsible for the harvest of mis-.
cry the country is now reaping. If the
Greenbackers have gathered strength
it is at the expense OF the Republicans
for which We are not scrry.-[ Pitts
burgh Post.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-10-16

Now that the national bankrupt law
is out of the way, says the Baltimore
American, the good effects of the re
peal are universally conceded. One Of
the best of them is the disappearance
from the newspapers of the daily list
of failures, which have disheartening
effect upon the public mind, and were
the cause of additional gloom and des-
pOndency. 1t was difficult to believe
in a revival of business while this
alarming record stared men in the face,
but now that it belongs to the rast
they may take heart again, and be ell
couraged by the substantial indications
that the flood tide of activity has set in
again.
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Edison is experimenting on the
waves of light, and hopes very soon to
perfect a machine which will enable
you to see a man hundred miles away.
In case the man in question has an &C
count against you this will give you
plenty of time to get under the bed
and out of harms way before he ar
rives.-[ Danbury News.
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The Eliza BEETHOVEN News came out
last week greatly enlarged and clad in
a new suit of type. We are gratifed
to see Col. McCarty's efforts meet with
such success, but cannot endorse his
course in enlarging his paper. We are
very strongly convinced that six col
umn paper published entirely at home
would prove more acceptable to his
readers than a nine column patent out
side paper. A journalist of Col. Nc
Carty's ability and experience could
certainly supply his readers with mat
ter that would be better suited TO their
taste and wants than the melange that
is sent out by the patent outside estab-
lishments at Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. And, besides, an editor
who uses the patent sheets sacrifices
his independence and places himself at
the mercy of an editor who is probably
not in sympathy with him on any sub
ject. We regard the outside pages of
a country newspaper as scarcely second
in importance and usefulness to the ed
itOrial and local pages. When the
proper care is taken in the selection of
literary and miscellaneous matter these
pages are made a valuable medium of
information and entertainment, and, in
addition, they furnish an enlarged field
for the publication of matters of local
interest. We did not start out for the
purpose of reading our esteemed con-
ferree a lecture, but these are our views
briefly stated, and we give them with
due Difference to the superior ability
of our learned and experienced brother
of the Quill Hopkinsville New Era.
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VOL. 4.
but THEE.

TO MIS-
Watching the shadows come and CO.
Watching the constant sea waves How,
Watching the faithful star lights glow
/ see but thee.
List'ning to winds that softly sing,
LISTING to Hopes gay carrolling,
List'nins to memory's bells that ring
l hear but thee.
Speaking of all that's good and pure,
Speaking Of love that shall endure,
Speaking Of joy from blight secure
Ispeak of thee.
Praising the deed that can but bless,
PrAising the words of tenderness,
Praising the smile that sosthes distress
praise but thee
kissing tho lOVeliest flower that grows,
Kissing tho brightest dew that glove,
kissing the sweet heart Of the rose
kiss but thee.
Loving the fsirsst form / meet,
Loving the truth fond lips repeat,
Loving all thinss divine or sweet
love but thee.
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The trade dollar is beginning to hold
its own all over the country. In many
of the larger cities the hanks are tax
ing it at one hundred cents, while the
merchants receive it at its face value
for merchandise. John SheFman's ef-
fort to depreciate it is failure. The
ten per cent. discount swindle has been
stopped.
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Rev. De Witt Tslmsge says of COM
munism: at would put the torch to
the library and turn each one of your
schools into ashes. Communism pro-
proses to steat what it cannot get in
any other way. Communism is at
war with all national institutions anc
at war with religion"
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The Green and Barren River Navi-
CATION Company, improving the oppOr-
tunity offered by the low stage of wa
ter in Green and Barren rivers, are
making extensive and costly improve
ments on the dams ON these streams.
These dams will be put in finer repair
should a rise in the river not prevent.
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A Granger editor is not distinguish
ed by the blossoms on his nose, or by
his presence in a beer garden, as sug-
gested by the Maysville Bulletin; but
he must have carroty hair, turnip nose
reddish cheeks, and a cabbage head.
He must also bean peas with all
the world, and in the hay-day
of his life. He must honor his fodder.
He must ryse early, go to bed late,
corned, and singing ''in this wheat by
and-by.' DittOe is not that kind Of a
harrow-pin.
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There are FIVE candidates for Con
gress in this District, viz: Mckenzie
(Dem.), Feighan (John Sherman
Rep. J. Lightfoot (Greenbacker), and
Shown (Nondescript). You pays
your money and you takes your
choice. = MadisOnyille Times.
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A Buffalo physician recommends
champagne as a preventive of the vel,
low fever, and the Bufaloians who
used to sneak in at the back door OF
saloons now boldly walk in at the front
entrance. l-Norristown Herald.
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The negroes of Georgia, according
to official statistics, poll 81, 164 votes
They own 457 ,635 acres of land and
t1,199,72 worth of city property.
Altogether their wealth amounts to
s5,38O,276.